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Waiting on the New Blizzard MMO? It’s Not Coming “Soon”

by Susana Polo | 4:02 pm, October 24th

2010 has become a year of a comparatively tame Blizzcon, and it’s hard to blame Blizzard for it.

After all, last year they had World of Warcraft: Cataclysm to announce. This year, it’s coming out in a month. 2008′s Blizzcon was a showcase for the then-fairly-recently announced Diablo III, now the game is nearing fruition (for Blizzard, anyway). And StarCraft II is less than a year old, with its second installment not due until 2012.

And so, given the quietness on the western front, there was a low current of expectation that we might even see something about Blizzard’s fabled Questing Beast of the last three years: their mysterious unannounced new MMO.

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Geekolinks: 10/15

by Susana Polo | 5:36 pm, October 15th

New Green Hornet Poster and Motion Comic/Trailer Thing (Bleeding Cool)

If You Want This Tron T-Shirt, You Have to Vote For It (FashionablyGeek)

600 Year Old Clock Tower + Laser Show = Wow (The Macula)

Harry Potter Will Still Get 3D Conversion (Topless Robot)

House Party At Arkham Asylum (taz98027)

Red UnDead Redemption Gets Release Date (That Videogame Blog)

ScreenRant’s RED Review (ScreenRant)

(pic via Bleeding Cool.)

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Geekolinks: 9/4

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, September 4th

A Rundown of the Whole PAX Duke Nukem Experience (That Videogame Blog)

An Infographic About Infographics (Urlesque)

PAX Prime Photo Gallery (1Up)

Google Settles in Texas Privacy Suit (Reuters)

Kirby’s Epic Yarn is Still Adorable (Kotaku)

I Got Stabbed At Comic-Con And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt (Neatorama)

Steve Jobs: The New iTunes Icon Does Not Suck, Shut Up (Wired)

(image via Kotaku.)

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Geekolinks: 8/21

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, August 21st

D&D Themed Sports Team Shirts (Geeks are Sexy)

Biggest Diablo News Ever At BlizzCon (That Videogame Blog)

Soon Neptune Will Complete Its First Orbit Since Discovered (Discovery News)

The ABCS of Lame Marvel Villains (Comics Alliance)

A Deleted Scene From Neil Gaiman’s Dr. Who Episode (Neil Gaiman)

Korean StarCraft Addicts Treated With Drugs (Kotaku)

Space Food Over the Years (BoingBoing)

(picture via Game Informer: Portland Bike Lanes Power-Up With Mario Symbols.)

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Geekolinks: 7/24

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, July 24th

Hellboy Hoodie, Not Bad (Fashionably Geek)

5 Comments Not To Make In Your Code (RepeatGeek)

StarCraft 2 Didn’t Actually Cost $100 Million (That Videogame Blog)

How To Turn An Inkjet Printer Into A 3D Printer (Shapeways)

Tarp Surfing Is Back (RuseEntertainment)

LEGO Light (Neatorama)

The Eisner Awards (Comic Book Resources)

(picture via Marvel.)

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Geekolinks: 7/18

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, July 18th

Valve’s Free Game Releases Tomorrow (Joystiq)

Worst. Inception. Screening. Ever. (Movie Line)

Mega Man Universe Stop-Motion Trailer (That Videogame Blog)

Robot Butterfly In a Jar (Japan Trends)

Bluewater’s Next Bio Comic is Justin Bieber (Comic Book Resources)

Star Trek Saves Lives (Geeks Are Sexy)

The NYT Talks About Memes (The New York Times)

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Geekolinks: 7/17

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, July 17th

Space Invaders Now on the iPad (Joystiq)

StarCraft II One of the Most Expensive Games Ever Made (That VideoGame Blog)

Arrested Development Movie is Go (Bleeding Cool)

Tron Legacy Banners (ScreenRant)

How To Win At Rock Paper Scissors (BuzzFeed)

Static Shock is Back (Comic Book Resources)

Surprisingly Beautiful Red Dead Redemption Time Lapse Vistas (Digital Foundry)

(image via Toycutter.)

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Good News Everyone

Science Shows: Violent Video Games Make You Less Stressed and Depressed

by Susana Polo | 12:55 pm, July 17th

Christopher J. Ferguson, associate professor at Texas A&M International University has completed a study on the effects of playing violent video games on 103 frustrated young adults.

The results suggest that violent games reduce depression and hostile feelings in players through mood management.

This should come as no surprise to anyone who plays the odd video game. They’re games. But, some people who play the odd video game know people who don’t. Perhaps they’d like something to link those people to?

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Geekolinks: 7/4

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, July 4th

YouTube’s HTML Injection Vulnerability (/.)

Best Transformers Toy Ever? (Kotaku)

What ‘Yankee Doddle Dandy’ Actually Means (Neatorama)

Two More Mad Max Movies? (Coventry Telegraph)

Kinect Only Supports Two Players At A Time (That Videogame Blog)

Coma: The Flash Game (Played Online)

8 Historic Symbols That Mean The Opposite of What You Think (Cracked)

(image via BoingBoing.)

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Entirely Speculative Headline of the Day

Used Game Sales Are a Bigger Loss Than Piracy, Says Gamemaker

by Susana Polo | 11:34 am, May 16th

Andrew Oliver, co-founder of Blitz Games Studios, told Develop Online that piracy is not the biggest revenue loss facing the games industry today.

The bigger problem on consoles now is the trading in of games… I understand why players do this, games are expensive and after a few weeks of playing you’ve either beaten it, or got bored of it so trading it back in to help pay for the next seems sensible when people are short of cash.

Oliver said that the average used game is traded up to four times, which quarters the amount of profit going to the developer.

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14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Eric Limer I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
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James Plafke For a show about a sport I don't really dig, Friday Night Lights is an alright show.
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Eric Limer Just spent a few hours playing Kyntt. Stunning, cute little game. Highly recommended.
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Max Wanna create work flows, wanna make it all work work work.
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James Plafke I am jealous Elmo got to make out with Kristin Chenoweth.
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Eric Limer I swear under my breath A LOT. This must make people near by me very uncomfortable. That being said, I have no intentions of stopping.
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Max Court is now in session at the Burp Castle.
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Eric Limer I don't look at my finances as often as I should which is the main reason why I don't often want to look at my finances.
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Max Desert PolyBus: The game where you drive to Reno and then die.
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Eric Limer If I wrote a webcomic, every strip would be titled "Get it? GET IT?!"
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Max Got chili oil on my hands and face. It hurts. A lot.
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Eric Limer Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
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James Plafke The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
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Max Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
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Eric Limer Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
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James Plafke I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
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Eric Limer I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
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Max Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
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Max I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
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Max "But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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