I knew something was missing from World of Warcraft. If I am going to be nearly comatose from eating brown food, then my WoW character should be too. During the Pilgrim’s Bounty celebration, which runs November 22-28, Bountiful Tables will be popping up outside of major towns and cities in Azeroth, allowing players to sit, eat and share food until their armour no longer fits. Each table features five different chairs — The Sweet Potato Chair, The Turkey Chair, The Stuffing Chair, The Cranberry Chair and The Pie Chair — with the player sitting at each chair responsible for sharing his or her bounty with the rest of the class. Eating five helpings of anything grants you a buff. Eating five helpings of everything grants you an hour long 10% reputation gain buff, reflecting the spirit of the season.

I am just tickled that there’s something called The Pie Chair. I need one of these chairs.

As I said, the holiday is also about cooking, and Pilgrim’s Bounty features five recipes that can take a player from skill level 1 to skill level 340, along with daily cooking quests that result in the prize of a Turkey Caller, which sounds like a pet to me.

Check out the Pilgrim’s Bounty page on the World of Warcraft website for more on this gluttonous new holiday.

This Saturday, November 14, Nintendo will be be bringing interactive gaming stations, costumed characters, trivia, prize giveaways and live tournaments to their New York store to celebrate the release of Wii must-have New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The event will also include a Super Mario Bros. museum filled with “memorabilia pulled from Nintendo’s archives that chronicles Mario’s history and cultural impact over nearly 25 years”.

We’ll be there. Totilo will be wearing bells.

What about New Super Mario Bros. Wii? Planning on picking it up? Is it time for Wii owners to start lining streets and counting days?

Let us know.

The participating Best Buy stores will start selling Modern Warfare 2 at 12.01am this Tuesday. GameStop tells me that 4250 of their 4360 stores will also be selling at midnight and that they plan to also have “lots of fun activities” for waiting fans.

What platform will you be getting it for?

So the studio is hosting a party on October 17 in Dallas to celebrate the launch of their game with the help of Mix Master Mike of Beastie Boys fame.

Are you planning on picking up Borderlands next week?

The October 17 event will give players a chance to check out the game, due out on on October 20 for the DS, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. Attendees will also get a chance to try their hand at the “Maxus Challenge” where they can compete for a chance to receive ability cards and other prizes.

Gotta get them… oh, wrong one!

Last year, the developer threw a similar Community Day to celebrate Resistance 2. Apparently, it was such a success that they’ve decided to give Ratchet & Clank the same treatment with rare swag giveaways and free food. There will probably be less crazy-fragging in multiplayer, given that it’s not Resistance, but you still probably get to play the game.

Only the first 120 people are getting in, so be sure to hit up Insomniac’s Facebook event page to make your intent-to-arrive known. Then it’s only a simple matter of showing up and boom! Ratchet & Clank party for you!

Insomniac Games Community Day to Celebrate the Launch of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time! [PlayStation Blog]

The Best Buy near Scranton, Pennsylvania (yes, that Scranton) will be hosting the Scranton Warfare Premier, Best Buy’s David Partenio tells Kotaku.

The event will pit customers against the National Guard in a Laser Tag challenge outside the store hosted by Big Entertainment Events. Meanwhile, there will be a LAN party for the game going on inside the store.

The store will also be testing a “GameStop pre-order price match” deal, Partenio says. Any customers who brings in a receipt showing that they placed a $US5 pre-order with GameStop, Wal-Mart or Toys R Us gets $US5 off the price of the game at the Best Buy.

This is the second red carpet premiere event Best Buy has done for a video game’s midnight launch. The first was for Resident Evil 5 and featured a haunted house, zombies and the National Guard pushing back a wave of zombie insurgents.

Stay tuned for more details about the Modern Warfare launch event in PA.

As I mentioned the trailer carried with it playable version of the Wii and DS versions of Bakugan Brawers. If you’re interested, here’s a much more detailed look at the truck.

“Our goal and dream of successfully showcasing the video game industry and video game music to the masses has really taken off.” said prolific game composer and VGL co-creator Tommy Tallarico. “The support and interest from around the world has been absolutely amazing and we’re really looking forward to continuing this for many years to come.”

Tickets for the World Tour go on sale today at videogameslive.com

August 29, 2009 – Taipei, Taiwan
September 5, 2009 – Beijing, China
September 21, 2009 – Tokyo, Japan
September 22, 2009 – Tokyo, Japan
September 25, 2009 – Augusta, Georgia, USA
September 30, 2009 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
October 1, 2009 – Salvador, Brazil
October 4, 2009 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 7, 2009 – Sao Paulo, Brazil
October 11, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA, USA (two shows)
October 13, 2009 – Shanghai, China
October 17, 2009 – Taipei, Taiwan
October 25, 2009 – New York City, New York, USA
November 7, 2009 – Portland, Oregon, USA
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November 16, 2009 – Poland
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November 21, 2009 – Paris, France
November 25, 2009 – Gateshead, England
November 27, 2009 – Lisbon, Portugal
November 29, 2009 – Dublin, Ireland
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March 13, 2009 – Tuscon, Arizona, USA
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April 10, 2009 – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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