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Scott Jennings

IT’S ANARCHY, I TELL YOU

Play Anarchy Online for free. It’s an interesting concept. I imagine the theory is that once you’re hooked into AO and have a guild of friends, you’ll want to join them in areas or activities that require an expansion (and a paid account). The kicker as always

WHEN YOU WAIT UNTIL 1AM TO UPDATE YOUR BLOG, YOU LIMIT YOURSELF TO SHORT PITHY RANDOM STABS

Terranova writes, commenting on World of Warcraft’s anti-eBaying statements: It will be interesting to see what a community does when the development team comes out strongly against eBaying, since we’ve never really seen this before. (The only MMOs I know of that condone eBay trading are Ultima Online

EA SPORTS. WE OWN THE GAME.

Hope you liked Madden 2005 because that’s all you’re getting! The deal, one EA admits to having lobbied for over the past few years, is an exclusive five-year licensing deal granting EA the sole rights to the NFL’s teams, stadiums, and players. Just for purposes of comparison,

HYPE!

DAOC Catacombs “first look” review up on Gamespy.

OK, THIS RESTORED MY FAITH IN HUMANITY

I gotcher Fragdolls right here. (Link courtesy of Ubiq. Damn, that’s a scary O face.)

NO, I’M SERIOUS, I SWEAR TO GOD, I HATE ALL OF YOU.

So, I check my referrers. I like to see who’s linking to my writings because, well, I’m vain like that. OF COURSE I’m vain. I HAVE A BLOG. Duh. Well, anyway, so I see this this morning. Obviously, I am number one with a bullet with maintainers

800 XP

So I’m thinking about class warfare. No, no, I’m not plotting the overthrow of the government, put that Carnivore DOWN. Thinking more about MMO gameplay, and specifically how the interactions between players are governed. Basically, most MMOs right now devolve into three very specific sets of gameplay: 1)