Blizzard Continuing Its Quest to Dominate All Your Time.

Do you only log 40 to 60 hours a week playing World of Warcraft?

Is Blizzard's BlizzCon how you intend to spend your honeymoon?

Do you spend all your time looking for new ways to squeeze World of Warcraft into your life?

Do camping trips get you down because you can't count on getting a wireless connection for your Horde character on a PvP server?

If you are a person who meets all of these criteria, well you already own World of Warcraft the RPG. I am of course referring to the pen and paper RPG and not the online one you focus resources beyond belief.

Blizzard has been thinking of you my friends.

Want to get in a game while you are commuting on the train or bus? Blizzard is partnering with Upper Deck to create World of Warcraft the Card Game.



But what happens when those quick card games run their course while you are on your camping trip? Don't worry, Blizzard's got your back with the World of Warcraft Boardgame, but don't forget to download the soundtrack into your WoW iPod.

Now if only they could make a WoW restaurant chain and frozen food/dry goods line. We would so be set.

Quick question though. If you are spending all this time on Warcraft...how are you paying for it?

Me? I'm just writing my screenplay for World of Warcraft the motion picture. Naturally, this takes a great deal of research and it is best to write in res media. Either that or base my screenplay on the exciting adventures of Leroy Jenkins!

Leeeerooooooyyyyy!

Should Paparazzi Become the Next Most Dangerous Game?

UPDATED BELOW

In his short story The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell presents a dark tale critiquing human nature. What is a man to do when all primal pleasures seem to have lost appeal? Why hunt other men for sport, no less. Game is a tale of struggle and decadence, David versus Goliath, you know what I am talking about. You read the story in fifth grade, or you watched the movie. Needless to say the premise of one man hunting another for sport is a deeply disturbing image, partly because in many ways it is very plausible.

This is why the Paparazzi offend me so much. They actively "hunt" celebrities, in the hopes of getting that "perfect" photograph. You know which one I am talking about, the photograph on the cover of some scandal magazine. I know consumers are a part of the problem as well, everytime you pick up Star or the Enquirer to see what trouble Bennifer the Sequel are getting into you are feeding the Paparazzi frenzy.

I bring this up because it appears that Lindsey Lohan has been in another car accident, and once again the Paparazzi seem to be a part of the cause. Even with the new law protecting celebrities by allowing them to sue photographers for up to triple the amount of damage in an "assault," the Paparazzi are hammering away at Lohan. Maybe you are like me and uninterested in Lohan as a general rule. Sure Mean Girls was good and her Herbie movie was a return to the classic formula, but for the most part the teenie-pop artist doesn't interest me at all. What does interest me is how aggressive the Paparazzi are with her. I guess causing one car crash isn't enough.

Since the new law may not be having the effect we want, let me propose an alternative. In The Most Dangerous Game the protagonist is a big game hunter who becomes the big game prey. Why don't we pass a MDG Law where we sell Paparazzi tags? You and I take our Shotguns into Beverly Hills and wait for the Paparazzi to strike and when they do...Bang! Bag 'em and rack 'em. At least that would make it a challenge for the Paparazzi.

Or maybe, just maybe, some of the actors could hire P.I.s to look into the background of some of their "adoring fans" and use their PR machine to give personal information about who is stalking them. I wonder how cameraman X would feel if a bunch of angry fan club members, or a Kathy Bates type from Misery, were to come knockin' on his door.

Better yet, we could as consumers realize that the "lives" actors portray on the screen are the ones they want public and be satisfied with those. Leave the gossip where it belongs, in the trash.

UPDATE According to the LA Times the Paparazzi may have only been involved after the accident. It is possible that Lohan fled her vehicle without communicating with the drive of the vehicle she hit. Hm...fleeing the scene?

Funny

In a vaguely-related point, in re: Christopher Priest, from Wikipedia:

Shortly afterwards, he changed his name from "Jim Owsley" to "Christopher Priest". He has refused to discuss his reasons for doing so, beyond a seemingly-glib story about carrying out a threat/promise to "become a priest". He states that he was completely unaware at the time of the established British author of the same name; as an accommodation, he refers to himself professionally as just "Priest". Ironically, he is also an ordained Baptist minister, and can thus be referred to as "the Reverend Priest".

Superman is Born!

Kal-El now lives among us, thanks to Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim Cage. You know you can say what you want about how lame it is that Nicolas Cage named his son Kal-el, but you have to admit that any woman who will let her husband name their kid after a superhero is every comic geek's dream.

Number One to Nico: This woman is a keeper!

Now if I could just talk my wife into Alan Scott, Wally West, or Victor von Doom. Wait...wait...Mon-el...no! Validus! Awesome!

[Thanks to Poliblog for the lowdown.]

Christopher Nolan's Next Film Filled With Magic and Mystery!

Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins) starts filming his next film,The Prestige, in January. The screenplay, adapted by Nolan's brother, is based on a novel by Christopher Priest which tells the tale of two rival magicians in Victorian England.

If you read the moviehole article linked above (click on the "The Prestige" link) you will notice that the film has some major comic book movie connections. Both Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale will star in the film.

Comic book geeks though should be careful not to confuse comic book writer Christopher J. Priest with British Science Fiction Giant Christopher Priest.

Roy Horn, "The Magic is Back!"

Roy Horn, Roy of "Siegfried and Roy," is walking short distances two years after being attacked on stage.

I have always been a big Siegfried and Roy fan and I was saddened by the incident, but this is good news.

By the way, if you ever get a chance to watch "Father of the Pride," the Dreamworks sit-com about S&R's animals, do so. The "family sitcom" part of the show is pretty standard fare, but the B storylines (which always involve S&R) are hilarious

Paris Marriage...

Is off. I'm not all that shocked... she wasn't really toning down her act all that much.

Was it all publicity, then? Only the Parises and confidantes know...