tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:29:29 +0000nostalgiabattle.net 3.0site updatenewsswingin ape studiosactivisionfalling skiespuzzlermahddobungiekinectwc4psychologynintendovideotvworkpicsgaming on demandfinal fantasygold guideps3reviewsengineeringsecuritycataclysmeablizzardf2psopabetatorchwoodneteasemodchipexploitsworld of warcraftgw2mmorpgbethesdablizzconred dead redemptionxs.topaid servicestake twodcuosubscriptionspoeban statisticstitandarksporeubisoftbottingstarcraft 2monetizationsonythqdlcpiracyla noireremote ahpath of exileblizzard employeerockstarswtorriftamazontrue bloodindie gamesfalloutbanhammer3dslayoffsdigital castration4.0.1leakspredictionhypefinsquarewow Chinainterplayrmtguidegold making strategiessocial engineeringasheron's calltrollfuture newsnew realmspaypaldiablohackstribesvivendigamblingnext gen mmomechwarriorfilmsalemtake two interactiveterra novavernam7http://daeity.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Daeity)Blogger422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-1359317399328840616Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:00 +00002012-02-10T10:56:07.247-08:00diabloblizzardIf you weren't already aware, there's been a bug in the Diablo beta that has been around for a long time now that makes it possible for a 5th player to join a party. Incgamers recently made a post about it that shows the actual bug in action. There's a direct link to the video here and you can see it happen immediately at the 2:03:22 mark. I wanted to point out something interesting about thishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/CzxsVUY7jwU/4-player-limit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)77<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fKiwcu9X9ICTmnJ75QI4tSW6GRM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fKiwcu9X9ICTmnJ75QI4tSW6GRM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fKiwcu9X9ICTmnJ75QI4tSW6GRM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fKiwcu9X9ICTmnJ75QI4tSW6GRM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/CzxsVUY7jwU" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/4-player-limit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-6067948228833795663Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:24:00 +00002012-02-09T15:52:18.453-08:00diabloblizzardHighlights from the call and Fourth Quarter 2011 financial results include: No release date announcement. Big shocker. Diablo 3 has been delayed to Q2: "The company's first quarter 2012 outlook does not incorporate a new release from Blizzard Entertainment." Well, I guess we finally have our answer. "Early 2012" actually means "Mid 2012". WOW has 10.2 Million Subscribers as of 12/31/11. (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/c9RicxF4KD0/q4-2011-results.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)102<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT-4WuNOWrs9TNxSwwuQTgqBjN4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT-4WuNOWrs9TNxSwwuQTgqBjN4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT-4WuNOWrs9TNxSwwuQTgqBjN4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT-4WuNOWrs9TNxSwwuQTgqBjN4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/c9RicxF4KD0" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/q4-2011-results.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-6757900133801743139Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:34:00 +00002012-02-09T12:08:57.086-08:00blizzardI've received a couple more Path of Exile keys, and I'll be giving away one tomorrow here at 12:00PM PST. And speaking of tomorrow, The Activision Blizzard investor call will be taking place at 1:30PM PST. If you want to skip the call and just find out if they're going to be making a release date announcement (which they shouldn't be), all you need to do is keep refreshing this page as 1:30PM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/y8qwUYTvVEg/poe-giveaway-18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)54<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DjrG07TX4ceqH2mu7P1eMxN8kLM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DjrG07TX4ceqH2mu7P1eMxN8kLM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DjrG07TX4ceqH2mu7P1eMxN8kLM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DjrG07TX4ceqH2mu7P1eMxN8kLM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/y8qwUYTvVEg" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/poe-giveaway-18.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-5326815053886188956Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:18:00 +00002012-02-06T17:09:02.200-08:00newsblizzardFor a better part of the day, users have been unable to access their Battle.net User accounts. The reason for this was because of standard maintenance over the past 5 hours. And it wasn't just maintenance. They have finally integrated the new Battle.net Balance system and brought it online today. EU will be next tonight. Unfortunately, the new changes are still broken. The US Account Page http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/0DQGpqfoZM0/battlenet-maintenance-completed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)233<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFVXfHYa7GW9zosevwN3FuYPOTM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFVXfHYa7GW9zosevwN3FuYPOTM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFVXfHYa7GW9zosevwN3FuYPOTM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFVXfHYa7GW9zosevwN3FuYPOTM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/0DQGpqfoZM0" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/battlenet-maintenance-completed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-4226168522342719871Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:48:00 +00002012-02-06T14:48:02.313-08:00titanblizzardTook Long Enough A short while ago, Supererogatory finally published a piece about my older post on Swingin' Ape Studios and the other games they were working on (including exclusive information that I had obtained from Steve Ranck, who was the President and Technical Director at SAS.) I'm surprised he hadn't discovered it back in December. :) As you know, I've been drawing a lot of parallelshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/64ML-jJAToo/titan-ai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)8<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcIZGh9QuEO_mm_-huLZAQJOv5o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcIZGh9QuEO_mm_-huLZAQJOv5o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcIZGh9QuEO_mm_-huLZAQJOv5o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pcIZGh9QuEO_mm_-huLZAQJOv5o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/64ML-jJAToo" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/titan-ai.