The Gamer Lounge

Ever since canceling my World of Warcraft count a year ago, I am occasionally tempted to jump back into the game.  However, the idea of constantly updating addons, and big grinds to get anything cool always turn me off.  I never expected WoW to put out a patch that would actually cure my need for quest helping addons, nor did I expect them to lower the level requirement for a mount again as well as the cost.

Check out these little bits from the 3.2 Patch Notes:

• Apprentice Riding (Skill 75): Can now be learned at level 20 for 4 gold. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 20 directing them to the riding trainer.
• Journeyman Riding (Skill 150): Can now be learned at level 40 for 50 gold. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 40 directing them back to the riding trainer.
• Expert Riding (Skill 225): Can now be learned at level 60 for 600 gold from trainers in Honor Hold or Thrallmar. Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold for Alliance; Thrallmar for Horde). Flight speed at this skill level has been increased to 150% of run speed, up from 60%.
• Item Comparisons: Holding the shift key while hovering over an item will now display the stat differences with the item currently equipped in the relevant slot.
• Quest creatures and objects will now show on the player’s world map.
• The quest log is now double-paned for more easily viewing quest information.
• Vendor prices will now be listed on items whether or not players are at a vendor.

Wow, I am very surprised.  I know some players might say this makes the game too easy, but for me it just makes it a lot more fun and playable.  I don’t know about you, but I HATE spending a half hour running around looking for a quest objective.  Whenever this patch makes its way onto the live realms, you might just see Kargo roaming around again.

Nope, you’re not dreaming.  Microsoft is currently offering a “limited time offer” of one month of Xbox LIVE Gold for $1.  Of course you can only buy one month, but it’s still a pretty great deal.  One month would give you plenty of time to pick up some online achievements in Gears of War, Burnout Paradise, and a bajillion other games.  What are ya waiting for?

So this definitely isn’t the Gamer Lounge’s longest or, for that matter, best episode and I don’t want to sully our reputation. So what do I do? Put out “A Message from Luke!” As you can probably tell from the title, I’m alone in this episode as well. However, that does not mean it’s a waste of your time! I cover Assassin’s Creed, Castle Crashers, Fighting Games, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Knights of the Old Republic, and Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War!

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If you were wondering why the new show was a few hours late it’s because we had some Skype problems again! Gahk! However, I finally got the show edited!

In this wonderful episode Larry is back and we talk about tons of topics. Some of the major ones are The Incredible Hulk, World of Warcraft, Assassins Creed, iPhone, College and even a possible live show!

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So APPARENTLY, Gamer Pictures are going to be ditched and Avatars are going to be the new kids on the block.  I’m not quite sure what I think of this.  The amount of customization you can do looks cool, but I’m not sure everyone will like this style.  I can tell you that I’m digging the guy in the white tux with the eye patch!