Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Whilst playing EvE Online today, it occurred to me that SF book authors are missing a real savings, book-cover wise, by not just finding a good screenshot in EvE and using that for their cover… Why, if more people did that, we could have books like… hmm… There’s a big seller for ya. Who wouldn’t … Read more
‘Twas near the eleventh hour of yesterday before the Owl dropped a package at my door. “I hope you have your reading glasses!”, quoth she, unusually talkative (for an Owl). I tapped it twice with my wand. “Capsa Adaperio!” The box flew open Inside was the tome for which I had waited so long, as … Read more
The Star Trek Online devs have posted their first devlog. If you’re at all interested in the upcoming Star Trek-based MMO, you should definitely check it out. Their first devblog focuses on their world creation tools — VERY interesting, at least if you’re into that kind of thing. I thought the moons/planets in the sky … Read more
News in Nature that researchers at the University of Alberta have made their checkers program, Chinook, unbeatable. For any possible move in a game played against it, it can look up the best move. The best anyone can do against it is force a draw. However, the best it will be able to do against … Read more
Bioware, makers of Baldur’s Gate (and Fallout, I think) currently working on an unannounced MMO (could it be a Fallout MMO?) have licensed Perpetual’s patcher/lobby/launcher etc code for use in their MMO. Perpetual Entertainment are the developers of Gods and Heroes and the upcoming Star Trek Online. SOE is publishing G&H, and has announced that … Read more