"City of Heroes" Issue #9: "Breakthrough"

The upcoming patch for "City of Heroes" and "City of Villains" introduces Inventions, aka crafting. Which means you can finally play that gadgeteer character you always dreamed aboout.

And after you've created unique armor, weapons and gadgets, what can you do with them? Sell them at the new Auction House, of course!

When will the patch be made available? NCsoft isn't saying. We'll keep you posted.

Ten Things to Do While Waiting for WoW to Patch

1.) Make a tangy three-bean soup.
2.) Take care of your calluses and corns.
3.) Prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.
4.) Carve a gourd into a birdhouse.
5.) Make a starship Enterprise out of a floppy disk.
6.) Learn to read Old Icelandic.
7.) Annotate your copy of “Moby Dick,” paying special attention to passages that support the theme of “the deceptiveness of fate.”
8.) Give yourself a home henna tattoo.
9.) Give yourself a home real tattoo.
10.) Experience spitirual enlightenment by drilling a hole in your own head.

WoW Patch Prepares for "Burning Crusade"

The latest "World of Warcraft" patch (2.0.3) unleashes changes and story content that lead up to the January 16th launch of the "Burning Crusade" Expansion. It's really happening, folks.

Looking over the changes, here's what I care about: "Due to various talent changes, Rogues will have all talent points refunded." Do I keep my current talents, or do I have to repurchase? (I suspect the latter.)

Dauðafylga the Undead Rogue is unamused.

Here are the full details on the patch.