EQ2: Player Foundry — goldmine or lost opportunity?

I’ve been told that the item designers set their own target price for these items. So… that changes this article somewhat. SOE has been touting an initiative to let third party item designers design items for their games — they’re calling it a Player Foundry. Designers submit fully textured 3D models of items to be … Read more

Kerbal Space Program: Marooned

There’s this movie that used to come on TV occasionally when I was a kid called “Marooned” — stars Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman and other famous people. Three Apollo astronauts are trapped in orbit with air running out. A desperate rescue mission on a military rocket that is in no way ready for launch is … Read more

Kerbal Space Program: Lost in Space

It’s a tense day for the Kerbal Space Program. Three intrepid explorers have been strapped into the Super Booster 3, charitably described in the Kerb press as a “flying bomb”. In actuality, there’s an excellent chance it will explode right on the launch pad, like the regular kind of bomb. That’s all in the past, … Read more

Wizardry Online: Are You Experienced?

Gamepot’s Wizardry Online (published in North America by Sony Online Entertainment) wants you to know that it is a hardcore MMO. With permadeath. If you play this, you will die. In real life. Really. Unless you’re hardcore enough. Permadeath. This might intrigue you. They aren’t lying. This is a hardcore game. There is permadeath. But … Read more