From Yahoo News, last Friday. Hadn’t heard about this until now. Where was I? Most likely drinking heavily. Or something.
Hackers, Extortion threats Shut Down Game Site
Ryan Naraine – eWEEK Fri Dec 16, 2:31 PM ET
White Wolf Publishing Inc., a company responsible for some of the most popular role-playing game brands, has shut down operations after international hackers exploited a software flaw and stole user data that included user names, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords.
“White Wolf recommended that users and fans that may have used the same user name and password for other Internet services change those passwords immediately.”
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Battleball (Hasbro/Milton Bradley) is a pretty cool game of Sci-Fi Football. Tons of excellent figures (Blood Bowl players take note), and clean, fun rules.
For $30, it’s quite a deal.
For $5, it’s an “IT MUST BE MINE!” Especially as many folks find money tight, these days.
Toys-R-Us, on the West Side of Madison, has tons of ’em in their games section, on sale for $4.98. I mean, that’s like $.25 per figure, with dice to boot!
This is an awesome gift for kids and/or gamers (it’s lite but fun, a good beer and pretzels outing).
Not sure of other Toys-R-Us have it about the country, but on Madison’s West Side, they’ve got quite a few.
Ages 8+.