Scott Jennings

Wikipedia is a perfect example of the tragedy of the commons: where multiple individuals acting independently in their own self-interest can ultimately destroy a shared resource even where it is clear that it is not in anyone’s long term interest for this to happen. I love Wikipedia. I use

As the latest pool of saliva in point, a patent lawsuit filed against NCsoft for creating MMOs. That’ll show ’em! Specifically, the suit claims that NCsoft has infringed on patent 7,181,690, “System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space” through its games, including

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Hidden in a Guardian story about the general Icelandic economic collapse: On three shiny floors of a former fish factory is CCP, a company best known in computer gaming for Eve Online, which has 300,000 participants all over the world – as many inhabitants as Iceland itself. However, restrictions on

It’s time for PREDICTIONS, that being the job of every pundit this time of year. But first, let’s see how I did last year so you can judge whether or not you should bother to read the rest of this post! This is going to be a slow

Maybe I’m the last one to hear about this, but saw this on an F13 thread: the Crown Prince of Dubai is providing backing for Europe’s most notorious uberguild. Ensidia is a joint effort by members of two of the top guilds in World of Warcraft, with the