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'WOW' players angry over plan to use real names

Trolls, spammers and flamers begone! Blizzard is vowing to out yer nasty arses … and is angering a whole lot of "World of Warcraft" players along the way.

Future tech on show at 36th SIGGRAPH

If you pull on my ear, will I follow you anywhere?

Sony seeks to reinvent online gaming

Not long ago, before “World of Warcraft” became the 800-pound gorilla of online games, there was “EverQuest.”

How to buy a basic digital TV

By the end of 2007, more than 50 percent of American households owned a digital television, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.

What makes video games 'addictive'?

Are video games addictive?

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GOP Veep Candidates 2012: 15 People Who Could Earn The Nomination ~~~ + 10 Tea Party Betrayers
Source: Silicon Alley Insider

At 44, Sarah Louise Heath Palin is both the youngest and the first female governor in Alaska's relatively brief history as a state. She's also the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating that has bounced around 90 percent. Boy, did things change in the next fiv …

How Did Mitt Romney Get So Obscenely Rich? Robert Reich Explains - YouTube
Source: YouTube

This is the first time I have ever heard this kind of simple, understandable break down of how Mitt Romney really made his money, which in the end was off the back of employees and tax payers. I don't care what your political views are, at least take the time to listen because i …

Blizzard announces 600 layoffs, game development staff spared
Source: Yahoo! News

Video game developer Blizzard Entertainment, Inc announced a sizable cut in its global workforce on Wednesday. 600 employees were stripped of their positions; nearly a tenth of Activision’s 2011 reported 7,300 employees.

Report: Thieves Target Toilet Paper At Diner
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

Incredible Video of Men's Fancy Dance Competition at the 25th Annual Black Hills Powwow - ICTMN.com
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The men's Fancy Dance, sometime called the Fancy War Dance came into existence in the 1920's. The Ponco Tribe of White Eagle Oklahoma are credited with starting it. In the 1920's and 1930's Native American religious dances were outlawed by the U.S.

Herman Cain's Amazing Campaign Ad
Source: Slate

That really is Mark Block, chief of staff/CEO of Herman Cain's presidential campaign, talking up the candidate and smoking a cigarette. That really is Cain taking 10 seconds to smile at the end.

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced
Source: Telegraph

Mists of Pandaria will reveal a long-lost continent of Azeroth, and bring a new playable race to World of Warcraft players, the panderans. The panda-like race originally featured in Blizzard's RTS Warcraft III, and have been a long requested addition to World of Warcraft.

WTF Games Again
Source: Gaming

Best Gaming Blog out, We are all about getting all the lastest gaming news out to you,we Do Previews,Guides,Tips and pointers and just talk about gaming

Tattoos and piercings at Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2012 show!
Source: Examiner

Atlanta fashionistas, Jean Paul Gaultier’s designs for Spring and Summer 2012 as presented earlier today October 1, 2011 at Paris Fashion Week were all about chic as well as shock factor. Designer Jean Paul Gaultier ever the showman who packs more wow factor than y …

Lloyd's insurer sues Saudi Arabia for 'funding 9/11 attacks'
Source: Independent.co.uk

A Lloyd's insurance syndicate has begun a landmark legal case against Saudi Arabia, accusing the kingdom of indirectly funding al-Qa'ida and demanding the repayment of £136m it paid out to victims of the 9/11 attacks.   The Brighton-based Lloyd's 3500 syndicate, whic …

OWHO: Chances of World of Warcraft Players Getting Laid Below 0%

SOMEWHERE IN FIJI: The Online World Health Organization, or OWHO, published the 2010 results of internet user's sex life today in a dramatic attempt to underline an old issue.

Anders Behring Breivik: Norway Knights Templar And "Dragon Age 2" Inspiration
Source: The Post Chronicle

Incredibly detailed article stemming from the paper that broke the news about the connection between Anders Breivik and his eerily similar idol 'Anders' from the popular video game 'Dragon Age 2'.

‪Lake Vermilion Pow Wow‬‏ (video)
Source: YouTube

The Lake Vermillion Pow Wow. Bois Forte Band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians. Northern Minnesota. Note that the Canadian Flag is carried along with the American flag, and tribal flags.

World of Warcraft is now free until level 20, core games drop in price
Source: Ars Technica

Remember when D.A.R.E. officers would warn you against the evil drug dealers who would give you the first hit for free in order to get you addicted? Well, think of Blizzard as a dealer who is extending that offer to the first 20 hits.

President Obama booted from World of Warcraft guild, sources say

(GOLDSHIRE, AZEROTH) President Barack Obama's World of Warcraft character, a level 85 night elf druid named "Blackninja_1600," was reportedly kicked out of his guild, Legislatin' Fools, on the Antonidas server late last evening, after he failed to offer adequate "heals" to fello …

Brady Bunch mom got crabs from one-night-stand with NY mayor
Source: Reuters

This would have made an interesting episode of "The Brady Bunch." Florence Henderson, the actress who played perky mom Carol Brady in the beloved family sitcom, says she once got crabs after a one-night-stand with career politician John Lindsay, who was the mayor of New York Cit …

Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft
Source: FOXNews.com

"Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labor," he said. "There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp.

Game Ideas: How to Save the World (of Warcraft)

Let me begin with a brief introduction to what I'm planning as a full series of articles related to the video game industry.  Every so often, I like to take a break from writing about politics to focus on other passions of mine.  Video gaming constitutes one of my bigg …

Oops: major Canadian ISP admits throttling World of Warcraft
Source: Ars Technica

Back in February, a Canadian gamer wrote the government's telecom regulator with an unusual complaint: her ISP, Rogers, was allegedly throttling games like World of Warcraft, making them all but unplayable.

WI. St. Sen. Rep. Glenn Grothman Calls The Protesters In WI State Building "SLOBS" Again

Wow. This is 2nd straight day in a row that this man, who is a WI St Rep, calls those people in WI fighting for their rights 'SLOBS". He said this for the 1st time on Tuesday show when it was just him and a Dem Senator of WI. Then on Wednesday show, Mr.

America's Top Model Plays World Of Warcraft Naked
Source: Basil Marceaux For Governor Of Tennessee! [VIDEO]

Adrianne Curry, first winner of America's Next Top Model, tweeted a photo of herself playing World of Warcraft naked yesterday. As if a playboy model wasn't appealing enough for nerds, knowing that one plays WoW with them naked might be too much for some to handle.

Help. I swallowed my WoW authenticator!
Source: WorldOfWarcraft.com

Press Release: Seven Star Hand Solves Ancient Mysteries, Causing Panic Among Religious Leaders
Source: Vintage Online Shop Offers Shoppers Antiques, Vintage Home Decor and More For An Eclectic Style

The Vatican, and a rapidly growing number of religious leaders, are shocked and deeply dismayed by publication of long-hidden and amazingly damaging secrets about their religions within the new book, Finishing the Mysteries of Gods and Symbols.

WOW Patch 4.0.1 - Players dropping like flies

Blizzard dropped the new patch Tuesday. As usual there were two delays before it actually came crawling on line. People that had been having frame rates in the 30-40 range were literally crawling at 2 fps.

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