1) Be born into royalty in the weathiest place in the world
2) Install World of Warcraft
3) Buy out all the best toons and guilds to do your bidding
4) Profit

According to GameRiot, the Prince of Dubai as been the mastermind of the merging of the top 2 PvE raiding guilds in the world. He bought out both Nihilium and SK to create Ensidia.  What had to happen in order to make it work was that both guilds had kick many of their core guildies to make Ensidia possible.  One Ex-Raider/Member from Nihilum has quoted:

“Apparently without being a long term friend or a kiss-ass (no i won`t go this low), you don`t even get a chance to raid unless ~20 other people will fail to show up. I can play like this in any scrub guild, but I’ll at least feel that I’m a part of it”. – Ex-SK/Nihilum raider

Many of the core raiders that were kicked are now very upset that they are the ones that helped the guild/team get to where they are and now have been kicked to the curb.  It just comes to show you kids that WoW is a team game.  But if you want to be the very best, you’ll need to own a place called Dubai.

[via GameRiot]

… whoop de-freaking-do.  According to Kotaku “earnings had shot up 5.2% for the quarter ending November 1, with over $1.69 billion in sales.”  I’ll admit, I tend to feed the monster my money because of the convenience of thier location.  If there had been another game store around the corner, I’d buy from them. But hey, if you haven’t read our article on how to take back some of your money when trading in something, click here and read it. Just don’t over use the idea.

GameStop is known for being the biggest video game pawnshop in the US.  They made record profits for the first quarter of this year! Who knows much profits they are making right now, with the releases of so many great games this winter. The biggest profit maker for them is the “Used Game” business plan.

1. You buy a NEW game from them.
2. You sell a USED game back to them.
3. They give you about 20% to 40% of the games’ original NEW price when you trade it in for “STORE CREDIT”
4. They sell THAT USED game to someone else for 30%-60% of its original NEW price.
5. They Profit.

But what if you want to trade your games for CASH VALUE and not “STORE CREDIT” ? Read more after the break.

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