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AFKGamer has a post up to this WoW Knowledge Test and it’s driving me crazy. There are a bunch of abbreviations and you have to figure out what they mean, but they’re not as simple as LFG, AFK or for easily recognizable place abbreviations like BB or SFK. Oh no, these take things to a whole new level.

I’ve managed to answer 8 of the 24 questions, but I’m totally stuck. Anyone have more answers? The ones I got are after the break. If you play WoW you should try it before reading my answers!

UPDATE: Thanks to helpful folks posting to the comments section, we now have the complete answers!
(I put stars by the ones I got, just in case you were wondering)
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This was a big shock. It seems the actor Chris Penn passed away yesterday. He was only in his early 40s. The cause of death is as of yet unknown.

Chris Penn wasn’t as well known as his brother Sean, but he had a successful career, appearing in lots of movies. I just saw him in Best of the Best a few weeks ago. I can’t believe he’s passed on, at such a young age. Of interest to the gaming crowd would be the fact that he did a voice in GTA: San Andreas, but check out his filmography, he was in movies as varied as Reservoir Dogs and Footloose. So sad…

Ain’t It Cool News has some pictures of Famke Janssen as the Phoenix in X-Men 3. For those who don’t recall, the last we saw of her character, Jean Grey, she was aglow with fire in her eyes as she held back a giant wave to save the rest of the X-Men. The wave crashed over her and everyone mourned her for dead.

Well, for those who read the comics, they knew she’d be back, since she’s the Phoenix, a bird that burns up and rises from the dead. Of course, all the power can’t be good, so here’s a good run down of what happened in the comics (and maybe why she’s seen hanging out with the villain Magneto in these pics).

I’m very excited for this movie, despite the change at the helm. The first two X-Men are some of the better comic book flicks out there (I consider Batman Begins to be pretty awesome, but it might even rate as a movie, one step up from a flick). I’ve seen them both several times, and enjoy them every time. It seems like X3 aims to throw in as many characters as possible to please the fans, like Angel and the Beast (check out the slides there, there’s a lot of good pics). And of course we have returning characters like Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Cyclops, Dr. X, Magneto and Mystique. I hope this picture lives up to the first two. Too often now we get mindless action without substance. I love the action, but if the plot is weak and pointless than I’d rather go do something else.

Oooh, in my search for X3 news I found this tidbit about Spiderman 3, Topher Grace is onboard as Venom. Ok, I know even less about Spiderman comic lore than I do about X-Men (I have read some X comics, but no Spidey at all), and the Wikipedia isn’t being as helpful as I could hope on this one. But apparently Venom is a villain who is not detectable by the Spidey sense because he’s some sort of evil symbiant or something. Well, I’m sure it’ll make sense in the movie. I really like Topher Grace, I thought In Good Company was one of the best, smartest comedies for everyone that has come out in years. So I’m eager to see him join the cast of another good comic movie franchise. Though we have to wait until 2007 for the next Spidey…

Maybe Superman Returns will kickoff another good movie series. Then we’d really be doing well, with four good comic book movie franchises chugging along! (Yes they are making another Batman with Christian Bale, yay, it’s been announced).

Whoa. So the WB and UPN are pretty much the red-headed stepchildren of network television. Shows that are considered big hits for them would be swiftly removed from the air on the big four. Well, it looks like they’ve decided to merge their fortunes and become one uber-loser network! Ok, ok, maybe it won’t be that bad. The new network is going to be called CW. And that’s all I know, since I’ve only been able to find one article with the news so far. There’s a couple of posts over at TV Squad, but it seems we’re all getting our info from Yahoo.

I don’t know if I’ve really ever watched UPN, except those last two seasons of Buffy. But I definitely watch the WB - Gilmore Girls is one of my favorite shows. From the press release, it sounds like the plan is just to merge their schedules and keep the best shows from both networks. So I’m sure I’ll continue to enjoy Gilmore Girls, just at a new home.

This fall, it looks like my TiVo scheduling will become just a tad bit simpler as I won’t have as many darn channels to worry about!

For those who asked, yup, Crazy Cattle has a guild web page. It’s got nothing there, just Shaleyla roaring at the moon. But check it out! I’ll keep you posted when there’s more there. Oh yes, there will be more.