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• I Want A Lightsaber, Damn It

  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.

• Howard Stringer Makes Funny

  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 […]

• Runescape Gets Huge Update

  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 […]

• The Ongoing Influence of MUDs

  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 […]

• Proud to be a Californian

  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.

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