Impressions: Hearthstone - Hearth of the Cards

In case you haven't gotten yourself into the closed beta, been watching streams, reading forums and wikis, or have been living under a rock for the last couple of months, I'm going to be talking at you a bit about Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.  This is Blizzard's new timesuck for those that are already addicted to WoW, already addicted to card games, and/or are looking to get addicted to both.

The Closed Reality of Open World Games

As I was playing Saints Row The Third earlier, I was roaming around, unarmed, looking for collectibles. I walked down a little alley, with no notoriety, towards some sort of factory, and suddenly was taking fire from police. I found it odd, because nothing had been mentioned about restricted areas in the game, and, though I've gotten used to taking fire from rival gang members unprovoked, this was the first time the police had taken the initiative on such an occasion.