A couple of months ago, Blizzard Entertainment announced new in-game pets for sale online for $10 each. One of them was the Pandaren Monk, and the proceeds of sales of it through December 31st were to be split 50/50 with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The grand total was announced today, with Blizzard presenting Make-A-Wish a check for $1.1 million dollars.
Way to go, Blizzard and World of Warcraft players! You’ve made a lot of sick kids wishes come true.
[via Kotaku]
There have been talks of Warcraft audiobooks for more than a year. As I posted in November 2008, Tantor Media recorded 3 books narrated by Dick Hill, but then they were mysteriously delayed and dropped off the radar. Now Simon & Schuster is reporting that the new novel by Richard A. Knaak, World of Warcraft: Stormrage, is getting the audiobook treatment, with an eAudio version read by Richard Ferrone. Still no word on the other three, but it’s a start.
The book will be available from Simon & Schuster’s website on February 23, 2010.
People are weird.
I couldn’t help but look at the article on Gizmodo.com entitled Five Questions With Panera Bread iMac Man. I’d seen the story floating around for about a month. The Panera Bread reference in the title caught my eye, as it’s a local success story as a restaurant chain called St. Louis Bread Company that expanded nationally as Panera Bread. Then when I saw the picture, and the guy was playing World of Warcraft, I was hooked. But no one had asked him the burning question: why?
According to this week’s Gizmodo article, James the Panera Bread iMac Man says he goes there to use their internet connection because he doesn’t have one at home. He doesn’t say he can’t get one at home, so you have to wonder. He’s drinking coffee, and I assume he buys something each time he goes. He’s playing an MMO, which has a monthly subscription fee. He has a 20″ iMac, which wasn’t cheap and is fairly heavy (I know, I have one). He has an iLugger bag to carry the iMac around in, which goes for about 80 bucks. But he can’t pay for an internet connection at home??
There has to be more to this story. He can’t physically get internet at his home? He’s desperately trying to avoid his wife? He lives alone and just wants to be around people? We need 5 more questions!!
Or just chalk it up to the fact that people are weird.
I tend to buy more games than I play, and play more games than I finish, so I though this year I’d make a list of games played, with an * next to ones I’ve finished. I’m sure this list will miss a lot, but here’s a go at it.
Not a bad list. I actually finished more than I expected. Sadly, there are no PSP games on that list. Not a good year for the PSP, even outside the PSP Go fiasco. The Playstation 3, the console I have the least amount of games for, actually had a very good showing this year.
For those that just have to know, my Game of the Year, without a shred of doubt, is Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
For The Horde! I mean, Appy Monday! The MMO juggernaut World of Warcraft has spawned numerous addons and third-party applications, but Blizzard Entertainment as only released one official app for the iPhone/iPod Touch, the World of Warcraft Mobile Armory. Based on the official WoW online Armory, the mobile app attempts to present the website’s functionality in an iPhone/iPod Touch format.
They finally released The Guild song/video “Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?” that debuted at Comic-Con last month.
The song is available for purchase on Amazon.com and and the video on iTunes. Season 3 of The Guild starts August 25th on Xbox Live.
I never played any of the Warcraft PC games, but I’ve played World of Warcraft since November 2004. I own all of the Warcraft novels, but have only gotten around to reading one of them (Warcraft: Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak). I was excited to read that Dick Hill had recorded 3 of the Warcraft books as audiobooks, only to be disappointed when their release was delayed indefinitely. So when I saw that World of Warcraft: Arthas – Rise of the Lich King was coming out, I thought it might be a good opportunity to read one that was highly related to the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion, without being tied to a three book series. Downloaded it to my Kindle and gave it a whirl.
Update: Finally, A Warcraft Audiobook. Click here for details.
I’ve been on the lookout for the Warcraft audiobooks from Tantor Media ever since I posted about them last November. I noticed that they had disappeared from Tantor Media’s website, and their release dates came and went without a word. By all accounts, they were recorded by Dick Hill already, so the delay is perplexing.
The World of Warcraft site WoWInsider.com is reporting that they heard from Tantor Media that the audiobooks have been postponed. No further news as to whether that means temporarily delayed or permanently cancelled. I’ll be keeping an eye out for further news.
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