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-5363423474575691633Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:00 +00002012-02-08T16:59:25.019-08:00diabloIf you have the means and web development experience, I would recommend that you start working on a simple replacement for Diablo 3 Trade Chat as soon as possible and start promoting it. (I'll help if it's a good webapp.) Bashiok has recently confirmed that D3 will only have private chat, and there won't be any open or public channels. The reason for this change is to prevent player trading http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/sTpSIrglJB8/d3-trade-chat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)129<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c6Ojqr7YeLHFx6PutKEXeQ52v4k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c6Ojqr7YeLHFx6PutKEXeQ52v4k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c6Ojqr7YeLHFx6PutKEXeQ52v4k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c6Ojqr7YeLHFx6PutKEXeQ52v4k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/sTpSIrglJB8" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/d3-trade-chat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-6586633458062270458Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:59:00 +00002012-02-04T09:31:39.393-08:00videoIf you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend that you check out the following video: I was laughing my ass off throughout the whole thing (well, except for the silly last 10 seconds). It was created by the writer of Chronicle, and it has a few celebrity cameo appearances too. Normally I don't re-post stuff like this (the video will be growing in popularity), but it's something I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/kHbg4WBFqOI/death-and-return-of-superman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)20<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZslNeRDhRsZ0WJmMeV6RCMbH3c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZslNeRDhRsZ0WJmMeV6RCMbH3c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZslNeRDhRsZ0WJmMeV6RCMbH3c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZslNeRDhRsZ0WJmMeV6RCMbH3c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/kHbg4WBFqOI" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/death-and-return-of-superman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-7217019834494870777Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:36:00 +00002012-02-07T07:45:53.440-08:00diablomonetizationYesterday, I touched on the Shared Stash changes and how it could be used as a business opportunity to monetize slot size upgrades and many other in-game "services". For example, if Blizzard were to make the gold-collecting pets an extremely rare drop, they would then be sold on the RMAH. Those pets are extremely useful in-game and would be highly sought after. In essence, you're paying for a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/y_JP0yGRbP0/paid-in-game-services-in-diablo-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)133<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dlnPZ2tteh9M-znaQJP10lgGKPc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dlnPZ2tteh9M-znaQJP10lgGKPc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dlnPZ2tteh9M-znaQJP10lgGKPc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dlnPZ2tteh9M-znaQJP10lgGKPc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/y_JP0yGRbP0" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/paid-in-game-services-in-diablo-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-8002412821944546708Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:58:00 +00002012-02-08T18:03:06.796-08:00diabloblizzardSomething To Keep You Busy While waiting for Activision Blizzard's conference call next week, there are also other Shareholder's Meetings being held for other publishers that might interest you. It's one the reasons why you've seen, and will be seeing, a lot of new announcements on various gaming sites over the next couple weeks. (For example, there will be EA announcements later today and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/1zsGC6jarhI/weak-ly-updates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)69<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3RAJVCJmtfe8Y4Iy-f4_Tvi-qwg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3RAJVCJmtfe8Y4Iy-f4_Tvi-qwg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3RAJVCJmtfe8Y4Iy-f4_Tvi-qwg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3RAJVCJmtfe8Y4Iy-f4_Tvi-qwg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/1zsGC6jarhI" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/02/weak-ly-updates.