If you have been playing their games for 15+ years, then this game is going to be exactly what you have come to expect from id. A cutting edge game engine, with a bare bones but enjoyable game running on it. I played for about an hour last night (via wine) and it was alright. Was it worth $60? no probably not. The product I have seen is pretty much the same as the single player Doom 3 and Quake2/4. I don't think it is as horrible as the Ars review makes it out, but then they probably had higher expectations. I look forward to trying out some multi-player.

While loosing almost 10% of the player base is significant, people are making too big of a deal over it. The vast majority of these accounts could easily have been gold selling accounts, multi-boxers who lost interest, etc. There was a huge surge in the popularity of multi-boxing at the end of wrath, and fads which gained popularity due to boredom, will fade once new content is released. As many have pointed out, there is more competition now too ...

Stimpy, whatever you do, don't touch the big red button!

No matter where you go, there it is.

We are being required to get both flu shots (seasonal and H1N1 when it arrives), and we are also required to sign a waiver releasing the hospital of all responsibility if something goes wrong. IANAL but this seems like a really shady thing to do. But in today's economy you can force people to do just about anything ....

If the ISP didn't charge for something like this, they would be inundated by requests from law enforcement, and others. The $$ keeps the agencies from making frivolous requests.