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Official Video Games Thread VI: Somebody set us up the bomb

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unofan said:
Mass Effect 3 (PC, XBox, PS3): March 6, 2012
Diablo III (PC): likely Q4 2011 (Blizzard and Activision will want it available by XMas)
Torchlight II (PC): Q4 2011
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LOL. Those are the three that I want.
 
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Diablo 3, where blizzard literally prints money. In game auction house where you can buy items for real money.
 
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Foxton said:
Diablo 3, where blizzard literally prints money. In game auction house where you can buy items for real money.
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I am fine with the micro-transaction model. I even support it financially in some of the games I play.

Building it in will reduce some of the scams of selling gold for USD that happens in MMOs as well as keep the cash going to the developers.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
I am fine with the micro-transaction model. I even support it financially in some of the games I play.

Building it in will reduce some of the scams of selling gold for USD that happens in MMOs as well as keep the cash going to the developers.
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It's not micro-transactions per se. It's just you can list your loot for real money rather than in-game gold (and, likewise, buy it with real money rather than in-game gold), with Blizzard taking a fee off the top.

I don't mind it in some ways, though it does cheapen the loot. Half the fun of Diablo/Torchlight/etc. is the random loot you find.
 
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unofan said:
It's not micro-transactions per se. It's just you can list your loot for real money rather than in-game gold (and, likewise, buy it with real money rather than in-game gold), with Blizzard taking a fee off the top.

I don't mind it in some ways, though it does cheapen the loot. Half the fun of Diablo/Torchlight/etc. is the random loot you find.
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I'd bet they have loot thats flagged as non-trade, not-resell to help keep the rare loot rare.
 
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I'd bet they have loot thats flagged as non-trade, not-resell to help keep the rare loot rare.
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All loot that isn't quest/soulbound including in-game currency. There will be a fee for posting it, a fee on the person buying it, then a fee on using the service to actually transfer the money. Basically ebay.

You also need a constant internet connection even for single player. (Like that won't be fixed quickly) And there will be no modding.

Also, word on the street is Blizz copyrighted a few things that would mean kung fu pandas are up for the next WoW expansion.

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Machinarium is $2.50 on Steam today.

Simple, fun puzzle based adventure game that you will probably complete in only a couple hours. Although the very last puzzle threw me off a bit.
 
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Only games I see me getting in the next several months are MW3, FIFA 12, and NHL 12.
 
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Steam is running 4 days of Quakecon deals starting today.

Obviously huge savings on things related to those 2 franchises. As well as it looks like free items for TF2 if you pre-order Rage or Quake 4.

Also Brink is free to play this weekend.
 
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So apparently one of the other "classic" jokes of college hockey might be coming true...like the B1G TEN...
http://twitter.com/#!/eacollegehockey
Honestly I can't believe it...but it looks like this could be for real...somebody from Washington Times is talking about writing a story. :eek:
 
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Unbelievable deal today.

Morrowind GOTY + Oblivion GOTY for only $14.99 today on Steam. 2 Full games + their expansions at that price is ridiculous.

Other deals:

Fallout: New Vegas - $14.99
Fallout 3 GOTY - $22.49
Brink - $24.99

All Quake and Doom items are discounted for Quakecon still.
 
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Word of advice: don't buy a pinball machine if you live on a top floor. They are HEAVY.

It's up and running. Pics are on my Facebook because I fail at Photobucket at the moment.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
So apparently one of the other "classic" jokes of college hockey might be coming true...like the B1G TEN...
http://twitter.com/#!/eacollegehockey
Honestly I can't believe it...but it looks like this could be for real...somebody from Washington Times is talking about writing a story. :eek:
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I clicked the link and Twitter twatted that the page doesn't exist.
 
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So this may not be the ideal place to be asking this, but I figure I'll give it a shot.

I recently got an email from Blizzard giving me a link to verify my email address for Battle.net account registration. Considering I don't have any Blizzard products and never signed up for any account with them, and my name isn't "zhang", I figure somebody's trying to do something fishy.

It's a standard noreply email address, and their support site really doesn't have anything useful in this regard. Think I should be OK just deleting the email and going about my business? Or should I pursue this any further? I assume that since I'm not clicking the verify link, it shouldn't let them do anything, but I really don't have any experience with this.
 
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AKJD said:
So this may not be the ideal place to be asking this, but I figure I'll give it a shot.

I recently got an email from Blizzard giving me a link to verify my email address for Battle.net account registration. Considering I don't have any Blizzard products and never signed up for any account with them, and my name isn't "zhang", I figure somebody's trying to do something fishy.

It's a standard noreply email address, and their support site really doesn't have anything useful in this regard. Think I should be OK just deleting the email and going about my business? Or should I pursue this any further? I assume that since I'm not clicking the verify link, it shouldn't let them do anything, but I really don't have any experience with this.
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Ignore it. my spam filter is full of fake e-mails from people looking to steal WoW and battle.net accounts.
 
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Steam deals.

Dungeons - $13.59
Dungeons Map Pack - $1.01
Dungeons Into The Dark DLC - $1.35
Tropico 3 + Tropico 3 Absolute Power - $6.79

Bunch of other Kalypso Games.
 
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Evening, gentlemen. I have what might be a dumb question (I'm pretty good at those).

I have a newer version PS2 with a couple controllers (not wireless), with about a dozen games. Everything in fairly nice condition. Original boxes with the games, but not the PS2 itself. I haven't played it in about 6 months and I'm looking to unload it. What am I looking at if I take this stuff to a Gamestop or similar store?

Thank you in advance.
 
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