Assault on the Inbox: May 7, 2010

MMO devs fire broadside press releases at my inbox, and I inflict them on others. We’ll suffer together or not at all. Actually, let’s start off with a non-MMO offer. The Humble Indie Bundle from Wolfire Games collects five acclaimed Indie games (including the addictive building game World of Goo, underwater fantasy Aquaria, innovative platformer … Read more

IPs that SHOULD be MMOs, part 3: Dune

It is the best selling science fiction novel, ever. It has been adapted as a film, a mini-series, a duology of genre-defining video games, a comic, the basis of many songs, paintings, poems and other works. Frank Herbert’s 1965 Dune is as gigantic a presence in the science fiction world as Tolkein’s The Lord of … Read more

IPs that should be MMOs, part 2: Blade Runner

Exhausted by centuries of abuse and war, Earth is a dying planet. The best and brightest have fled to neighboring solar systems for a second chance at life. Most of the world’s wildlife is extinct, and people treasure those animals that survive, like an accidental toad, or a sheep placidly grazing on a rooftop garden. … Read more

DDO: A night in Tangleroot Gorge

Massively.com’s Rubi had been hinting all day at something special for the Wednesday DDO meetup (9PM EDT, all are invited)… The big secret? We were going to explore some of the paid content in Dungeons & Dragons Online, courtesy of a double armload of 90-minute guest passes. Nights of Eberron was great tonight. I bought … Read more