Curt Schilling says why not, Ted Kennedy could do it.
“I don’t have a really good filter,” Schilling said in the interview with NECN. “Actually my first press conference could probably be my last as someone on the political scene, which probably wouldn’t be a bad thing.”
Note to Curt: in politics, “community managers” are called “consultants”.
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No, I didn't forget about Poland.
Hearts of Iron 3 may well be the most infuriating game you’ll ever love.
Oh, and before I forget:
Should you buy it? If you haven’t already, probably best to wait for the inevitable blizzard of patches and expansions (Europa Universalis 3, for example, didn’t become a really good game until the 2nd expansion). However, given how much of the game logic is exposed to Lua scripting, the manic Hearts of Iron user community may well just make a damn expansion themselves. With sharks and lasers. Well, maybe with PzkpfwIVds.
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I bet you’d go to synagogue more if your rabbi was shadow spec.
Taken from new Evony clone HI THERE!, where you can fight with “Holly light” and, apparently judging by the counter at the top of the page, the developers assume that only real females would pick the scantily clad druidess.
I couldn’t get past page 2 on my Macbook running Safari. Maybe you can do better!
Hat tip: Thomas Bidaux
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Kieron Gillen discovers that the meta-drama of Darkfall is far more interesting than the actual game of Darkfall, especially after the first attempt at a review was met with much caterwauling.
In short, for one side, there was all the proof in the world. For the other, there was nothing.
From Aventurine’s perspective, they have logs showing that a reviewer who slaughtered their love-child had barely touched the game. They’re happy to show them to Eurogamer. Hell, they’re so confident they’re happy enough to fly a tech guy over to show them the logs. It’s clear the reviewer is lying about how much he’s played. The review is an outrage and a fiasco.
From Eurogamer’s perspective, they have a developer claiming that logs show something. Logs which are entirely within their control. I’d be surprised if Eurogamer has a tech guy in-house capable of ascertaining the meaning of the logs. More so, when changing logs is an absolutely trivial task, what the logs say when that tech examines it is ultimately meaningless. If Aventurine was dissembling, Eurogamer wouldn’t be able to tell.
As long as the reviewer claimed reasonably that he’d played the game for longer, Tom [Bramwell, editor] had to back him because – really – it was his word against theirs.
Aventurine should be pleased now, though, as their score is significantly improved from the original 2/10! However, there is a definite paucity of Ayumi Hamasaki videos in the piece, which we’ll rectify here:
Build 1.0: You see a comely lass in a short skirt and a low cut blouse emblazoned with the Evony logo that beckons to you brazenly. WHAT SHALL YOU DO, GOOD SIRRAH.
Build 2.0: You see Prokofy Neva. RESPOND! RESPOND NOW!
Build 3.0: Realize that you have achieved a masterwork of commentary on the human condition that “MBA Fanboys” can never comprehend. Have a Paul of Tarsus moment where you are struck with the beauty of your innovation creating a game with real moral choices that quote from the greats of philosophy and literature. Ignore prior art such as Bioshock and Civilization. File patent so that your genius is properly compensated.
Bonus points: make sure you have as many reference to whoring women in your patent application as humanly possible.
Also, include a message board thread. Patent reviewers love that.
Build 4.0: Write a book. Write a Gamasutra blog. Just freaking WRITE. A lot. Ignore all the hataz. Get a non-profit grant to fund your hyperlibertarian game design. Get a faculty position at Pepperdine.
Build 5.0: Smoke a bowl. Get a hot model to pimp your media empire. Ask her which philosopher she’d quote.
Congratulations! You’ve won the game. Or, as Trotsky would say, “insurrection is an art, and like all art, has its own laws.” (WORLD IS LOST)
Hat tips: mystery, Metafilter, SA/LF!
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Well, more specifically the company he founded. Blog entry on the move.
Why is this of interest? Well, I assume it’s interesting if you know Scott Hartsman. Or are Scott Hartsman. But beyond that, his long resume includes a stint that most observers describe in shorthand as ‘saving Everquest 2‘. Given that that is probably the best result for a live team manager possible (in an industry that really doesn’t give live teams enough respect) I’d say that he probably is trying out new headgear at the moment. Hopefully we hear from the haberdasher shortly!
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Gevlon is my moral compass, but in reverse. Although I do wonder how he would have handled 1999-era UO.
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