Comments on: Gaming News: Elections! Infinity Ward Respawns, DDO slams into a wall, and sparkly horses again

By: Usiel

Usiel — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:01:39 +0000

Now look who is reading The Grauniad here.
Somehow I hoped that you would comment on that. I have always been pretty interested in what the island is doing, although I am a bit panic at the moment, but I guess that usually happens if you are watching a situation from the outside and not being sure what you would wish them to happen.
I didn’t realise the US reception, therefore thanks for the link, made my day.

By: Mycroft

Mycroft — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:41:15 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your thoughts, an excellent post!

Personally, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Blizz released the starpony on Tax Day here in the U.S.A., it helps take the sting out of paying taxes to buy something impractical for yourself, and likewise with those getting some of their taxes that were over collected refunded to them.

To me, the magic circle was broken by Blizz over 4 years ago. Blizz has been “selling” mounts for awhile, I recall that when the spectral tiger mount came out that it was over $700 on eBay, and thought at the time why didn’t they just sell it themselves directly at a reasonable price rather than to promote their CCG? Penny Arcade documented their thoughts in one of my favorite Penny Arcade comics, “The Consultant”: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/08/26/

By: Stabs

Stabs — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:07:49 +0000

It’s certainly been an interesting week.

Elections – I really enjoyed watching the debate last Thursday. It’s swayed me somewhat to the Lib Dems on the grounds that it’s a way of showing the other bastards how sick of them we are (not that Nick Clegg phrased it quite like that).

Infinity Ward – can I get my “I told you so” in now for when Ward and Zampella storm out of EA amidst a flurry of lawsuits?

DDO’s offerwall, terrible implementation of a decent idea that works fine with things like Air Miles. Nice save at the end though.

WoW’s sparkly pony. I find myself irritated by how girly Warcraft has become. Story in pictures here:
http://stabbedup.blogspot.com/2010/04/wow-once-were-warriors.html