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The ntertainment P» \ < THED-PFiU} By Tayo Stalnaker J. ‘Burning Crusade ’ pwns PC gaming, sales records On Jan. 16,2007, millions of people across the globe spent $39.99 to save the weald ... of Warcraft. The first expansion pack for World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, was released th is month, and 1 have reached a new level of nerdiness. That’s right, 1 bought it It really didn’t surprise me that the expansion sold 2.4 mil lion copies, destroyed day-one sales records, and officially made World of Warcraft the most popular PC game of all time. So now, I’m proposing a question: Why does World of Warcraft play host to over 8 m illion players worldwide and continue to increase in popu larity? Well, here’s my answer: Blizzard, the game’s develop er. Here’s how I came to this conclusion: I witnessed the expan sion’s launch first-hand, at the Clackamas Game Stop's midnight release. A hundred or so people showed up that night and even more arrived in the morning to pick up The Burning Crusade. I was really impressed by how Game Stop, and other stores, handled the Burning Crusade release. Unlike the Wii and PS3 launches, nobody had to stand around for hours, there was plenty of supply and no one was shot or killed. Essentially, we were in and out of the store within a matter of minutes because Blizzard actually shipped enough cop ies, and didn’t have any “ship ping errors.” For those that don't know, here’s a little background on Blizzard: Blizzard has been devel oping games since 1991 and gained a lot of firns for their real-time strategy games Uhrtru/i and Starcrqft. They also garnered an immense fol lowing for its hack-and-slash Diablo series. In 2004, Blizzard took the PC gaming world by storm (heh... get it?) with the release of World of Warcraft, and became one of the foremost PC game developers. When it cones to custom er support and actually tak ing gamers' advice, Blizzard is second-to-none. World of Warcraft is constantly being updated with new content and bug fixes to meet players’ needs. Examples include a com plete overhaul of die player versus player system, various changes to class abilities to level the playing field and, the most recent, a change to the newest Paladin annor that was , booed by playas. World of Warcraft has ltad its share of criticism in the gaming world. In fact, Sorensen and 1 will be argu ing about the game in a future issue. He claims to despise World of Warcraft, but I know he secretly plays it thedpad@gmail.com Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 Clackamas Prin Shins break ... into spotligh Liz Travers The songs are reminiscent of “New Slang” and “Caring is Creepy” from the Garden State soundtrack. The Shins’ new album, Their-most recent radio Wincing the Night Away, can tune, “Phantom Limb,” is just be summed up in two words: a tasty sample of the album. soooooooo good. Using a mix of upbeat mor This being their third full bidity, the whole album is album, one would think that it pure genius. The first track, wouldn’t be as good as its pre “Sleeping Lessons,” starts decessors: Oh Inverted World with a 60s-esque tune, with and Chutes Too NarrowCThis a banjo breaking in halfway theory is quite the contrary. through. The song then gradu On their newest release, ates to a full rock sound. The Shins stay true to their My favorite song on the winning indie-rock formula- whole album is number five, “Sea Legs.” The lilting flute in the background per fectly compliments the sweet lyrics. Towards the end of the song, vio lins make a brief appearance and the music becomes a little funkier. Number nine, “Split Needles,” has a beginning that is almost grun ge, and melds into an orchestra, and then continues to a more indie end. The flexibility Internet Photo I 77ie Clackamas Print Internet 1 Portland indie-rock quartet, The Shins, bring themselves tt rock stardom with their third album, Wincing the Night Avj of this album may be its fin est feature. Each song repre sents a multitude of different genres. “Girl Sailor,” number 10, comes out sounding like a country song and evolves into something indefinable as any thing other than' awesome. The Shins began in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but now live in Portland. J I They are coming to cone the Crystal Ballroom on 21. For more information the band, visit www.thesj com. If anyone gets the J to go out and buy a I money could not be ba spent. There isn’t a gua] tee, but there may as li be — Wincing the Night 4 cannot disappoint. ‘Blood and Chocolate’ melts in failure, bad taste Ben Caldwell The Clackamas Print If you had to choose between family and the one you love, who would you choose? Now, add the fact that you are a werewolf and you’ve got the gen eral plot of Blood and Chocolate. It is a chick flick from the word go. Not to say that is bad, but it takes away from the whole werewolf aspect of the film. It is the same story told in every girly movie: boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, then girl’s family tries to eat boy. If my ticket had not been free, I would nave demanded my money back Blood and Chocolate is a movie that you would take your girlfriend to see if you were going to break up with her, and if you did not intend for that to happen, it would short ly there after. Do not waste your money on seeing this movie in theaters; just wait for it to be aired on television, because it would be a better investment to start using heroin. Okay, I know heroin is a bit much, but you get my point. If you enjoy this movie, you are probably a masochist and enjoy self-mutila tion - which, at the time, sounded far better to me than sitting all the way through the film. 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It has every opportunity to do something exciting, and it just fizzles out into its PG-13 rating. n- MFtAiWW' a ä is HW In all, I see this movie becond a cult classic among emo kids wt don’t know any better. Someha crap always finds a following Please do not perpetuate s ity and watch this movie. _B lood & C hocolak
