What Happened This Week – Trading the Weird for the Insolvent
Goooooooood evening! Hope all of you are braving the latest storm of the century, seems like we get one of those every five minutes. And then the sun comes out at the end of it just to spite us, that’s just unfair. But I digress. It’s time for What Happened This Week, and all the unusual merriment the topic brings. In tonight’s topics:
- China was revealed to have used prisoners for goldfarming in an unusual twist on forced labor. Well, at least nobody can opt out of raid night.
- Zynga prepares for an IPO in two weeks. Gamers and financial experts look at each other and shrug, gamers with financial knowledge (or vice versa) start panicking.
- Sony plans its bone-crushing five hour E3 event. Someone’s compensating for something, like an unexpected loss even before the hack took place.
- On the other hand, the PS4 won’t see the Big McLargehuge development costs of the PS3. So, hey, they learned something. I hope.
- On BioWare looking for artists. Yes, Dragon Age 2 dropped the ball in several areas. Yes, Dragon Age III is still a day one pickup for me. Yes, I am a consumer whore.
- Speaking of which, CD Projekt patches out DRM from retail copies of The Witcher 2. Oh CDP, you had me at hello!
- President Obama gets strange (and awesome) gifts, GRIN blames Square for its bankruptcy, and more!
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