June 2008

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• Games

  Ask away

  06.24.08 | Permalink | 43 Comments

  So I’m in DC for a week or so for work. Post some questions here about the NGE stuff. Keep them polite and I’ll see if I can post a followup answer to the best ones (or as many as I can get to).

• Funny

  Cultural Safeguards

  06.18.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euu_DMhsXQo

• Funny

  Freeman Postulate #1

  06.16.08 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  Especially pertinent now.
  Time To Cock – The amount of time it takes a player to use player-created-content tools to create a penis. Measured in microseconds.
  Attributed to Jeff Freeman.

• Computers

  Weeeeird

  06.15.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  For the first time ever, I installed Ubuntu it seems useful.
  Like I could really use this on a day to day basis.
  Of course, if they really want it to be a normal person destop replacement I would recommend fixing:
  1. Firefox fonts. They’re weird by default
  2. Monitor detection so you can run over 640X480 by default. [...]

• Games

  Lets try something fun for a change

  06.13.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  So good, it seems that trying to be honest about things doesn’t work well.
  Instead, let’s talk about funny UO anecdotes.
  This is one from a year or so ago that I recovered from an old blog backup. Feel free to add your own.

  I worked on UO for around 4+ years for my career (started [...]

• Games

  In Which I try to speak honestly about history

  06.12.08 | Permalink | 233 Comments

  After continual thought, I still think this is a worthwhile discussion. I am cleaning out some of the assiness so we can maybe have a legitimate talk.

  If I have ever created something that you didn’t like or that brought
  you sadness, I apologize.
  That is never the goal of a game developer.
  However.
  Let us set the [...]

• Games

  Old Post #7 – Dream a big Dream

  06.12.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I still like this. Eat a dick if you don’t like Cars with Guns.
  Dream games. All developers and designers have them. In fact, everyone has them.
  But we never make them. We all want to but don’t have the time or the resources.

  So all designers have dream games. We bandy them around but tend not to [...]

• Games

  Old Post #6 – In which I crush a fanboi’s dream of an equitable MMO world

  06.12.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Pretty valid, but I think Money for Items is more acceptable and integrated. Bad Company’s press hit with their content purchases shows some other problems. This 2 parter is pretty MMO specific though.
  First, Go Read this rant sent to the gaming “press” by angry Lineage 2 players.
  Then come back here and read some profanity.
  More [...]

• Games

  Old Post #5 – Stop Everything

  06.12.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Still valid, overly focused on WOW.
  Nobody in their right mind says “FPS” alienates the casual gamer nowadays. They gibber about the core gamer something something.
  —————————————————————
  Attention to all developers.
  If you’re making a World of Warcraft style game, stop it immediately.
  I mean it. Diku mud content, phase based combat, abstractions of the game world, lots of [...]

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