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THQ: World of Warcraft’s success means making an MMO now is misguided. Well, I guess we can stop, then.

Almost as silly a headline: Teen, mom sue MySpace.com for $30 million Suit filed in Travis County claims popular Internet site fails to protect children from adult sexual predators. Because, clearly, if children are meeting bad people somewhere, it is the Interweb’s fault. Because you can lie on

In a completely unrelated thread, I raised the spectre of one of the hallowed geek questions, “Who would win: Enterprise or Death Star?” Most people laughed and went for the Death Star because hey, that’s no moon. My response, I think, solves the issue admirably. Plus you have to

When I saw the title page of this leaked PDF, I think my inner nerd wet his pants. “Star Trek: As Reimagined By J. Michael Straczynski” And Paramount PASSED on this? I HATE YOU, MISTER HOLLYWOOD.

Richard Bartle recently posted a first go at a reputation system over on his blog. Some people are prats. Some of these prats play virtual worlds. Non-prats would prefer not to play with them, but have no way of identifying them; this is because whenever systems are implemented to

Firingsquad interviews Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade FiringSquad: Since your site is so popular do you think your strip and comments have any effect on the game industry? Jerry Holkins: We have readers who create games for a living, but I don’t think we affect it in a meaningful

A story ran in the Guardian this morning about what MMOs are doing (or not) about griefers and self-policing. Luminaries quoted include Richard Bartle and yours truly.