A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 by Matt
Monday, July 14th
Not happening anytime soon, of course, but this is surely the next best thing. In brief: It’s an add-on to the Wiimote that will allow for nearly 1:1 motion. Sword/lightsaber fighting ahoy! Despite my general lack of excitement over the Wii, this announcement has definitely perked me up regarding the little white box.
Monday, July 14th
“I’ve played a Nintendo Wii. I don’t see it as a competitor. It’s more of an expensive niche game device.” - Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony I don’t actually like the Wii from the perspective of myself as a games player, but that’s not because I’m too mainstream for it or whatnot. I’m more of a […]
Tuesday, July 1st
Runescape, arguably the most popular MMORPG in the Western world, launched probably the largest single update in its venerable existence today, overhauling the website and launching a new high-detail visual mode that shows off the fact that Jagex has updated effectively every asset in the game. They’ve also added a much-desired full-screen mode and chosen […]
Sunday, June 29th
Great post here by Raph, countering some claims by some newer developers that MMOs don’t owe as much to text MUDs as most of us might suggest. Raph says it, but I’ll repeat: Graphical MMOs are generally a step (or multiple steps) backwards in terms of features when compared to the best text MUDs. That’s […]
Monday, June 16th
Today, as California enters into the modern age by recognizing marriage between a man and a man or a woman and a woman, I find myself quite proud of it. Go California.
I’m Matt Mihaly, CEO and Creative Director of Iron Realms Entertainment. If you want to know more, click on the ‘About’ link under the big tower graphic at the top of the page.
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January 9th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Zell
Wow! I am stunned mostly by how effective the illusion of depth is.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
wowpanda
Me too! And this guy will became famous and rich!!
See how wonderful the free capital world is? Creativity flourishes!
January 10th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Vadi
WiiMote is fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT4N5P3XOjI
January 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Azaroth
That’s incredible.