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Funny, well-choreographed avatar dances are one of WoW’s many frivolous delights, and the upcoming Burning Crusade expansion (due November 16) looks set to continue the fun with the addition of these Draenei and Blood Elf routines.

After lifting their moves from French coquette Alizee, female Night Elves have been the dancing queens of Azeroth for nigh on two years now. Do the unfinished animations shown in this video presage a transfer of title to their Blood Elf sisters? They can dance, they can jive…

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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The extensive SuperHeroHype Message Boards are rich with these snuck pics from TRANSFORMERS. Seems like those board guys pop up with a new pic every day! On top of that, there’s a pic of a street mock-up with a ton of trans

walnutmon writes “Newsweek has published a three page article asking whether World of Warcraft is more than just a game. Though some spend their time in WoW grinding, others take a break from the monotony of gaming to interact with others from the community in a meaningful way. From the article: ‘Generally, though, players of the game enjoy a form of community rarely seen in the real world; higher-level players go out of their way to tutor newbies and accompany them on quests. Deep friendships are forged. Relationships begin that flower into marriage, with Tauren brides and Undead grooms tying the knot in some virtual tavern in Thunder Bluff.’ I guess the question is, does a game become more when people do more than play to win, or is this just an added feature?” Raph Koster has been of the opinion, for quite some time now, that all MMOGs are virtual worlds; it just so happens you can play a game inside many of them. What’s your view on this? Are Massive games just another kind of game title, or are they something special?

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What’s all this talk about T.O. and Dallas? Jacksonville, 12-5 last year, doesn’t take too kindly to being overlooked as the Jags claim a 24-17 victory, Pete Prisco says.

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Variety ran a piece today in which MGM’s CEO, Harry Sloan, announced his tentpole flicks, one of them being THE HOBBIT with Peter Jackson, Sloan hopes. He also mentioned making a TERMINATOR 4, PINK PANTHER sequel (yech) and

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. We got sent a few spy pics from the set of JUMPER, the flick about teleporting teenagers and Sam Jackson chasing them down as some Government official. And boy does he look bizarre, in a good way. Thanks to “ZeekyBookyLord”

Sep. 10 (Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Florence was
upgraded to hurricane status with winds as high as 75 miles (120
kilometers) per hour as it headed toward Bermuda, causing heavy
weather conditions that may affect the U.S. East Coast this
morning. [Bloomberg]

mytrip writes to mention a C|Net article about the largest sentence for software piracy ever handed down by a U.S. court. Nathan Peterson of Los Angeles has been levied with an enormous fine after selling millions of dollars worth of software between 2003 and 2005. “U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III on Friday ordered Peterson to pay restitution of more than $5.4 million. Peterson pleaded guilty in December in Alexandria, Va., to two counts of copyright infringement for illegally copying and selling more than $20 million in software. Justice Department and industry officials called the case one of the largest involving Internet software piracy ever prosecuted. ”

ANCASTER, Ontario (AP) _ Jim Furyk patiently worked his way to
the top of the crowded leaderboard Sunday in the Canadian Open,
closing with a 5-under 65 in cool and windy conditions for a
one-stroke victory over Bart Bryant.

It’s unclear how long Trent Green will be out for, but not having him next week against the Broncos could put the Chiefs in a big hole.

Filed under: Culture, PC, Action, First Person Shooters, Online, Strategy, Competitive Gaming

Something’s perverse about the idea of a casual games tournament, but that’s exactly what happened when 71 gamers who don’t speak a word of l337 gathered to compete in Bejeweled 2, Solitaire and Zuma.

We’re having trouble imagining a LAN party without overwhelming BO, shouts of “pwnt!” and at least one Y chromosome for every X, but that’s what Fun Technologies claims happened this past weekend in Hollywood, CA.

To be serious for just a second: casual games tournaments are nothing new. Scrabble, Chess, Poker and Bridge tournies have been around for many years (in some cases, hundreds of ‘em). This may well be the biggest prize awarded in a software-based casual game tournament, though.

Professional FPS players the world over can now rest easy. When ya’ll are too old and slow for FPS competitions, you won’t need to start endorsing Mueslix and Viagra. Instead, prolong your glory days on the casual gaming circuit.

[In the image: champion Kavitha Yalavarthi, with her winnings and her fiance.]

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