Showing posts with label Blizzard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blizzard. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

YouTube wanting to switch to real names in comments?


Article from CNN - I am very interested to see how this ill go down. The jist of it is, YouTube wants to tie in You Tube accounts with Google + accounts and have people that use/comment there to have their real names be displayed. This is believed to make people act less troll-like as they are not quite as anonymous.

Blizzard tried to do the same on the World of Warcraft forums to try to cut down on the level of trolling there. There was such a community out-roar they had to adress the issue and decided not to go ahead.

Blizzard's community however is pay to play... You Tubes community is free. Will YouTube get the the same lashback that Blizzard got? Im very interested to see.

Personally I am all for it, as I really am not fussed because it does not hinder me in any way. In fact, it took me a few days of using you tube to change my G+ details to an alias rather than using my full name as it seemed normal.

Feel free to post your comments or feedback, im curious :-)

-V

Friday, April 1, 2011

April Fools jokes 2011 - online sources.


Figured on the 1st of April - you have two choices regarding the web: Hide or Embrace... So here is a list of  April Fools jokes I stumbled upon that may be giggleworthy.

Arnie and Boris Johnstone out cycling? I THOUGHT this was a Joke but it was submitted 11 hours ago... but mebbi. Made me giggle regardless. http://imgur.com/VJsxA

Blizzard:
Blizzard always comes up with some good Aprils fools jokes - this year they seem to have some entertaining items.
Crabby the dungeon helper. A luminous crab that behaves much like Microsoft Office's old paperclip. Watch as he stalks you around the blizzard website after viewing the page ^.^
Tomb of Immortal Darkness. (Omgsogoth, dark lord of Twilight? lol.)
Horadric Cube app. Note: read the disclaimer :p
Starcraft Motion Overdrive. Just... What? Lol!

IKEA:
Hundstol High chair. A high chair for your hound.

Ill edit in any others I find, or get linked to :)


Google:
Gmail Motion. Interesting concept at least.
Helvetica. I don't really get the "joke" in this one - but if you type it in the page font changes as well as performing the search.

Games Workshop:
Brought out a new book: How to roll dice. (Hint: Click the pictures!)

YouTube:
100th Birthday. Congrats to YouTube for their time travel capabilities :)

Edit: Heres a good list that I happened across :)

-V