Fallen Earth is one of the latest and lesser known MMOs to hit the street in recent months.  This game is any steam punk’s or Falllout fanatic’s wet dream.  As a hybrid, Fallen Earth combines aspects of first person shooters and MMOs.  From what I’ve seen, there are no orcs to kill here folks.  This new world is a post apocalyptic desolate environment where your character must grab everything possible  to survive.  Sounds like Fallout, doesn’t it?

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Are we going backwards here, Blizzard?  Are we going from the realm of excellent customer care and the industry standard business model, to the polar opposites in such a short order?

WoW, the 1989 edition!

This week’s post is going to be short and sweet, because I am none too pleased with Blizzard this week.  Yes, me, who usually tows the Blizzard line even if the decisions are questionable.  But these two gaffes are just too much for me to be quiet about.  The first, people know about.  The second is something they seem to be doing to a select few of us.

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We all saw this coming. The next step in Blizzards’ plot to take over the world, or at least your salary. Blizzard micro-transactions using their new Battle.net platform.  Today Blizzard has added 2 new items to their online store for World of Warcraft players.  Two new in-game pets.  A mini Kel’Thuzad and Pandaren Monk for $10 each.

Some people are acting like this micro-transaction thing is new to WoW when in fact, it’s not.  It’s just presented in a different way.  Instead of going through the official World of Warcraft site, it goes through Battle.net.  Blizzard already has a bunch of paid for services like server transfer, name changing, sex changes, race changes and faction changes.

Are any of our readers planning on buying one or both of these new in-game pets? Or are you one of those than can resist these two new cute vanity items.

Need more cinematic footage from Left 4 Dead 2? Well, here’s the 2nd TV spot from Valve. It doesn’t show anything new, but it does certainly get the hype train going at full “steam.” (See what I did there?)

Do you love them action movies with fighting, explosions, guns and Matt Damon? Can’t wait for that next Bourne movie to come out? Well here you go.  Green Zone will feed your need. Just check out the trailer above for an appetizer.

More info on Green Zone can be found at their IMDB page.

Obligatory video below.

With today being the official release date of Dragon Age Origins what better way to celebrate then with a trailer.

Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that award-winning rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars will headline the in-game soundtrack for the new epic RPG, Dragon Age™: Origins. The title song from the band’s new album “THIS IS WAR” will make its world debut in Dragon Age: Origins before the highly-anticipated album (EMI’s Virgin Records) drops on December 8th. Available in the game today, fans and press can also get a first-listen of “THIS IS WAR” in an exclusive game trailer co-produced by Thirty Seconds to Mars front-man, Jared Leto.

As I am writing this, the indicator on the official San Diego International Comic Con website says there are about 25% 4 day passes (without preview night) left. Last year, comic con 4day passes sold out 4 months before the con.  Now they are on track to be sold out about 9 to 8 months before!

If you don’t hurry and get yours soon, you’ll be s.o.l.

The video above doesn’t show much gameplay or gives you any hints as to the tracks that are on the game but gives you the history of the company that is making the game.  Most DJs know the name Numark and Akai, but to us regular geek folk that might be buying the game, those two names mean nothing to us.  Names like Activision and Harmonix mean more.

After playing DJ Hero a lot, I think scratch will have decent sales with their game.  It looks just like DJ Hero but with a few more buttons that aren’t on the turntable.  I foresee it being a competitor just like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. But it’ll all come down to music tracks.  DJ Hero has a lot of tracks I’m in love with, but Numark defintely has connections to more of the hip-hop community.

What do you guys think? Will this new game live up to the standards DJ Hero has laid down?

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Welcome to another giveaway?! Yes. We are giving away games left and right!

The prize: We have five (5) Steam Keys to Hammer Fight.
Quantity: Five (5) Steam Keys.  One (1) per winner

About the prize: Hammerfight is about 2D battles of flying machines equipped with various slashing, piercing and blunt weaponry.

A unique combat system is based on realistic physics simulation, and it ties the movements of the rider to the movements of your mouse. As you wave the mouse, your rider swings his warhammer, smashing the foe into the wall!

Thanks to: KranX Productions

How to win: Just name the staff member that had the Fat Mexican Flu at PAX. Hint. Post the answer below in the comments and I’ll be randomly choosing 5 winners tomorrow morning.

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If you haven’t got it by now, our podcast titles usually have nothing to do with the episode. But, what we actually talked about was:

• 4 games that most people are on the fence on buying
• Censorship in Australia on Left 4 Dead 2
• Kojima likes Twilight
• Spain on track to opening a space hotel on 2012
• JoeThePeacock’s 2nd book, Still Mentally Incontinent, is on sale. 2 for 1!

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