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Sunday or as it will be for the next few months Game of Thrones Day. Hopefully your weekend wasn't too wasted and you actually got to do something with it. If not well there is still time you can get to it. Or you can sit where you are and read all the answers to the questions I picked this week. With that in mind here we go!

Regardless of your DLC rant the other day how are you finding MK10?

The game itself looks beautiful, although I did already know that from demos and previews. The story mode and the fighting are also well polished and I am likely it. It is the best Mortal Kombat game it quite some time as I found in previous versions the fighting became secondary to everything else. They didn't let that happen this time, which makes me happy. If you are a fan of the fighting genre you will enjoy this game plane and simple and should pick it up. Just try not to be furious at the DLCs they have.

Did you think the WoW Token would be this variable in price?

Well Blizzard said they would adapt it to the market, which they are. The problem as is with anything new is people will try and then never again. There will be an influx of supply because of everyone buying it and then the influx of people buying it for a couple months for those that find themselves farming to keep their sub free. Now for those who have stores of gold this may actually take awhile to happen, but then some may just like to stand on their mount of gold and swim in it like Scourge McDuck.

Hearthstone on Mobile!

I know bathroom breaks will never be the same again!

There you have it. The questions I chose for the week. Hope you all got something out of them and if not hopefully you killed a few minutes while you read them. Enjoy what is left of your weekend!

The Token To Change The World

So you may have heard but if you haven't feel free to read Blizzard's FAQ here

Basically thought it breaks down to this

Coming soon to an Azeroth near you: the WoW Token, a new in-game item that allows players to simply and securely exchange gold and game time between each other.

Players will be able to purchase a WoW Token through the in-game Shop for real money, and then sell it on the Auction House for gold at the current market price. When a player buys a WoW Token from the Auction House for gold, the Token becomes Soulbound, and the player can then redeem it for 30 days of game time.

Now this doesn't mean that WoW is becoming free to play by any means. What it does mean that this is a way for not only people with high amounts of gold they are not using to get a reward for it, but also a way for those who need a quick boost of gold if they have been away from the game and off the inflation curve.

Blizzard also hopes this will reduce the number of people being hacked for the gold 3rd party site gold suppliers because there will be a safe and non ToS breaking way for people to get a hold of gold for the game.

Now because this is going to be Blizzard set value this isn't going to be able to be taken over from those who are trying to create a market on the auction house. Truthfully I see this as Blizzard's way of giving back to players who have accumulated wealth by spending a lot of time playing their game and therefore giving them an option to keep playing without costing them real money.

So as you probably figured out I like the idea and applaud Blizzard for making this happen.