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Next, France Discovers Fascists Are In Second Life

Just in case Joel Stein’s search for his special purpose wasn’t enough of a PR hit for the Lindenistas, another one may be brewing, at least in Europe: The French National Front’s Moselle youth league‘s opened up a recruiting office. I suspect this will be met

Next, Margaret Carlson Discovers Orcs Are In World of Warcraft

Joel Stein actually logs into Second Life and wanders outside the Green Zone. I thought I’d want to have lots of sex. Meaningless, multipartnered, degrading sex. After all, if Second Life is a virtual community in which you can look however you want, do whatever you want and use

Raph Koster Decloaks Off Starboard Bow

…and apparently decides that not enough game companies have Latin names. Areae, Inc. is a company dedicated to taking the tired old virtual world and making it into something fresh and new. Something anyone can jump into. Something where anyone can find something fun to do or a game to

Angst Amongst The Gold Farms

Julian Dibbell, author and UO gold monger, was recently interviewed by the Escapist, and he wants you to know that you gamers hurt him deeply. More than anything, he seems bemused by the occasional blast of negative attention paid to the industry he worked in and documented. “I’m certainly

Remember: if caught outside your homes, DO NOT GIVE CANNIBALS YOUR PHONE NUMBER

As seen on Quarter to Three…. RUN TO DODGE BULLETS! IF IN A TRUNK, KICK OUT THE TAIL LIGHT! DO NOT SHOW ANY SYMPATHY!

Note To Mr. Nerfbat

When you say “stop cloning World of Warcraft”, I think this is what you meant. (Link spotted on F13)

The Numbers Game

Tobold and Abalieno have both gone off recently about WoW’s PvP revamp or more specifically, the lack thereof. To quote Tobold: The first curious thing is that you don’t get your honor points immediately. Instead you get an “estimate”, which tends to be far too low, and then