Players Guide
Just when you thought World of Warcraft couldn’t get more pervasive, it goes and escapes its electronic confines. Not to worry you, but the trading-card-game version of the frighteningly popular massively multiplayer online game invades the Austin Convention Center, April 27-29. Egad, hundreds have already registered to attend. Maybe it’s because admission is free (tournament entry fees range from $5 to $25), or maybe it’s because WoW is this generation’s Lawnmower Man. Know your enemy: Go to entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/organizedplay/tournament/dark moonfaire/austin/default.aspx or see the Ongoing section of our Community Listings, for more info.
For those of you wanting to join the dark side, the maker of WoW, Blizzard Entertainment, is hiring customer-service representatives for in-game support. Allow me to loosely paraphrase the job listing: If you like to play online video games and can read, we’ll pay you to chat with frustrated gamers at our new support site in Austin. For the real job posting, click on the Austin listing at www.blizzard.com/jobopp.
Tired of the rumors around Grand Theft Auto IV and Halo 3? Other, less-hyped upcoming games include Beaterator for PSP and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am for PlayStation2. The former features beats and music-making tools from hit-factory Timbaland. The latter features the recently shamed billboard terrorists the Mooninites. – James Renovitch
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This article appears in April 27 • 2007.