It's been awhile since I last wrote for the Escapist, so I'm glad it appears I haven't forgotten how to do it. "1988: the Golden Age of Game Piracy", went live today. Many thanks to Paul Reiche for providing insights; in addition to his actual quotes, his perspective pivoted the article away from a first draft that had a rather different tone ( Read more... )

My friends know that it can sometimes be stupidly difficult to make me laugh. I am just not that funny. But, and you infer any bias you like since this is an Escapist link, I'd say that this is how game reviewing ought to be doneThe language is not work safe, but if you're at all interested in video games -- AT ALL -- bookmark it and give it a ( Read more... )

Ah, you might have thought I was dead, but it is untrue.

Following the announcement of Gamecock there's been a lot of discussion about whether this might be the answer and whether they'll shake up the game industry. It's quite possible. As far as it being an alternative model, I'm very interested to see how it pans out. But it's also something of ( Read more... )

'Cause there's gonna be a Firefly MMO.It's interesting that Multiverse is doing it. I rather wondered how much capital they had raised and what they were going to do with it. This should be fun to watch. Initially I was skeptical that the fanbase was large enough to sustain the numbers necessary to keep a real MMO running, but I guess it will ( Read more... )

Lan just handed me this game. It says:

robotfindskittenIn this game, you are robot ( Read more... )