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Scott Jennings

Irony Is Tasty

“Soldiers heading to Iraq use simulations like today’s video games in order to prepare for war,” (Illinois Governor Rod) Blagojevich said in a statement. “That may all be OK if you’re a mature adult or a soldier training to fight, but is that really necessary for a 10-year-old

Noted Industry Analyst Exhorts Small People To Be Quiet, Comments That His Sports Car Requires Work

I don’t think (online multiplayer games) get impacted at all (by the current recession), because people who play them are addicts … Losing their jobs makes them more likely to play because they have more time to play. — Michael Pachter, gaming industry analyst (via Massively) (explanation of post title for

Betcha You Can Guess #1

Via GigaOM, DFC Intelligence’s top 10 global list of MMOs – by income generated. Takeaways: 1: OMGCHINA. It’s not broken down in the figures, but my suspicion is China is a pretty hefty portion of World of Warcraft’s revenue stream as well, despite the revenue per user being

A Modest Proposal

Adam Martin has a plan for dealing with recruiters. I’ve never failed to appreciate the sheer… gumption of recruiters who call you on your work phone. “Hi, this is Scott. How’d you get this number. Oh, you got it from my business card passed down from three other

Camelot, er Warhammer Herald, er, Vault, er, LOOK IT IS A WEBSITE AND YOU GET NEW CLASSES AND STUFF

Big news in Warhammer land! …as for the new careers, what can I say but they are both very, very cool. Players have asked us for a year whether we would put the Choppa back in and many have asked (especially here on the Vault) that we please add the

Answering Tom Chick: Five Easy Pieces And One Snide One

Tom Chick is one of the (if not the) most influential video game writers out there. He also doesn’t like MMOs very much. This is a problem! He lays out five reasons why not here. You should go read. When you come back, I have some helpful suggestions! Problem

I Can Never Die. I Can Only Watch. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. As The Wheel Turns. And Time Continues Its Inexorable Path. And I Will Be Here As The Wo

A Brief History Of Computer Gaming Battlecruiser 3000AD, 1997 Battlecruiser Millenium, 2001 Universal Combat, 2004 Universal Combat: A World Apart, 2005 Universal Combat: Collector’s Edition, 2007 All Aspect Warfare, 2009 I never have – and never will – design, fund and develop games for the masses. I cater to the same