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DONT LAUGH. HE HAS A PUBLISHER. [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

It is official. Everybody on the face of God’s Green Earth, with the single exception of Sierra On-Line, is developing an online internet multiplayer game. Wrestling relic Rowdy Roddy “I’m not Scottish, I’m from Portland” Piper has inked a deal with Kellogg Creek Software to develop

HEY! A GIANT RAT! WHAT… A SURPRISE! [Author: Lum the Mad]

Thanks to, um, “headlikeanass” (Name filter. Gotta make one.) on our forums, we now have the first, and as far as we know last product of MicroGenesis online for your downloading pleasure. The product? WarWizards 2, by Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover and Milo Cooper. I think all three of these

EQ TRIES TO PATCH, TRIES AGAIN [Author: Lum the Mad]

EQ servers were down all day today patching. Rumor has it the patch was mainly to fix a dupe bug that involved players leaving corpses immediately before a server downing. Another rumor has it that Runnyeye was being revamped as a gateway to the Plane of Mischeif – and apparently a

OTHER PEOPLE’S PROPRIETY [Author: Lum the Mad]

It seems the OPP guild on Pacific liked to PK people. I know, it’s probably a shock to you, but there are still PKs in UO. They’re kept on Felucca now. Please be gentle when you see them, as they may be easily frightened by bright lights and

GAMING COMPANIES ABOUT TO FALL DOWN, GO BOOM. EXCEPT GLITCHLESS. [Author: Lum the Mad]

Interplay is in negotiations to sell. According to the UK “Computer and Video Games” site, the buyer is Pacific Century CyberWorks, a huge telecom company based in Hong Kong, chiefly known in the gaming industry for an earlier takeover attempt of Activision. Interplay’s UK officials denied the report, but

ORIGIN EMPLOYEE FIRED FOR BEING IN THE MILITARY, JUST IN TIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

Strangers to this domain may not know who Mindtrip is, or was as the case now stands. Years ago, he was a counselor who quickly earned nothing but the highest levels of respect from the players and was instrumental in introducing some of the best members of the volunteer program

SITEPOWERDOWN [Author: Lum the Mad]

SitePowerUp, a popular provider of free message bases for many guilds and others in the MMO community, are closing as of Friday. According to Jim “Vor the Admin” Townshend, I regret to inform you that SitePowerUP.com and its services will be shutting down permanently on June 1, 2001. The