Working on a couple things for Nerfbat somewhat passively. First of all, the Nerfbat Forums are taking their sweet time updating to the latest version, so they won’t be accessible for a bit. Secondly, I added several developer feeds to Bloginati recently, so you’ll get a more comprehensive list of recent dev blogs (assuming their feed isn’t malformed). I’ll let you know when the forums are back.

Update: The Nerfbat Forums are back with the latest version of the forum software.

Newport News, Virginia, circa 1993. Two brothers are huddled around a flickering television screen, controllers in hand, smashing buttons and hurling insults at each other. Their dad walked into the room. Continue Reading »

I’m not a social MMO player. I prefer to play solo, and perhaps get together with a few friends to take on particularly challenging adventures. That said, where the hell did the social go in MMOs? Why do I feel like I’m playing a solo game among anonymous (N)PCs, no longer the intentional outsider within a community? Continue Reading »

Loyala professor David Myers reminds me of myself in Ultima Online. He played his experimental City of Heroes character, Twixt, in much the same way I prefer to play characters in PvP MMOs–like a jerk who uses the rules of a game against its players. The difference between the two of us is that he did it for “research” while I do it “because I am awesome.” Read this article.