World of Warcraft players have waited for what it seems like ages for a new expansion pack and finally received it last week when Wrath of the Lich King was released. Gamers figured to be treated to months of new quests, dungeons, raiding, and everything else that WoW players do. Two of the best Guilds in the world united under one banner to be the first to beat the expansion pack. Well, hundreds of hot pockets later and God knows how many cans of Red Bull, they did it. In 4 days. The beat everything. Now, they are not as happy as they thought they would be.
We are proud to declare that all WOTLK PVE raid content has now been cleared. This is both a moment of triumph and a cause for concern. The question in all our minds right now is if we could do this, how soon until the rest of the top guilds in the world clear all the raid content that WOTLK has to offer? Did Blizzard miscalculate in the tuning of these encounters? Or is this Blizzard folding under the weight of a large casual player base that demands to be on equal footing with end-game raiders?
I don’t know guys, maybe Blizzard figured you would not have played for probably 96 straight hours and have every imaginable item, spell, sword, special hat, strap-on, whatever. You guys also did everything in your power to beat the game as fast as possible and are now surprised that you beat the game in 4 fucking days? Its like the gamers who raced through Halo 3 or Gears 2 overnight. I fully understand how much larger WoW is in every aspect, but if the game was tailored to the most hardcore players, the millions of casuals would just say fuck it. It’s called pacing yourselves. If you wanted to be the first, hey, job well done. Very impressive. Just don’t bitch when the ride you sped through is over. Thats called “Tough Shit” in the World of Reality.
We get a hefty Wiikly Update this week. There is an episodic update to an original WiiWare title as well as a new game. We also get an arcade classic and a side-scrolling shooter from the Sega Genesis days. Hit the jump for pricing and descriptions.
Here is a logic puzzle for you on this Monday mid-afternoon. If the dog is man’s best friend, then what is the arch nemesis of the cat? The answer? The full length mirror.
There are few games that define a genre and even fewer games that can define a generation. Fanboy or not, you have to respect the Gears of War series as the latter. Gears of War, when released, wowed gamers to what was now possible with graphics engines and now Gears 2 has set the bar just a little higher. Nevertheless, we expected the game to look great, the question lies in the game play. Is Gears 2 a standalone killer app or just really Gears 1.5?
This Sunday, the much anticipated fighter that pits DC Comics vs Mortal Kombat will hit the shelves. The game is not without some controversy. People claim the T rating and lack of hero fatalities will make for watered down version of MK, but maybe reinventing the franchise is just what we need. Here are 3 more fatalities from your kombatants.
Football is awesome. Flag football is for pussies. Here is a kid who gets blocked, legally, and acts like he got shot. Got to keep your head on a swivel if you want to run across the middle like that. Maybe he and his friends can go home and play some Butts and Weiners instead.
Remember Nintendo sports games where no lead was safe? Nowadays, you get down a few scores you are screwed barring a major miracle. Back then, even the most trivial play meant no game was ever over. Such is the case in the Bunt Heard ‘Round the World.
I don’t usually take joy in the misery of others, but this shit is hysterical. A British woman filed for divorce after her husband of several years was laying the woodmeat on another woman in the game Second Life. This is her response when asked how she felt:
I went mad - I was so hurt. I just couldn’t believe what he’d done,” Amy said, of finding her feckless hubby having pretend sex in a game with a stranger.
I looked at the computer screen and could see his character having sex with a female character. It’s cheating as far as I’m concerned.
As far as I am concerned, you need help. To make this even funnier, guess how the two met? In a chatroom. They probably started cybering or whatever those sick bastards do and they eventually got married. I’m sure she is very attractive, physically fit and has oral hygiene beyond reproach. I bet the guy is a regular James Bond himself. They should make a new game called, Sweet Life, where losers can just yell at each other all day. Oh right… thats called Halo 3 multiplayer. Hey-yo.
This is the next chapter in the very informative and entertaining Warcraft retrospective. This segment will take us to where no one in Blizzard ever thought this would go let alone be this genre defining. It’s the end of the world… of Warcraft.
They warned you. They openly promised that anyone playing pirated material whether its stolen, copied, or modded, you will face a Chuck Norris Size potato sack on your face. MS banned a shitload of users today for playing games like Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War ahead of schedule. This is most likely for users registering achievements weeks before the street dates meaning the game was either stolen or you got a copy and modded your box violating every possible TOS there is.
Nevertheless, anyone that was banned is banned for good it seems. Their IP address is blacklisted. This is what you get for disobeying repeated promise of action. If you know anyone who got the MS applebag across their mouth, let us know.
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