Erik Estavillo is suing Activision Blizzard over World of Warcraft. Erik Estavillo is also a funny guy. That or he's crazy. It could go either way. Estavillo claims the company "continues to maintain a harmful virtual environment to many of its customers by forcing them to follow [World of Warcraft's] sneaky and deceitful practices". And what could those "sneaky and deceitful practices"...
Most of you know that Thursdays during football season around here are generally reserved for the upcoming opponents' Record of Wrongs. But today is Thanksgiving (and this week's opponent is Kentucky), and so we're forgoing the usual litany of complaints in favor of a list of things for which we are grateful. I say this every year, but it bears updating for 2009: Since the first post on August 26,...
Keep it real and get ready for some real personal revelations if you are in a group that is handed the (sometimes) controversial, conversation-sparring new board game, KEEP IT REAL Rx from Trance4mation Games. NEW YORK, NY, November 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Keep it real and get ready for some real personal revelations if you are in a group that is handed the (sometimes) controversial, conversation-sparring...
The Steven Stamkos show came to the centre of hockey's universe on Wednesday night as Tampa Bay's young star once again showed what many have been talking about in this early stage of the NHL season. Already leading the team in goals with 15 in 21 games, he's making quite the name for himself with 24 points so far in the season and a number of goals replayed nightly on the major sports channels of...
The numbers are depressing – rugby has become a game where low-risk strategies reap the greatest reward via the boot When the International Rugby Board's game analysis unit compiled its reports on the Six Nations and Tri-Nations tournaments earlier this year, it found that the two winners, Ireland and South Africa, had one factor in common: a low-risk strategy by passing the ball less than their...
College basketball tournaments such as the Thanksgiving weekend's 76 Classic at Anaheim, Calif., are high risk/high reward for Butler. If the 12th-ranked Bulldogs win the tournament or reach the championship game, they will be looked upon favorably by poll voters and the NCAA Tournament's selection committee.
PTI reports on an interesting little controversy in Goa, where some police officers visited an offshore casino. This drew criticism, and Goa’s police chief BS Bassi duly defended his men: Offshore casinos are not illegal here. What is the problem with police officers going to offshore casinos when they are not on duty? Many people go to temples, churches, on fishing trips… As you’d...
Who says there's no room today for a Renaissance man? Certainly not the fans of Assassin's Creed , since the second game is already said to be shattering sales records based on Ubisoft's internal data. So far we've only heard about the first week's numbers: 1.6 million units sold globally. Considering the first game took away a healthy 8 million in sales over its lifetime, Assassin's Creed II is definitely...
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is warning that with the enthusiasm for the upcoming Civil War football game between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University comes an increased risk of fake ticket sales.
Capcom has responded to criticism of its Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles by religious leaders with a double-barrel return blast of its own. Bishop Bryant of Jarrow, Archdeacon Brian Smith and Rt Rev John Goddard accused the game of promoting the occult and violence reports MCVUK . Goddard said about the game, “If we dabble in this area we open ourselves to influences and put ourselves...
America, good call. In a season that was often marketed by game play, double-crossing and perhaps too much risk taking with the contestants' health, the last vote was all about sportsmanship. Allen and Liz fell below the yellow line at...
I was prepared to write how painful it was to see the performance last night in New Moon, but it looks like everyone that watched the Jazz game last night was in even more pain than I was. And to think I thought about trying to swing New Moon first and then the Jazz game. That could have ended my life. I don't know what the official numbers are, but the ESA seems like a ghost town. The Jazz have never...
The following is a guest post by John (aka The Masked Financier) who writes at TexasHoldemInvesting.com . --- The hedge fund literature is full of references to the poker exploits of some of the great hedge fund managers. This part of hedge fund lore is one of the main inspirations for the Texas Holdem Investing theory. The comments of successful hedge fund managers often refer to the relevance of...
In this article on the KSM trial, she indulges herself a bit : “Perhaps they’re trying to protect her father’s role in torturing these detainees,” said Lorie Van Auken, who lost her husband on 9/11. “And that’s actually what could keep us from seeing justice, is this torture that was done to these people because that evidence is not really evidence. It won’t...
In these tough times, some games have been deemed too much of a risk to localize for the U.S. Falcom, however, appears to be taking the opposite approach. According to a recent financial report, the well-known RPG developer is looking toward North America to boost overall sales. To that end, they are planning to release a large number of PSP games (via RPGamer ). That means that games like Ys Seven...
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