Scott Jennings

News from the world of off-line games (For some of you, it is news that such games still exist), as Gamespot reports massive layoffs at SirTech’s Canadian outpost. Progress on two major projects has been stopped: Wizardry 9 and Jagged Alliance 3. SirTech cites financial troubles as the reason

Computer games are good for you, says a study from the British Economic and Social Research Council: “People who play games regularly seem to develop a mental state that we have seen before only in serious athletes or professionals SUCH AS ASTRONAUTS, whose life depends on concentration and co-ordination,” said

Well, great, whose bitch am I going to be now? Shortly after finally spitting out Anachronox, Eidos/Ion Storm spit out marquee-name designers Tom Hall and John “Hubris? Never heard of it” Romero. I guess the prospect of Daikatana 2 never really caught on\’e2\’80\’a6 Opposition to the

Funcom to Industry: “If we release the game early, does that mean we can charge early, too?” Pushing the envelope of tolerable software beyond the pale, Funcom’s Anarchy Online has been reported to actually have been online now. A hiker carrying a camera had been tracking this elusive abberation

Remember Doctor Twisters big “We post bugs to get them fixed. We are the good guys.” manifesto? Maybe he should make it required reading for his DTN staff… “I am very interested in other bugs and have a few myself.. If you would like to trade email 1 for 1

PS: You guys might want to install this and run it.