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UO: IT’S NOT GOING WITHOUT A FIGHT [Author: Eldin]

What better way to prepare for the Fourth of July than to break out with some good, old-fashioned Origin speculation? The following was sent to us: I did see this message sent out on a games dev mailing list just 10 mins ago, and thought it might be of interest.

SULLON ZEK: SHADOWBANE GAINS ANOTHER CONVERT [Author: myschyf]

From the first time I\’e2\’80\’99d heard of Shadowbane, I was a firm believer in its failure. For one thing, the first time I\’e2\’80\’99d heard of it happened to be on the Everquest newsgroup two years ago; at that time, the PvE-oriented Everquest, in which

DID WE PREDICT THIS OR WHAT? [Author: myschyf]

They have done that. On being informed that the WWIIo boards were more entertaining than the afternoon soaps (and filled with as much melodrama) I decided to take a stroll over. The very first post I opened had this to say: Lately I have noticed more and more and more

HE’S A SPEEDHACKER! BURN HIM, BURN HIM! [Author: BruceR]

Some things have gone right. The designers wisely took the advice of numerous sage advisors and \’e2\’80\’9cstopped the clock\’e2\’80\’9d on everyone\’e2\’80\’99s first month of free play\’e2\’80\’a6 no word on when that may restart, though one wonders how much more

LUM SELLS OUT [Author: Lum the Mad]

And now, the long version. Well, we’ve been here before, haven’t we? I know a lot of you are saying to yourself, “oh great, Lum’s leaving, the site’s going to hell, see you in Shadowbane!“. Thanks in advance. I love all of you, even the psychotic

PAYING FOR BIG STINKING PILES OF SHIT AND OTHER NOT-SO-NOTEWORTHY ENDEAVORS [Author: myschyf]

Which brings me to online games, ALL of which are big stinking piles of shit when released. AC might be a notable exception to this except for the fact that AC was just an engine when it was first released. The game came later. Safe but not exactly what most

IMPORTANT NEWS… [Author: Lum the Mad]

Crossroads of Dereth is back.