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-2620753165837883147Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:40:00 +00002012-01-31T16:08:01.351-08:00diablopaypalrmahblizzardTwo days ago, I had said to expect a new Battle.net Terms of Use to roll out soon, and once the new contract was live, users (who even signed the older one) would be presented with a new TOU that contains D3 / PayPal / RMAH related revisions. It just went live earlier this morning. The new Battle.net Terms of Use are actually dated "Last Revised December 10, 2011", however the official US link http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/7G7jwEgirmg/new-battlenet-tou-confirmed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)95<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOiJIi2CLfAvaOF8FW8mwFB2F74/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOiJIi2CLfAvaOF8FW8mwFB2F74/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOiJIi2CLfAvaOF8FW8mwFB2F74/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JOiJIi2CLfAvaOF8FW8mwFB2F74/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/7G7jwEgirmg" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-battlenet-tou-confirmed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-7050860076927548343Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:02:00 +00002012-02-08T10:17:54.456-08:00blizzardIf you try to sign-in to the Battle.net website, you might have noticed that a new "Terms of Use" contract appears. You have the "option" of signing it if you want to access your Battle.net account and play your games. (The TOU pop seems to be region specific, yesterday Renvex saw it, but no one else received it or could confirm.) The Battle.net contract itself is actually a really old one (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/W06E5CLTcKU/new-battlenet-preparations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)75<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2TvvqOHRrHpnWtVO20bEdPpVXp8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2TvvqOHRrHpnWtVO20bEdPpVXp8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2TvvqOHRrHpnWtVO20bEdPpVXp8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2TvvqOHRrHpnWtVO20bEdPpVXp8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/W06E5CLTcKU" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-battlenet-preparations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-7298907559891217360Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:27:00 +00002012-01-30T11:58:01.207-08:00betapoePossibly the last one for a while. Will be giving away this one tomorrow (Jan 30) at 12:00PM PST. This week and next should be quite exciting. Interesting posts here will pick up once there's finally new information available. I'm mostly looking forwards to creating some gold guides, though, once the game goes live. * UPDATE: Beta Key: FRY75-HWB8Z-EHN6C-9____ Letters: J E 2 Yhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/eRto9gAKvfM/poe-giveaway-17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)6<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LhfhF0WrMvllQ9IzS0PbhlCP8MA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LhfhF0WrMvllQ9IzS0PbhlCP8MA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LhfhF0WrMvllQ9IzS0PbhlCP8MA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LhfhF0WrMvllQ9IzS0PbhlCP8MA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/eRto9gAKvfM" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/poe-giveaway-17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-195147365627721637Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:56:00 +00002012-01-27T11:58:28.171-08:00betapoeI will be giving away another key at 12:00PM PST today. Make sure you check out the earlier giveaways to see how this works. * UPDATE: Here you go: FRE47-BL7RB-8F3T2-J____ Letters: U J Y Shttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/GTHpLKho8fQ/poe-giveaway-16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)32<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMQwreOXg4tFjuRLGFLoDKQXikM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMQwreOXg4tFjuRLGFLoDKQXikM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMQwreOXg4tFjuRLGFLoDKQXikM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mMQwreOXg4tFjuRLGFLoDKQXikM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/GTHpLKho8fQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/poe-giveaway-16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-2631094115078400661Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:20:00 +00002012-01-26T15:40:39.919-08:00layoffsA mass layoff notice has gone out to employees at Bandai Namco Games America Inc. in San Jose, CA. The first group of 37 will be laid off on 03/06/12, and another group of 8 will be laid off on 03/30/12. They're legally required to be informed of this 60 days in advance. (I've been monitoring mass layoff notifications for gaming companies in California specifically since those multiple http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/geBmnv1y8lQ/layoffs-hitting-bandai-namco-in-march.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)8<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/el88Z1FDrvsI3lQlw78soKJ5ZTY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/el88Z1FDrvsI3lQlw78soKJ5ZTY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/el88Z1FDrvsI3lQlw78soKJ5ZTY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/el88Z1FDrvsI3lQlw78soKJ5ZTY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/geBmnv1y8lQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/layoffs-hitting-bandai-namco-in-march.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-1757065429293448862Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:12:00 +00002012-01-26T08:12:06.254-08:00blizzardYesterday, one of our readers raised a good point about Blizzard cannibalizing their own games, especially if they plan on releasing 3 games in one year (which would indeed be quite unusual.) I figured I would make a post about it, because it's an interesting topic. Basically, there's only a fear of cannibalizing World of Warcraft players. There's little concern about taking players away from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/-sPOceuxNJY/cannibalization-no-problem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)68<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bDOevmYoVOFYkykCio-6ohfvFL8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bDOevmYoVOFYkykCio-6ohfvFL8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bDOevmYoVOFYkykCio-6ohfvFL8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bDOevmYoVOFYkykCio-6ohfvFL8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/-sPOceuxNJY" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/cannibalization-no-problem.