Sinan Kubba of The Game Reviews recounts a pair of launch-event experiences that he will undoubtedly not soon repeat.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."
HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."
Somehow I think your last message is moot:
"The moral of this week’s column is don’t go to launch events, and make sure you’ve got a girlfriend."
Generally the two are mutually exclusive already, ha!
Amusing stuff. Especially the WoW nerds. I'm already thinking back to Role Models. =D I do remember reading about the whole HD-TV giveaway event + taxi ride in some sort of freesheet a couple of years back.
I have been to one launch event...that of the Xbox 360. I didn't even have one pre-ordered. All they had left were packages of Premiums with ten games. I considered it. Quite glad I didn't actually buy it though, as I got a better deal a few days later by F5'ing Game's website...
Most the launch stuff I've been to has been pretty much here is your game now go...
Fantastic piece...both funny and relative to some of my past launch experiences...
The pic.. oh god.. hah.