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True Transcripts From My Second Life Visit

Me: “So, part of this tour is for you to prove to me that Second Life isn’t completely a rancid pit of cyber.” Her: “It is so totally a rancid pit of cyber.” Me: “But there’s golf here. Thus it’s not totally a rancid pit of cyber.

I have seen the future, and it involves repetitive tasks!

The current “We’re E3 now! Really! Auf Deutsch!” Leipzig Gaming Conference had a “Future of MMOs” panel with some businessy types from EA Mythic, Europe’s CDV, Korea’s Webzen, and Sigil. Eugene Evans from EA/Mythic pointed out that the casual MMO gamer as a term is fundamentally

Two ways to MAKE! MONEY! FAST!

Farm it! Tales of economic manipulation on EQ1’s new Progression servers Scam it! Eve players discover the joys of embezzlement

E4: Like E3, But With… Uh… Less Of You

As you’ve noticed from everywhere on the Interweb, E3 2007 (LA May Megamix edition) has been cancelled. In its place is a smaller, friendlier exhibition which… well, I’m not sure what the difference is supposed to be. Maybe it’s shiny. According to IGN, some publishers including EA

You can’t fight the call of rampant consumer waste!

From boingboing: I humped your hummer! I like this one.

E3 to be cancelled, replaced with E4: THIS TIME, IT’S PERSONAL starring Steven Seagal

Next Generation: EXCLUSIVE! MUST CREDIT DRUDGE REPORT! E3 IS HISTORY! Ars Technica: Uh, it’s not cancelled, just… uh… downsized. Yeah. We’ll get back to you. Edit: It’s official.\’c2\~ My thoughts: \tab * If we do have E3, can we have it somewhere besides Los Angeles, please? I

Doing the Undoable: Battlestar Galactica Online

Humor me as I indulge in a thought experiment. Note: I’m NOT working on this. No one I know is working on this. As far as I know, no Galactica game, massive or otherwise, is even in the “gleam in the eye” stage of development. I just like impossible