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It has been a little while since I've done one of these, as I've been quite busy lately with a pretty big move. What did we miss? Well, for one, the release of some pretty sweet new albums! This edition of This Week In Playlists covers three new albums: Wild Blood by Lovedrug, Blues Funeral by the Mark Lanegan Band, and Women and Work by Lucero. Check it out after the jump.

Electronic Arts has been crowned "Worst Company In America" by the people of the internet.

Us gamers, generally speaking, are specific when it comes to what we want in a game. We castigate game development and publishing companies for releasing games that were not thoroughly tested for bugs, use too much gimmicky content in order to pull in a wider audience, or fail to give the player a balanced amount of control. Usually these things are the worst offenses we see from the gaming companies we love, yet some companies achieve an "exceeds expectations" in ruining things for the player. This is typical in the gaming world. However, it normally didn't seep into the world of the average consumer. This year it has. This year, The Consumerist's "Worst Company in America" reward didn't go to one of the usual targets of consumer rage such as Walmart, Comcast, or Bank of America--companies that are infamous for inhuman business practices and subpar customer support--it went to Electronic Arts.

More after the jump.

Remember how a few weeks ago a new website surfaced clearly related to the Baldur's Gate series? Today it got updated and the announcement has been made what is going to happen to the franchise.

Both Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 will get enhanced edition remakes, developed by Atari, Overhaul Games and Wizards of the Coast. Bioware, the original developera of Baldur's Gate, will not be involved in this project. The remakes, however, will use an improved version of the original Infinity Engine that the first two games used.

Sources: [Tweakers.net & Baldurs Gate Official]