So who is this XFire person, anyway?

Xfire is a background program for gamers that provides basic matchmaking for some games, instant messaging, the ability to capture audio, screen shots and movies while gaming and track WoW achievements and time spent gaming. According to its home page, it has nearly 18 million registered users (which is not the same as active or … Read more

New on Facebook: The Send Me To Prison app

“Hacker 4 Life? Turn it into a career. Study hacking and get a degree. We match you with programs quickly.” I’m surprised there’s not a Facebook ad for how to shoot a politician, but maybe my profile doesn’t include enough gun references. The picture in the ad shows a bit of JavaScript that authenticates that … Read more

Why WoW players should stay away from Rift.

World of Warcraft players, Rift isn’t made for you. Now that you know that, you can stop telling me how much Rift is like WoW. Maybe that it’s an inferior copy. That if you compare it to WoW, Rift comes off really, really crappy. It fills you with ‘meh’. 7/10. I get it. But you’re … Read more

1 Hour Review of: Your Life

After an hour, I still couldn’t pick you out from the other babies. Wrinkled, wet, head shaped weird, crying… I’d seen it before. I’m thinking this whole baby nonsense has run its course. There’s plenty of adults around that can drive cars, climb trees, and feed themselves. I can’t really see what a baby that … Read more

Lord of Ultima Evony

Shady browser strategy game Evony has been long criticized for its deceptive ads featuring scantily clad women advertising a game where you build houses and sawmills and really, have very little sex at all. And no women. Must have crushed them when gaming megagiant Electronic Arts stole was inspired by their clever marketing and came … Read more