Come for the games, stay for the drama.
‘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
Cryptic (developers of City of Heroes and the Suburbs of the Super Pets) is developing the new Marvel superhero MMO for the PC and the XBox 360. SOE Austin is developing the new DC Universe MMO for the PC and (unsurprisingly) the Playstation 3. So if you like Wolverine, you get an XBox. Green Lantern, … Read more