Kingdom of Amalur: Backpack Vendors

Here is a partial list of places to purchase a backpack to increase your inventory carry capacity.  Make sure you read how this works.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/991144-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning/61895527

Five locations with names of four vendors (no names for the last location)
http://www.gamefront.com/amalur-reckoning-backpack-upgrade-locations/

Here is a guide to all the backpack vendors, complete with photos and more explicit directions as to where they might be.
http://www.gamesradar.com/kingdoms-amalur-reckoning-backpack-vendors-guide/

Doesn't look like you can craft backpacks, but I'm not certain.

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Rift: Easter Eggs

In honor of the upcoming Easter holiday,  Inc Gamers has created a list of Rift's pop culture references and Easter Eggs.
http://rift.incgamers.com/guides/Easter_eggs

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Rift: Finding Trainers for Abilities

Once you move beyond the starter levels where trainers are close to the quest givers, trainers get hard to find.  The online Rift manual says larger towns and encampments are where the trainers are located, but this involves wandering around.  Turning trainers on in the mini map doesn't seem to place trainer icons on the large map or help find them.

I've found two lists of ability trainer locations.  Unfortunately they are just for the Cleric (first link) and Mage, and don't look like they are complete.
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Cleric_Ability_Trainer_%28Rift%29

http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Mage_Ability_Trainer_(Rift)

Telarapedia has a section for each Callings from which you can choose the Soul you are interested in, then scroll through the Soul to find the Abilities available for it.  The Abilities chart for each Soul (example:  Rogue Assassin, Rogue Nightblade, Warrior Paladin, etc.) explains what abilities are available for each and gives you information such as the cooldown, level you need to get this Ability, etc.  But there is not a trainer location list.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Calling

Maybe we just have to be patient?

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Rated Battlegrounds and Starting Zone Guards

When Cataclysm hits, all NPC guards in starter zones will be buffed to Level 90 so griefers can't kill them.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/05/cataclysm-guards-in-starting-zones-buffed-to-level-90/

Blizzard explains Cataclysm's rated battlegrounds.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/04/rated-battlegrounds-faq/

More about rated battlegrounds.
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/upcoming-changes-to-rated-battlegrounds/

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How to Dress Like a Mage

Traditional mage garb and where to find it, courtesy of WOW Threads.  This is part one.
http://wowthreads.blogspot.com/2010/11/mage-outfits-1.html

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Enjoying the Unexpected

Thanks to the Pot, I found this little essay about enjoying the few fun touches in WOW.
http://raging-monkeys.blogspot.com/2010/09/world-of-warcraft-secrets-dalarans.html

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