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-6887460871620530213Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:36:00 +00002012-02-08T17:56:36.115-08:00blizzardAh, here we go. Blizzard is going to be releasing three games this year (D3, HOTS & MOP.) And you thought I was crazy yesterday for suggesting that Blizzard was going to release 3 games this year. :) What's nice about this quote, is that it's not from Bashiok or Zahrym (which would immediately discredit what they're saying): "we're set on channelling that into the three games we have coming http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/33Lv0CjPbZg/blizzard-3-games-this-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)24<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SYFEUyvqd4yQHNy8GxfDbxZKDb4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SYFEUyvqd4yQHNy8GxfDbxZKDb4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SYFEUyvqd4yQHNy8GxfDbxZKDb4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SYFEUyvqd4yQHNy8GxfDbxZKDb4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/33Lv0CjPbZg" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/blizzard-3-games-this-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-6732116559792327057Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:37:00 +00002012-01-26T06:06:16.132-08:00blizzardThe image on the left is from the EU Battle.net post, and the image on the right is from the US Battle.net post. (Thanks qmk and rpgguy.) Since the cache from the original US post is gone, and Blizzard had made modifications to their website to prevent archiving (e.g. change detection websites, archive.org, etc.), I don't have a copy of the original US one. Luckily, some individuals copied andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/KG8xCA8qs_Y/sneaky-bnet-article-editing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)48<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jY9Z3mz1bJf8PXiO7J6kNhO_g3Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jY9Z3mz1bJf8PXiO7J6kNhO_g3Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jY9Z3mz1bJf8PXiO7J6kNhO_g3Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jY9Z3mz1bJf8PXiO7J6kNhO_g3Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/KG8xCA8qs_Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/sneaky-bnet-article-editing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-121914067574620289Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:44:00 +00002012-01-25T08:44:13.003-08:00blizzconblizzardSo, you all know by now that Blizzcon 2012 has been cancelled in lieu of an eSports Tournament event "somewhere in Asia". I'm really disappointed. Not because it was cancelled, but because I was saving up a post for September about Titan! Right now, "professionals" have predicted that Blizzard's Next Gen MMO is going to be announced at Blizzon 2012, and that number was only going to increase http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/5EjbX5_C__c/blizzcon-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)23<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viuPr7WjViPhsyQZGbW5OxwD7YE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viuPr7WjViPhsyQZGbW5OxwD7YE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viuPr7WjViPhsyQZGbW5OxwD7YE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/viuPr7WjViPhsyQZGbW5OxwD7YE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/5EjbX5_C__c" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/blizzcon-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-5311917240080524359Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:58:00 +00002012-01-24T18:40:53.505-08:00diablopaypalAs you know, I'm still waiting for that Battle.net Balance to be implemented, and I have suspected for some time that Blizzard may be having some PayPal or RMAH/Balance integration issues. Coming Soon: Battle.net Balance We’ll be rolling out the new Battle.net Balance feature in the weeks ahead.It's been over 7 weeks now, and the Battle.net Balance feature has still not been rolled out. I also http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/HFMoub6z0pc/wheres-paypal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)72<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xMQ1bazKUJj3Sem9P7WmMttOBMs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xMQ1bazKUJj3Sem9P7WmMttOBMs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xMQ1bazKUJj3Sem9P7WmMttOBMs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xMQ1bazKUJj3Sem9P7WmMttOBMs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/HFMoub6z0pc" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/wheres-paypal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-6073464489577417506Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:44:00 +00002012-01-29T06:39:29.459-08:00blizzardThe Blizzard Korea 2012 New Year's Videos are now up. But, here's what the subtitles "really" say: GREETINGS KOREAN GAMERS, MY NAME'S JAY WILSON AND I'M THE GAME DIRECTOR FOR DIABLO 3. I WAS TOLD TO SIT IN THAT DARK ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED "ARTISTIC", I AM SORRY IF YOU NEEDED TO INCREASE YOUR GAMMA. I JUST SAID "2012" SO I WILL PUT THAT IN THE SUBTITLES NOW TO THROW OFF SUSPICION. