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Blizzard settles out of court with eBay guide author

via Cnet: The terms of the settlement do not provide for monetary compensation for Kopp, which he had originally sought. Instead, the companies agreed to withdraw their previous take-down notices and to drop their infringement claims. They also said they’d refrain from filing any future take-down notices against the

The Internet Saves Everything

…including a marketing campaign so hideously, powefully bad that the company that ordered it saw it, went “Uh, no” and cancelled it. Ladies and gentlemen, the original Gucci trolls, the Everquest girls!

You need help. Yes, you.

I’m not sure what’s more disturbing: 1) That Holland now has a detox center for online gamers, or 2) That three of you sent this to me this morning. CRY FOR HELP, PEOPLE! “We have kids who don’t know how to communicate with people face-to-face because they’

This Just In: Girls Declared Cooler Than World of Warcraft

Second Puzzle Pirate Life?

Daniel James follows up on his “absurd and unsustainable” CNet quote with an interesting dissection of Second Life, both in theory and practice. That said (you were waiting for it, right?) I naturally have issues. Most of these stem from one of the strengths of Linden Lab\’e2\’80\’99s

Karl Marx got design credit on this

Paradox just sent out a press release announcing a new expansion pack for Victoria (the fatally flawed 19th century sim). No link yet, so I’ll just copy and paste the press release and screenshots after the cut. Hopefully the “overhauls” include lessons learned from HOI2. Victoria was a fantastic

Dr. TwisTer’s WorSt NightMare

I spotted echoes of this story when I was in Korea and now Arnold Hendrick’s Tidbits newsletter (email only, so no link) found the original story: NCsoft gets a criminal court conviction, Lineage bot makers cry foul. Many echoes to the past here. (note: 1000 Won = $1, or at