Yeah, everyone knows that all power plants fail catastrophically at 50 years on the dot.

Or alternatively, "Plain cheese pizza: the empty set of toppings."

Note that you are not purchasing gold from them directly - it's an important distinction that no new gold is added to the economy as a result of this. It's functionally not really different from the CCG mounts and pets, which have been tradeable for a long time. A lot of the other things they've reversed their stance on, like PVE to PVP transfers and so on, were just arbitrary restrictions and have proven to be very useful services for a lot of people. If anything, it's more a slow process of caving to player demands than hunting for more cash (though I'm sure that's a happy side effect). I think they still understand where the line is for things that would damage the health of the game.

Wouldn't be surprised, in which case, not impressed. Starting sometime very soon, my ISP claims they'll be offering 250Mbps over regular cable, with either 1TB or unlimited monthly transfer. The price is high for a residential connection, of course, but you don't have wait for them to run fibre to your neighbourhood.

Lord of the Rings is three movies. The Hobbit should probably be one, but it's going to be two. The Silmarillion would be a decade-long documentary series on the BBC.

Small objects still smaller than large objects after being thrown away. More as it develops.

For what it's worth, you can now get the full retail game plus the first expansion (70 levels of content with a free month to start) for a twenty. That's enough to get a pretty broad sample of the game, for a movie ticket and snacks.

Netcraft confirms it, BSD jokes are dead.

Hey, that's only $21 an hour. That still compares pretty favorably to even the cheapest of hookers, it's a bargain for how hard they'll screw you.

Will this do?

Split-screen multiplayer: supports 1 friend at 1 physical location.
Online multiplayer: supports N friends in N physical locations.

Which scenario do you think players find more convenient? The forward march of technology can be good for consumers and manufacturers at the same time, it's okay.