SOE Strikes Back

Remember the CBS News email-bag from December that accused Sony of shipping incomplete expansions and screwing over the Star Wars license? The plot thickens as Smed, he of SOE fame, responds: “There has never been a release by Sony Online Entertainment that has been incomplete.” He says other stuff too, but I know the ex-EQ players will particularly enjoy that quote. Brought a smile to your face, didn’t it? Ya, mine too.

This is Stupid and very Sprite

Sprite (aka Coca-Cola) wants gamers (that’s YOU!) to consider their soft drink the drink of champions (not you currently, but maybe if you start chugging Sprite instead of that nasty Mountain Dew or other Pepsi product). I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP, Snoop, the Doggfather, introduced the Hip-Hop Gaming League, a new video game league for famous people that drink Sprite. Here’s the announcement. There aren’t enough words for lame in the English language to describe this marketing campaign, although, I’ve just now thought of a new one: Sprite.

/cheat sheet

This won’t be very useful for you experienced Warcraft players, but for your friends just starting out, perhaps for your mom or some noob guildmates, maybe if you’re considering putting your character on the auction block ( … ) you could include a copy of The World of Warcraft Cheat Sheet. Available as a PNG file for printing on size A4 paper, it includes /emotes, keyboard shortcuts, and other /slash commands.