ArtisticallyChill

• Home to find dinner has been slow-cooking since 3pm! I have the best girlfriend EVAR! #
• played Brink (360) in the last 24 hours. http://ping.fm/6oWal #
• And just like that, the Call of Duty franchise is done. via WSJ – 'Call of Duty' Sets Sights on a Fee – http://ping.fm/BT129 #
• Had coffee, cereal, PBnJ and caught up with Game Of Thrones. A pretty chill morning! #
• Spring cleaning: Off loading a ton of books and DVDs at Half Price Books. #

I know that the title may be an exaggeration. I’m sure there are a lot of hardcore fans will be willing to throw their money away into Bobby Kotick’s wallet. But the Call of Duty franchise I grew up with, starting on PC, that grew my love for the military FPS genre, IS DEAD to me. Like Guitar Hero and DJ Hero, both franchises were milked to death, and now Activision is taking the milking of the Call of Duty franchise even further by launching a subscription service with the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 videogame.

Activision Blizzard Inc. plans to launch an online service called Call of Duty Elite this fall that will work with the next major edition of the game, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” and future installments of the hyper-realistic combat-simulation game. In a move industry executives describe as a first, Activision plans to charge a monthly subscription fee for the service, which will provide extra content that isn’t offered on game discs sold in stores, including downloadable map packs that give players new “Call of Duty” levels to play.

Read more: ‘Call of Duty’ Sets Sights on a Fee

It’s bad that we, gamers, already pay over-inflated prices for broadband, with meager download speeds, that isn’t always up when it should be.

Lucky for me, Xbox LIVE is costing me $25 a year now that I’m the family plan.

Paying for monthly service just for extra content for an overrated game? No thanks Activision!

~ LoneWolf

• Had to stay a little bit later past 8pm to finish up marketing. o_O Home for dinner and then resting up for a long day tomorrow. #
• Redditors Secret Shopping Game$top and other videogame retailers: http://ping.fm/B3STq #
• I unlocked 5 Xbox achievements on Brink! http://ping.fm/ls3QG #
• Why STEAM will always be FTW! http://ping.fm/Wmb6g #
• Happy Memorial Day everyone! #
• That didn't take long to hit a major website. via boingBoing – Gamestop flogging "download insurance" – http://ping.fm/cjRgE #
• via boingBoing – Body slammed and choked by cops for dancing at Jefferson Memorial – http://ping.fm/lePuu #
• Off to work. If you're BBQ-ing today, stop by and drop off a plate of food for me. #