In this epiosde, Chris, Harry and I discuss Guild Wars 2′s launch date, prescient poetry, new Lego MMO’s and more!

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What we did this week

Harry
Skyrim Dawnguard
Civ Rev on iPad

Bill
Rift
LOTRO
Finished Diablo III

Chris
The Secret World
Dungeons and Dragons Online
Rift – Raiding
LOTRO
TOR
Dark Legends

News

Guild Wars 2 launch date
http://www.arena.net/blog/announcing-the-guild-wars-2-launch-date

Eligium converted to death
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/02/eligium-is-shutting-down/

EU rules on legality of digital game transfers – opens door to character sales?
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/03/european-court-of-justice-rules-on-the-right-to-sell-your-digital-games-and-licenses/

Funcom releases their big title… and the boss quits.
http://www.funcom.com/news/funcom_n.v._announces_ole_schreiner_as_new_ceo_for_the_company

Teacher uses SWTOR to break ice with autistic student
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/02/teacher-uses-swtor-to-connect-with-autistic-student/

Christie Golden novel sets up Mists of Pandaria
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/29/newest-world-of-warcraft-novel-gets-a-release-date-and-cover-pre/

Another Lego MMO coming from Funcom
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/06/28/funcom-making-a-lego-minifigures-mmo/

Mechwarrior dev diary
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/27/mechwarrior-online-video-dev-diary-on-the-four-pillars-of-warfar/

“GoT”a have a name – 7 Kingdoms
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/02/game-of-thrones-mmo-announces-full-name-upcoming-trailer/

Ode to Eligium
Your trailer was generic toss
with castles, darkened skies
With slow-mo on the epic boss
and other standard lies
But hey, you know, I might be wrong
So I installed the game
Downloading time was pretty long
And what I got was lame
Horrendous graphics that only worked
in isometric view
but even that was damn right borked
And showed the world askew
And if I might, I’d like to add
I always invert my mouse
Not allowing that makes me foaming mad
You friggin developer louse
And how about you Frogster folks
Just learn to read and write
It’s not enough to copy paste
To a budget translating site
Let’s not forget the actual game
Grinding, grind grind grind
You grind and grind and grind and grind
Like it’s 1999
You grind some more and grind again
and grind until you bleed
Don’t worry, now you’re level 6
Go grind for another deed
Oh wait there are no deeds in here
Just loot that’s out of reach
If I am level 6 right now
I DON’T NEED A LEVEL 24 WAND!
SHEESH!
Oh and what’s with quest text spilling out
of the quest log box on the screen
Is there any ANY doubt
that this is something your QA folks have seen?
In Spring Eligium will be released
Which seems a big mistake
It should be locked up like a beast
and thrown into a lake
Just break it down and burn the rest
And don’t forget the priest
You’ll need a competent exorsist
To expel this gruesome beast
Burn it burn it burn it all
just burn it while you can
Burn it burn it burn it all
Burn this plague, this horror of man
And I also dislike the font, where the ‘m’ lacks a line so it looks like an ‘n’.

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