Come for the games, stay for the drama.
I haven’t done even a tenth of the gaming I usually do in a given week. Between my sister Hillary getting hitched in Boston; my sister Genjer and niece Jazzmin coming up from NYC to spend Easter weekend here in Connecticut; and the siren’s call of Rock Band demanding the return of the (in)famous Buzzkillaz, … Read more
Back in the early 80s, I was too totally proud of my roguelike, real-time dungeon crawl game imaginatively named TG (The Game, clever, huh?), which had some all-time design wins like being real time, fast-paced, and required you to type all your actions out in Zork-like sentences. When a dragon is tracking you down, typing … Read more
Here’s the contest (no prize except everlasting eternal fame… you know, if you’re into that kind of thing). Each day, go to the US Patent and Trademark Office website. From the menu on the left, click “Trademarks” and from the popup menu, choose “Search TM database (TESS)” Select “Freeform Search” Enter “Sony Online Entertainment”[ON] AND … Read more
I was delighted to be able to join another Metaplace stress test last night — these are open to everyone, so if you ever thought you might like to make or play sophisticated multiplayer Flash games, it’s worth keeping an eye on what Areae is up to here. Uberspace, an arcade-y space-y maze-y shooter in … Read more
A throwaway comment in a Wired.com article led me to Giant Bomb, a new game review blog started by Jeff Gerstmann, the Gamespot editor who was rumored to have been canned when he gave a poor review to a game that advertised heavily on Gamespot. They don’t cover MMOs, but I think those of us … Read more