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[Updated] Blizzard makes plans to conduct largest internet social experiment ever

Update: Man, that was fast. As a friend suggested, maybe this was a PR move. “Now that we aren’t going to do obviously outrageous thing, here’s what we’ll do instead…” We shall see. Blizzard’s Plan If you are any sort of MMO player or you know one, you probably have already heard about Blizzard’s plans [...]

Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President, I’m going to ask you to do something now. Listen. Not because I’m smarter than anyone else or because I’m more important. But because I’m not those things. I’m just a guy. Who thinks you might want be a better president than you have been so far. I’m sharing because as song [...]

Biggest game budget ever.

According to some guesses and estimates based on some number EA released, Scott suggests that The Old Republic has about a 150 million budget. Wow. That’s a huge budget. That bigger than most movies get. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that game budgets are starting to out do [...]

Wii update 4.2 may brick your console. Is it worth it?

  From /. games: Now, Nintendo has pushed a boot2 update to all Wii users, and the results are what was expected: users are reporting bricks after installing 4.2 on unmodified consoles. Nintendo is currently attempting to censor posts and remove references to homebrew. It is worth noting that the new boot2 does not attempt [...]

Fastest way to make stop buying games from your company, start supporting Glenn Beck.

  I just saw this link being passed around by Game Politics. It’s simple, short and really gets the point across: it looks like Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has taken the boycott a step further. According to the Angry Bear blog, Wardell has announced on his Facebook page that he is now boycotting UPS because they [...]