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Scott Jennings

VERANT, TURBINE INK NEW PARTNERSHIP [Author: Lum the Mad]

Submitted for your approval, this press release: In a news release that sent shock waves around the massively multiplayer world, Turbine Games and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) today announced they would be conducting a trade for the words effect and affect, effective immediately. SOE has been known to be shopping

15 DAYS OF UO WITHOUT ALL THAT BUG NONSENSE [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

Supplemental to the most recent edition of UO News and Whirled Report, a stalwart reader sent me the following: RE: the free 15 day UO accounts UOHINTS.com are offering, i highly susspect they are getting them from http://www.uo.com/pcgamer/uk/ or somewhere very similar. Basicly PCGamer

LAYOFFS AT TURBINE [Author: Lum the Mad]

Fatbabies is reporting a rumor that Turbine laid off anywhere between ten and eighteen people under conditions of strict secrecy. Turbinites are being tight-lipped because they have been told not to talk publicly under penalty of dismissal. Turbine does not plan to make an announcement about the layoffs, hoping they

SOL RO AC SPAWN, BUY NOW ONLY 5,000 PLAT!!!!! [Author: Riprend]

Forgive a small segue before I reach my main point. If you ever played the RTS Total Annihilation, you know how important mobility is to a successful offense and a successful defense. Technically, \’e2\’80\’9cBig Berthas,\’e2\’80\’9d which were giant artillery cannons, could wipe out most any

PRESSURED PSINET RUNS OUT OF AIR [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

Now that all the successful fan-sites are crushed, and most of the ad banner conglomerates that hosted them have tumbled, the next level has begun. PSInet, an emerging international ISP, has been delisted by NASDAQ due to stock values dropping like anvils out of airplanes. Most analysts consider this just

CALIFORNIA: FINE FOR SPAM [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

Kozmo.com, the online delivery service that fell down go boom last month, found its insolvent ass in court this past week over allegations that they sent unwanted spam to someone. I know I know – I was shocked, too. Ellen Spertus is now officially $77.50 richer after taking Kozmo

MIDDLE EARTH LAWSUIT GOES PUBLIC [Author: Lum the Mad]

Inside.com is reporting that papers were filed late last Friday by previously unknown development house MM3D serving Sierra On-Line with a claim of over $10 million in damages for breach of contract involving “Tolkien Online RPG”, and that Sierra tried to force a 50% revenue cut to complete the