The madness that is the Darkfall launch has me frothing at the mouth. I want to prey upon the weak both in-game and on blogs. I want to pwnsauce some lolnoobs really hard. Seriously, I do. This game and the crazy posts (Exhibits 1 | 2 | 3 | 4) have turned me back into a wolf. But there are problems that my logical self (ego) keeps thinking about, even though my illogical self (id) wants to ignore those problems and go slice some unsuspecting carebears in half. Continue Reading »

Before reading this, watch a little of the Apocryppahcryppah video. Funny? Yes. Would I ever in a million years broadcast this level of developer passion and product investment to the world? Hell no! If, the day after we announce the official title for “Copernicus,” I go to a single director (or above), producer, or marketing person, and they don’t know the name of the game… I will punch them in the face. Scratch that, I will punch any 38 Studios employee in the face if they don’t know the name of our game. A person invested in making a good game would know the title of EVE’s latest expansion, they wouldn’t sit there looking confused.

I started a post series about “hardcore” almost 3 months ago called “A Hardcore Embarkation.” There have been a whopping 2 articles so far. First, the introduction. Then, I discussed one way in which players can be hardcore: dedicating a significant amount of Time to a game. Other than time, what are players willing to do to reach the goals they set for themselves? One method is the acquisition of Knowledge. Continue Reading »

Friday the 13th of February, 2009 at 18:31 (6:31PM) and 30 seconds EST, it will be 1234567890 in Unix time! While it really is of no consequence, it is still freaking awesome. Hooray, a reason to celebrate! More details on Linux Pro Magazine if you are interested.

An innocent post declaring official forums a necessary evil led to some controversy. Garthilk, a guy who actually runs very good fansites like WHA, basically called me out and asked me to list 3 things that official forums do that fansite forums can’t. I’ll do him one better by talking briefly about 3 things official forums can do that unofficial forums can’t, and 3 things unofficial forums can do that official forums can’t. I honestly believe both are necessary, and neither is actually evil. Continue Reading »