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Scott Jennings

No snappy headline today.

As of this afternoon, I’m no longer an employee of Mythic Entertainment. The parting was on good terms on both our sides… and driven more than anything else by my family and I’s simply wanting to return to the Southwest. The fact that I’m moving on to

The original name, “The Forever War”, was already taken.

US military publishes plans for “The Long War“. (Thx to J, from previous comments.)

Some endorsements you probably don’t want!

From a press conference held by the sysadmin of the Great Firewall of China: Mr. Liu also said the powers that the Bush administrations gained under the Patriot Act to monitor Web sites and e-mail communications and the deployment of technology called Carnival by the F.B.I., which allows

Why, yes, this IS why I am in the MMO industry.

Second Life Escort Ratings (NSFW) It’s not all handcuffs and cream in Cyboria, sadly… This is all pretty good. But then things went wrong, because the people in charge of Amsterdam are skilled in banning, but not in looking after their facilities. Thus I got exposed to the extremely

A word from our incipient overlords…

Joystiq has a fascinating interview with Hoyt Ma, project manager for World of Warcraft’s Chinese distribution. The subscription model for WoW in China is different from other parts of the world. Instead of a monthly subscription fee, Chinese gamers purchase WoW Points cards for 30 Yuan ($3.64) that

The Three Reblogs Of Palmer Eldritch

1) Someone went to the trouble of analyzing profanity usage online in Halo 2. Sure, you knew it was there, but did you know there were 0.23 more racial epithets than averrals of sexual preference per hour? 0.23. Hm. That would be, like “ga” but you know, that

No, We Just Can’t Have Nice Things, Can We?

This probably isn’t going to be a popular entry with some of you. But you know what? Some things just need to be said. So, checking my bloglines, Abalieno (the Hedda Hopper of MMOs) has some surprising and disturbing news: Jeff Freeman, a designer at SOE Austin, yanked his