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Launching Is Hard

Darkfall’s status as of 8:00PM CST/2:00AM GMT: Servers: Down. Forums: Down. Website: Still advertising your chance at joining the Darkfall beta. Stratics IRC: Wait a minute… Stratics still exists? And it’s our only source of Darkfall news? My god, they DID recreate UO! <Brannoc&

Darkfall May Or May Not Have Launched, May Or May Not Be Available For Purchase, You May Or May Not Care

Darkfall pre-orders have sold out! Good thing too, since as this is launch day they can’t technically sell any more. Now they would be called “orders”. The latest update has Darkfall slouching towards Bethlehem to be born sometime “this evening European time”. For you Amurrican types, that would

Harmonic Convergence

In my endless quest to have this blog be the harbinger of bright and shiny things, I’ve enabled/merged/slammed Facebook Connect into the comment system. This means that you can log into the blog using your Facebook account, and then leave comments using your Facebook ID, which will

Mainstream Media Mistress Cruel, Harsh, But Not In A Way That Earns You L$

Valleywag doomcasts Second Life for the sin of no longer being trendy. Those who can’t do, teach. Second Life, the most overhyped virtual world, has been abandoned even by its most fervent journalistic promoters, like Reuters and Wired. It’s now pitching itself as an online schoolhouse. The article

Crom Was Not Happy

Funcom announces $23 million loss last quarter based on $22 million depreciation of Age of Conan expenses, CFO resigns. Shortly after Age of Conan launched, Funcom saw subscriber levels of 400,000, which rocketed up to 700,000 within a few months. While Funcom’s cash position remains robust at

I Didn't Make Any Of This Up

Making Games, By EA’s John Riccitiello: * Recessions are cool, because they put our competitors out of business. * We will spend this year cutting headcount, closing facilities, and minimizing risk. * Cutting headcount, closing facilities, and minimizing risk is a bad idea. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello says the current economic

The Mordred Problem

So, a more serious look at Darkfall’s incipient release. Most of the traffic on the boards and blogs recently seems to be doomcasting Darkfall pretty harshly. It’s not a AAA MMO, its ruleset is ridiculously hardcore, and it is doing its level best to minimize the number of