Evening Reading: Happy Friday!

October 22, 2010 5:00 PM

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Welcome to the weekend! It's been a different Friday around here. Xav has the day off to enjoy his birthday and Brian is down in Anaheim at Blizzcon. He evidently just played Diablo 3 PvP against JP from MLG. I'd be lying if I didn't say I was a little jealous. But, it should be a great weekend wherever and whatever you're up to. Despite the bugs Fallout: New Vegas seems to be winning people over and it's just one of many games on the coffee table beckoning to be played. Let the weekend begin.

Here's today's highlights including a couple things from Blizzcon:

And a few things to give your weekend an entertaining start

Absolutely amazing cover mashup of Space Oddity (Major Tom) and Rocket Man (if you only click one of my links, make sure it's this one)
Vote for Conan's first guest (the candidates are amazing. I sort of lean to the full cast of the 2004 live-action "Fat Albert" movie, though it's hard to go against Nicholson)
The McRib is back(just don't click the "nutrition" button if you plan on having one, right?)
Nice web, Mr. Crack Spider(sound is mandatory).
Ridiculous TV edits to movie lines

Garnett Lee

From The Chatty

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Jackass1233

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October 22, 2010 5:00 PM

SC2 Dota, not so impressed.
- exit button
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:04 PM
  
  Was there a video, or any actual information?
- chungathebunga
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:04 PM
  
  It'll have actual blizzard heroes though!
- [deleted] 1802241968
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:06 PM
  
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- pobone
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:07 PM
  
  It's still in it's early stages. Wc3 Dota was lots of fail, at first,too. I remember game start load time was 4-5min and full of bugs.
  - [deleted] 78672441
    
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    October 22, 2010 5:11 PM
    
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- Porkasaurus
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:09 PM
  
  Murlock Marine Hero is really cool, I love those little guys.
- pobone
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:10 PM
  
  Just checking,
  Storm of the Imperial Sanctum(SotIS) = sc2 Dota?
  - veras
    
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    October 22, 2010 5:11 PM
    
    no, a new official Blizzard map announced at Blizzcon
- capt tripps
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:15 PM
  
  I thought that Valve trademarked DotA
  - Porkasaurus
    
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    October 22, 2010 5:17 PM
    
    No - they issued an application along with Riot Software. A judge has to rule who owns the trademark before anything is official.
    
    Just because a company files an application doesn't mean they will get it.
    - oldschoolbob-o
      
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      October 22, 2010 5:40 PM
      
      im sure blizzard could counter sue for them stealing their units if it goes through, they should just share
      - dedgecko
        
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        October 22, 2010 6:09 PM
        
        !?
        
        How the hell would/could blizzard sue over a mod that is now a full game that doesn't share the same assets?
        
        Porkasaurus
        
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        October 22, 2010 6:11 PM
        
        Read the EULA
        
        Also, how does Valve have the rights to the term DOTA anymore than anyone else?
        
        Porkasaurus
        
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        October 22, 2010 6:14 PM
        
        For reference:
        
        http://serghei.net/docs/games/warcraft3_support/Readme/EULA.html
        
        oldschoolbob-o
        
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        October 22, 2010 6:19 PM
        
        i meant more like DOTA stealing their characters and just calling them something slightly different, plus that EULA, which is probably more prevalent in SC2
- Dontdrop
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:16 PM
  
  Any videos posted yet. Is it being demo-ed at Blizzcon?
  
  Also isn't this the first time Blizzard and Valve are making competing products?
  - oldschoolbob-o
    
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    October 22, 2010 5:39 PM
    
    the sc2 versions is being demo'd at blizzcon with release into the sc2 eventually
- bundy
  
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  October 22, 2010 5:47 PM
  
  I feel really bad for the HoN and LoL devs that two major players joined.
  - Jackass1233
    
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    October 22, 2010 6:07 PM
    
    I don't feel so bad for them, they have successful products; in fact, i'd dare say that HoN will be just fine; it is a supremely refined game that was coded from the ground up for DoTA gameplay, so it would take a pretty good effort by blizzard or valve to steal signifcant amounts of customers
    - boomstickah
      
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      October 22, 2010 6:20 PM
      
      Yeah after playing it more this past week, it's really a well done game. Still 30k people playing daily and 15-20k at off peak late hours. My guess is that they'll be over a year ahead of valve who will probably NOT be as polished as HoN. As far as SC2 dota, I don't see that being anything close to as polished as the standalone products. I'm sure it'll be fun to play occasionally.