Happy Fourth Anniversary Guild Wars!

Congratulations to ArenaNet on the fourth anniversary of Guild Wars! Three cross-cultural campaigns after pioneer players first heeded Ascalon’s call for heroes, the game continues to draw in new players with six million units sold.

ArenaNet’s continued commitment to improving gameplay certainly helps keep people playing, even with the delays to Guild Wars 2. Sure, World of Warcraft has 11.5 million users paying $14.99 a month to wander the world and grind for hours as deformed characters — but people don’t play Guild Wars for that. They want a highly modular, aesthetically pleasing online RPG they can pick up and play anytime they feel like it — and for four years straight, Guild Wars has delivered beautifully.

Vote for YouTube Live in the Webbies!

I don’t put much stock in the Webby Awards, but I would like to see the YouTube community stick it to the snooty old snobs at Cannes. That’s why, like Nalts here, I encourage you to vote for YouTube Live in the Events category. I certainly enjoyed it, and so did 700,000 other YouTube addicts.

Voting ends April 30th, so get clicking.