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Blizzard has just announced  Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft , a free-to-play collectible card game set in the universe of  Warcraft . You can play as one of nine  World of Warcraft  classes, collect cards, and battle people online. No release date yet, but the game will be out for PC and Mac, with an iPad version coming "shortly thereafter." The game is coming out soon, Blizzard said—"Not Blizzard soon, but IRL soon." You can sign up for  Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft   on Blizzard's website right now , and the beta will launch this summer. This game was developed by a small team of 15 people, Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo said while announcing the game during a PAX East panel this morning. The goal: create a simple, competitive game with a more mobile team than they've used for bigger beasts like  StarCraft II  and  Diablo III . They want it to be "small in scope, but epic in gameplay," Pardo said. During the pane...

In the 1970s, the dictatorship controlling South Korea stipulated the length of women's skirts. Now, due to a new law, some in South Korea worry that those days are returning. Last year, a law was passed in South Korea regarding, among other things, indecent exposure. Today, it goes into effect. According to website  Korea Bang , the law states, "Those who show their bare skin excessively in a public place or expose parts of the body that should remain covered, thus making others feel embarrassment or discomfort, are guilty of indecent exposure." The Korean newspaper  Hankyoreh  is arguing that this new law, passed under the previous president's administration, will enable authorities to go back to the strict social codes of the past. During the 1970s, for example, the length of men's hair was also regulated by the government. Those with long hair were sometimes given forced haircuts on the street! This year, South Korea elected its first female presid...