The booth babes here this year at TGS 2008 are decidedly less fun and frisky then they were last year. For the first day, they were quite lively and fun, as they’re hired to be. I’ve noticed that a couple of days later you begin to see this underlying aggravation and sadness in their faces, probably from the crowds and pictures and foreign guys asking for phone numbers. Of course, when it’s photo time, they always snap back to their act, slapping on a smile and sticking out their hip. Or playing Twister with random press members.
One fun thing to do is look over the shoulders of the guys with the big cameras and see what their viewfinder is showing. Let’s just say I saw plenty of faceless pictures, and probably too many close up shots.
Original Post By Google News Dale North
I submit evidence of one man, which I am going to use to paint all World of Warcraft players as subhuman scumworms who deserve to be shot. This creature owns 36 WoW accounts, plays them at the same time on 11 computers, and goes on solo raids. He can’t even make friends in a videogame.
The WoW nutbag goes by the name of Bradster, leading me to believe it is our very own Brad Nicholson. The 36 accounts costs him $5711 in subscription fees: "Not bad considering I’m looking at it like it’s a hobby and there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft."
Yeah, there are also worse crimes than raping a woman, but I’m not going to do that either.
Bradster also has designs on 36 copies of Wrath of the Lich King, which will run him to another $1500. He has chosen to do this simply [...]
Original Post By Google News Jim Sterling