Archive for September, 2008

Insane Reanimated Corpse of Lord British Wants To Harvest Your Soul…IN SPACE!

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Richard Garriot, that guy who made that game that everyone wanted to play the beta but not the actual game, is being shot into space because the faceless Deathlords of Blizzard Entertainment deem him an unworthy challenger.  They now turn their empty gazes to Paul Barnett and his game that is exactly like WoW only [...]

Over Morning Coffee

Friday, September 12th, 2008

An engineer friend of mine was offered a job with an ISP in freaking Russia.  Quote of the day:
“You know, I was surprised to learn they have internet in post-communist Russia.  I think the way they do it is…you know those long bread lines?  I think in Russia you have to write your own packets [...]

Crazy Cat Lady Hates Spore, Posts Terabytes Of Filthy Filthy Sporn

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

If you simultaneously LOVE teenage ninja heartthrob Jesus and HATE computer generated porn-in-only-the-vaguest-sense-of-the-word-possible as much as I do, Antispore.com is your home away from the bitter, vitriol-spewing trailer park that is ambernight.org.
I can’t figure out if it’s real or not, but one thing is for sure: Will Wright is hastening the end of days, ensuring [...]

WarHammer Online: A Feature-By-Feature Comparison

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Paul Barnett (Warhammer design chieftain, who is also under the impression that MySpace is a valid blogging engine and that grainy film effects are wicked cool and totally not seizure-inducing) answers the question “how is WAR different from WoW?”  I answer the real question that’s on everybody’s mind: “how is WAR different from Sarah Palin?”
WAR: [...]

Community Management Is A Niche Market

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Scott’s post on the Warhammer Europe early-access beta meltdown prompted a slew of discussion, but mostly I just want to say that the Scott Jennings naked pole-dancing video should be the new rick-roll meme.  Make is so.

Random Thoughts From The Sarah Palin Memorial Republican National Convention

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

- George Bush refuses to say John McCain was tortured because he’s been ordered not to haze the pledges.
- Fred Thompson is an inspiration to uzzzzzzzzzzzz…
- Democrats angry because Obama campaign hasn’t really attacked Palin.  To be fair, it’s hard to do anything when you’re laughing that hard.
- They will still be laughing when they [...]


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