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Scott Jennings

Warcraft Killed The Community Star

Rich Weil on why community seems to be the same ol’ okey doke after a decade: Community relations is not a new phenomenon, it is merely young in the games industry. A kind of professional isolationism exists here that puts any kind of independent existence of OCR entities in peril.

Necromonger Delenda Est

Vin Diesel (yes… that Vin Diesel) talks to Destructoid about his gaming studio’s secret project, Barca B.C., where you can… uh… “The reason why it’s my dream game is because it is an MMO and — remember you said funds were not an issue in this scenario, this

Second Life To Add Red Light District. No, Really, This Is Not A Joke.

Official notice. Short version: a new category of content (currently there is only two, “PG” and “Mature”) will be added, and users will have to verify they are an adult to access it. Wagner James Au’s article (with interview with Linden Lab officials) amusingly denotes that most of what

Because I'm Leet Like Karl Franz

One of the cooler “Come Back To Our Game Please” emails I’ve seen comes from Mythic this morning. That’s right, my rank 12 character is CRITICAL to the war effort!

Worlds.Com To Sue Blizzard, Linden Lab, Kathy Griffin, Lee Adama, The Kaiser, And Possibly Sony

In case you ever needed proof that the American legal system is so mentally retarded that drooling on oneself is a second-year law course, this case is your huckleberry. Worlds.com CEO Thom Kidrin is putting the entire virtual worlds industry on notice: His company claims the idea of a

Microprose Founder Really Wants You To Know He Was In The Military

Massively has an interview with “Wild” Bill Stealey, co-founder of paeleo-PC game company Microprose whose entire catalog I purchased several times. Sadly Master of Magic was NOT MENTIONED. However, something was: Whether they were in my regiment when I was in the Army, or in my squadron, or my wing

The Other Hammer Falls

Warhammer’s European distributor Goa announced the imminent closure of 20 servers. Interestingly, that leaves 23 European servers open compared to 16 in the US, indicating that the bulk of Warhammer’s subscribers may be in, well, the continent where Warhammer originated. Mark Jacobs posted a “State of the Game”