In real life, our emotional responses to the experiences of others are driven in large part by our familiarity with that person. It is also influenced by many other things like their age, gender, physical attractiveness, etc. But, familiarity is perhaps the strongest emotion influencer in my experience. How would you react if the following person received a prestigious award? Continue Reading »

My group of friends from Colorado is going to institute a fortnightly FPS gaming night. We’re trying to figure out what FPS we should play. We’d have chosen Modern Warfare 2 if they had dedicated servers, but they don’t. Instead, our two top spots are occupied by Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield 2. Any other suggestions for a good FPS we can all play together, preferably against others? Update: This doesn’t have to be an FPS. It can be any game that can handle our numbers, but not something that someone who misses out a couple times will have to catch up after (like an MMO).

2010 is underway, so it’s time for me to make a few predictions about the MMO industry this year. I’m not going to make a ton of predictions, but I will try to make them fairly specific and measurable. Without further ado, my predictions are beyond the break. Continue Reading »