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Anti-Aliased: Shut up people, come buy my horse
So last week's little diversion into Net Neutrality (and me apparently being a right wing liberal jackhole) was fun, but this week brings me back on track with things happening in the gaming world. And, lucky for me, there's been a spot of news yesterday that's just caught my attention -- World of Warcraft's new Celestial Steed. Microtransaction discussions are nothing new in my column. From Cryptic to Free Realms, I've been all over the different payment structures that games implement. But, no matter the topic, one thing seems to stay the same: people really, really, really dislike microtransactions overall. The comments on these columns, and pretty much any other article we write on microtransactions, tend to end with angry commenters spewing their dissatisfaction. And you know what? Good for them. If that's their opinion, then totally go for it! But, what I really hate more than anything else is when people have double standards. It seems that people really hate microtransactions, yet Blizzard's newest buyable mount doesn't have people quitting the game left and right. In fact, it seems everyone is cramming in to buy one!
WoW Moviewatch: Get On My Horse (WoW Edition)
To borrow a line from Monty Python: "And now for something completely different." This movie was suggested to me by Baron Soosdon, and it definitely wins this week's prize for "most random video." Get On My Horse (WoW Edition) is a cover of the Weebls video, Get On My Horse. Bibdy created not only a new video cover of the original, but also covered the song. I don't know, maybe it's the sophomore guy in me, but I found the video pretty funny. It's got a kind of irreverent humor that still manages to not be disrespectful. Maybe poo and pee jokes are out of style, but there's still an occasional place for them. And Dwarves were definitely the right race for this video, those being the perennial party people that they are. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an e-mail at machinima AT wow DOT com.
