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In Retrospect, I Guess We Shouldn't Be Surprised

Guardian: Chinese labor camps using slave labor to farm for gold in WoW "Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labour," Liu told the Guardian. "There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour

Scott Jennings May 25, 2011

Writing Words, LIKE A BOSS

Oh, hi, I have a blog still. (I'd feel more guilty about neglecting it if someone didn't invent the RSS feed.) Ryan Seabury, formerly of NetDevil and very small genitalia, found a really great way to hype his new social game company: inhale SCREW YOU GUYS

Scott Jennings May 24, 2011

The Worst Case Scenario

The Worst Case Scenario

SOE hasn't had a good month already, and yesterday it got a whole lot worse. The crisis at Sony deepened on Tuesday as it admitted that an extra 25 million customers who played games on its Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) PC games network have had their personal details

Scott Jennings May 3, 2011

This Is Not A Love Song

From the New York Times, apparently World of Warcraft players are reproducing. Multiplayer games encourage such alliances. The beginner’s guide to World of Warcraft notes that you can go it alone, “but by going it alone, you won’t be able to master some of the game’s tougher

Scott Jennings Apr 22, 2011

This Is Why You Should Never Ask Questions In My Earshot

This Is Why You Should Never Ask Questions In My Earshot

Picture is unrelated. From this: Let's imagine that you got to sit down with an MMO developer of your choice and ask him or her one direct question. The catch? That dev would have to give you a direct, straight answer without any hedging, PR-speak, or "no

Scott Jennings Apr 19, 2011

"And Now, A Word From The Premier Of The Galactic Senate" "fofofofofofofofo"

RockPaperShotgun with a fascinating interview with The Mittani, terror of Eve, laird of Goonswarm, and currently politicking it up in Iceland. One of the reasons we make jokes about Eve being a bad game, or a spreadsheet or what have you, is that it lacks immersion. It’s just talking

Scott Jennings Apr 7, 2011

You Dare Challenge Your Sovereign Lord With Puny Concepts Like Trademarks?

Richard Garriott on EA's moves to quash Ultima remakes and probable franchise reboot: I can't control EA plans for the word Ultima. But we all know that only my team can create the true heir to my previous work. So all you other people who'

Scott Jennings Apr 6, 2011

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