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World of Warcraft Floats Vivendi Games
Gamasutra reports that Vivendi Universal Games posted strong revenues for the third quarter, largely thanks to some MMOG. From the article: "The previously troubled game division, which the company had earlier been attempting to sell off, saw revenues increase by 88 percent to 158 million ($189m), thanks to the global success of Blizzard's massively multiplayer role-playing game World of WarCraft. The game's success has also had a positive effect on operating profits, which rose to 7 million ($8 million), from a loss of 32 million ($37m) at the same time last year." Unrelatedly, but humorously, Joystiq reports that WoW showed up as a Jeopardy! question recently.
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I saw that. It was the $2000 dollar question. And none of the contestants got it right! I mean c'mon, you'd think that college kids would know what WoW was. Of course maybe the fact that they are on Jeopardy! shows that they don't play. All the WoW addicts are too busy to leave Azeroth.
"Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home" - Cicero
Referencing WoW, that's one thing, it's been popping up in NPR stories and on freakin' Marketplace.
But referencing Leroy Jenkins, an obscure reference to a spoof clip by a machinima clan?
What's next, mainstream references to the Fruit Fucker?
Well, it WAS a 2000 dollar question, which means they're ment to be a little harder. Plus they had "War" in quoation marks meaning that the answer had "war" in it. Yet they still didn't get it.
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
That would be awesome!
"This robotic character from the on-line comic Penny Arcade is known for his aggressive love of fruit."
*sigh* That's not going to happen on Jeopardy, is it?
Apparently, the entire category that the Leeroy Jenkins question was found in was about computer games, however every video clip I can find ONLY shows the WoW question. Is there a clip online of all five questions? (Apparently the others were about Halo and GTA.)
What I want to know is when the prices for the older Blizzard Battle Chest games (i.e., Diablo, Warcraft and Starcraft) will drop in prices? They been selling them for $39 USD for years now.
That question tested at a 32.33333%, repeating of course, chance of accurately being answered.
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"What's next, mainstream references to the Fruit Fucker?"
Sure beats a video Daily Double of goatse.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
Actually, it was "World". The exact answer:
This role-playing game out in 2004 returns to the "World" of Azeroth, where heroes like Leeroy Jenkins do battle.
Note to self: Stop putting jokes in my insightful comments so I can get something other than +1 Funny!