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/Orv_-4SAozw/blizzard-korea-videos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)60<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xKsCJ2_WV2DN_cZ2ZklRbuCEXnE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xKsCJ2_WV2DN_cZ2ZklRbuCEXnE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xKsCJ2_WV2DN_cZ2ZklRbuCEXnE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xKsCJ2_WV2DN_cZ2ZklRbuCEXnE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/Orv_-4SAozw" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/blizzard-korea-videos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-3535534691417465426Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:36:00 +00002012-01-21T10:38:30.172-08:00final fantasypoeSquare Enix just registered a new trademark called "FINAL FANTASY DIMENSIONS". It has the standard description for a new video game. It will probably be a brand new series though.. so, it might have something to do with bringing back old characters and uniting them, or maybe a tie-in to their new time travel approach in recent games. They have a domain registered as well: http://http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/_mj2rsoHHi4/final-fantasy-dimensions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QzTl1ZEsWR3akriotYlRMxI7FsM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QzTl1ZEsWR3akriotYlRMxI7FsM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QzTl1ZEsWR3akriotYlRMxI7FsM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QzTl1ZEsWR3akriotYlRMxI7FsM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/_mj2rsoHHi4" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/final-fantasy-dimensions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-7270060807967913329Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +00002012-01-19T11:15:36.361-08:00diabloWhatever issues are revealed tomorrow (e.g. "core system mechanics"), they obviously can't say polish, bugs, player balance or runes. They'll need to come up with something really good.Jay Wilson's post just went up moments ago. So, Jay has been preparing this for a few weeks now and everyone was anticipating a significant post detailing the drastic mechanic changes and huge additions being madehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/wSOQGHHF0QU/my-fears-have-been-confirmed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)107<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdFnG6mXff4qgdRl4-0tq1u3_A8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdFnG6mXff4qgdRl4-0tq1u3_A8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdFnG6mXff4qgdRl4-0tq1u3_A8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PdFnG6mXff4qgdRl4-0tq1u3_A8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/wSOQGHHF0QU" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-fears-have-been-confirmed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-3083379107693196922Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:41:00 +00002012-01-19T07:16:39.764-08:00site updatePossible Site Issues Tomorrow There's a SOPA protest / blackout tomorrow. I don't think Blogspot is planning anything, but don't be surprised if something weird happens to this blog since IMGUR is going down (and some of the media here is hosted by IMGUR.) Take Two Interactive The Max Payne 3 release date has been announced by Take Two. XBOX/PS3 on May 15 and May 18, PC version on May 29 and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/6ZmcxIxiTCQ/site-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)105<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fl7h4q0T6oLT6GzLIaweWIYPJRU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fl7h4q0T6oLT6GzLIaweWIYPJRU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fl7h4q0T6oLT6GzLIaweWIYPJRU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fl7h4q0T6oLT6GzLIaweWIYPJRU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/6ZmcxIxiTCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/site-update.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-3884162295908648757Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:31:00 +00002012-01-17T12:58:04.632-08:00betapoeGiving away another beta key here tomorrow at 1:00PM PST. * UPDATE: FRRDD-ZTPJL-GMSJX-J____ Letters: A 8 L K Good luck!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/hGSBF5YbQH8/poe-giveaway-14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)8<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0VDbxiEAjoc9PTYEW3lRu7hSyl8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0VDbxiEAjoc9PTYEW3lRu7hSyl8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0VDbxiEAjoc9PTYEW3lRu7hSyl8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0VDbxiEAjoc9PTYEW3lRu7hSyl8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/hGSBF5YbQH8" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/poe-giveaway-14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159220651467449213.post-4621834961775571663Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:46:00 +00002012-01-16T08:49:25.546-08:00gamblingI had mentioned before that I hoped other developers and publishers would be keeping a sharp eye Diablo 3's Real Money Auction House progress. Almost all ratings boards (except for South Korea) don't concern themselves with gambling and they leave regulation up to other government bodies. So, if any gambling inquiries or concerns do arise, it will be well after Diablo 3 launches.. possibly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~3/ldT0swcMhiM/new-approaches-for-online-casinos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daeity)24<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zrHQmipIQPJbrdDutWWzsJssqJc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zrHQmipIQPJbrdDutWWzsJssqJc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zrHQmipIQPJbrdDutWWzsJssqJc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zrHQmipIQPJbrdDutWWzsJssqJc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DigitalCastration/~4/ldT0swcMhiM" height="1" width="1"/>http://daeity.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-approaches-for-online-casinos.html