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September 30, 2008 6:00 PM

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So we're shifting things around a little bit with your hype meter stuff that will be integrating in to news items around here soon. It only makes sense that you guys can also rate down how terrible a particular game looks. It may just make for some fun results. Hopefully we'll see in the next few weeks just how much hate you guys really have!

EU looking for universal broadband
Movie studios vs Real Networks
Punch shark to save dog
Even Wal-Mart ditching DRM. Yay!

As for the the videogame news around these parts:

Wall Street crapping on game stocks
Shellshock 2: Blood Trailers screenshots and video
Valkyria Chronicles demo next week
AC/DC Rock Band coming to Wal-Mart
LittleBigPlanet guys were making a Portal game
Hardcore gamers just arent relevant
Cliff B talks about Gears of War 2 on PC
Activision signs in-game PS3 advertising deal
Sony announcing 14 new games next month
C&C Tiberium game cancelled
Demigod screenshots
Metallica responds to Guitar Hero sound quality
Resistance 2 interview
Mercenaries 2 DLC update in October
Anti-ESRB group responds to ESA funding

Lastly, as much as I try to be interested, I just cant bring myself to care much at all about the Guiatar Hero / Rock Band stuff. I just dont get any real rock star thrill or feeling of a gamer challenge out of the whole thing. Fortunately though pretty much everyone else around here loves those goofy games so I guess that works out.

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September 30, 2008 6:01 PM

WoW fans.. repost for ER

Looks like they are *NOT* resetting Honor and Tokens with the release of Lich King..

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10532279664&sid=1

"We had hoped that the introduction of some new Honor rewards in the upcoming patch would give players a great opportunity to spend any of their remaining Honor. However, many players would still be surprised by an Honor and token reset as it isn’t something we’ve done in the past. As such, we've decided to not reset Honor or tokens upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King. Players who save their Honor will be able to spend it on level 80 rewards, although those rewards will be significantly more expensive than their level 70 counterparts."
- oHnOES
  
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  September 30, 2008 6:03 PM
  
  yay for them
- reign27
  
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  September 30, 2008 6:10 PM
  
  Oh my god I'm so angry I used my tokens to buy a Warstrider!
  
  Err, not really, I don't actually buy pvp gear because I don't pvp enough to justify it >_>
  - .sticks.
    
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    September 30, 2008 6:39 PM
    
    You just owned blizzard.
- whereiwannab
  
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  September 30, 2008 7:01 PM
  
  what about arena pts? is it still a wipe? i guess i can start grinding honor to the cap (75k was it?)
  - yAak
    
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    September 30, 2008 8:10 PM
    
    yes arena points are still wiping when you hit 71, just like they wipe em with a new season. Only reason they aren't doing a global wipe with S5 is so people can stay 70 if they want and keep working on S4. No more L70 arena gear is planned.
- reverend~heresy
  
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  September 30, 2008 7:11 PM
  
  I WIN!
- MacemanInTW
  
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  September 30, 2008 7:46 PM
  
  If only I actually had any...
- electroly
  
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  September 30, 2008 7:59 PM
  
  oh jesus now i'm going to have to start doing BGs again to prepare. i told myself i could stop because it wasn't going to matter anyway. fuck you, blizzard
- DM7
  
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  September 30, 2008 8:14 PM
  
  I kinda wish that they did. : /
- [deleted] 744961335
  
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  September 30, 2008 8:17 PM
  
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