Activision Considers a Cutscene Starcraft Movie

Per quote from Bobby Kotick.  Sigh.
http://kotaku.com/5639929/activision-considers-selling-video-game-cutscenes

UPDATE:  Apparently Fahey didn't dream the above.  1Up reports they are thinking about a digital download movie.
http://www.1up.com/news/activision-in-game-cutscene-movies

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WOW is Ad Free For Now UPDATED

A discussion of trading in-game advertising for being able to pay without a subscription.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/09/wow-remains-ad-free-for-now.html

Activision denies they plan to have ads inside the game and make it free to play.
http://www.1up.com/news/activision-denies-plans-charge-online

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Frost Mage Talents in Patch 4.0.1

Tacyon goes over the talents for frost mages on the Patch 4.0.1 public test realm.
http://www.frostnova.ch/tachyon/blogArticle.do?action=view&topic=PTR%204.0%20Frost%20Talents

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Harvest Festival Clothing UPDATE

Harvest Festival starts today and Kirina has harvest-themed outfits for your viewing pleasure.
http://wowrpc.waddellconsulting.com/?page_id=95

UPDATE:  Here's some info about the Harvest Festival.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/16/breakfast-topic-harvest-festival-begins-today/

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First Stage of Cataclysm Downloader Available

Looks to me like Blizzard wants Cataclysm out about the time of BlizzCon (October 22-23).  The first stage of the Patch 4.0.1 is available to download in the background.  According to the comments here, it is buggy and incomplete and 1.58 GB.  In the Comments Zef adds this tip, "If you are having trouble opening the downloader from the launcher window, just find the 'BackgroundDownloader.exe' file in your World of Warcraft folder and open it directly."

http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/16/patch-4-0-1-now-available-on-background-downloader/

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