Jason Baur

"Scholomance" is in fact pronounced like "scholastic". It's actually not a Blizzard invention, but a real word, and it literally means "school of wizardry". It was a folkloric school of black magic run by the Devil; Stoker references it in Dracula. Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholomance

Thanks for being the only person able to explain wtf was going in a coherent fashion. Now I am unconfused.

So wait, where does Ben Reilly fit in here? He gets prime position above the fold, but no mention in the text. I feel like he fits types 2-5 pretty well. Discuss?

@Dug You don't get to arbitrarily decide what sales "count" to fit your argument. Starcraft sold over 11 million. Furthermore, no console game that is not bundled with the console has ever broken 30 million, let alone more. 11 million SC sales is on par with some games in the Pokemon series (which benefits from people buying both paired games), which is about as mainstream as it gets.

Additionally, you seem to have changed your argument from "Blizzard games are niche" to "certain genres are niche". Blatant goalpost shifting. But futile. SC has outsold Half-Life 2 and Halo 3, the best-selling FPS on PC and XBox, respectively. And the Command & Conquer and Age of Empire franchises have pushed serious units. RTS is pretty bedrock PC gaming (not the case on consoles, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone here).

@Dug Diablo II sold 1 million copies in two weeks, with total sales figures at over 4 million.

Starcraft also did 11 million or so, which is so far beyond niche I'm not sure we're even using the same language any more.

My go-to beverage can only be an unhealthy amount of Diet Coke. During the winter, I loves me some eggnog though.

My god, it's full of stars!

Steam is having a craaazy sale, so I might blow some serious money there. Console-wise, I really have been meaning to get MvC2.

I *heart* Massively and our dear friends at Turbine! I'd love one o' dem lifetime subscriptions.

Even though it is technically not available, I'm very enamored of the El Pollo Grande mount that is forthcoming.