AFK Gamer » media http://afkgamer.com I know all your guild secrets. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:51:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 WoWHead http://afkgamer.com/archives/2007/06/25/wowhead/ http://afkgamer.com/archives/2007/06/25/wowhead/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:58:33 +0000 Foton http://afkgamer.com/archives/2007/06/25/wowhead/ WoWHead, the pretty, shiny World of Warcraft item database, has been sold to the ZAM Network for over (an estimated, rumored) $1 million. WoWHead’s announcement is here, along with the now-typical rationalization for selling to former/current/speculated/who-knows-what associates of IGE, gold sellers to the stars.

Here’s what I say: why rationalize? It’s none of our business, frankly.

An interesting history lesson about this and prior fan site sales, including Thottbot and Allaka-adver-popups, by Ahmed Farooq, former acquisitions dude at IGE: “Hot off the Presses: Wowhead sold for over $1 million”.

Goddammit, when is somebody going to go on the record with these stories? The truth is, I can’t figure out WHAT we’ve got and until then, I have to use lots of slashed up phrases for all the “either-or’s” like estimated/rumored/speculated and current/former/not-yet-denied.

]]> http://afkgamer.com/archives/2007/06/25/wowhead/feed/ 7 I’m Flattered http://afkgamer.com/archives/2006/11/13/im-flattered/ http://afkgamer.com/archives/2006/11/13/im-flattered/#comments Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:21:13 +0000 Foton http://afkgamer.com/archives/2006/11/13/im-flattered/ A new gaming magazine that appears to be about me: AFK Magazine. I’m flattered. Much as I hate posers, how could I stay angry with a fan mag? I can’t. So, when people arrive here, thinking they’re going there, I’ll try not to act like an emo twat who writes gushtastic adverts reviews about whatever game is on the media auction block that month. I assume my fan mag will exercise similar restraint.

]]> http://afkgamer.com/archives/2006/11/13/im-flattered/feed/ 1