May

20

Oh sure, I’d like one…

May 20, 2007 | 1 Comment

Optimus KeyboardIn case you haven’t heard yet, the Optimus Maximus keyboards may now be pre-ordered for delivery in December. The keyboards feature an individual LED on each key which may be programmed to display anything which will fit on their 48 x 48 pixel screens. The keyboards also feature a pre-order price tag of approximately $1564, or more than three times the annual per capita income of folks living in India.

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May

16

Un-installed Vanguard just now

May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I guess it was the recent announcement that Sony had acquired Vanguard developer Sigil Games that was the impetus behind the decision to finally erase the already dusty and unused Vanguard: Saga of Heroes from my hard drive. Not that I needed to reclaim the space for anything, but just because I figure that I likely won’t be going back in the near future.

I had already canceled my subscription because Sony decided to hike up the rates on their Station Pass, which I was a subscriber to despite only playing Vanguard at the time. I hadn’t even thought about it since then, I can’t believe that was only back in March, it seems like such a long time ago that I played it.

But to finally un-install it made me just a touch melancholic. Maybe it’s the rainy New Hampshire evening that’s got me a bit down already, or maybe it’s the idea of “the Vision” which could have been, but never quite materialized from the murkiness of the wonderful daydream that it must have been and that many of us at one time shared. Read more


 

May

16

Lexicon page removed

May 16, 2007 | 3 Comments

For those of you who visit the site often, you may notice that a link to page called “Lexicon,” where I had defined exactly 6 game design terms, has been removed.

After surfing over to Nerfbat’s page, I noticed that he recently updated his own MMO Lexicon page, which is a wiki format page allowing the community to stock it with content. Well heck, if someone out there is already getting the community involved in defining the various MMO terminology, I might as well just link to that instead.

And I believe they even have more than 6 terms defined already!


 

May

14

A recent revelation

May 14, 2007 | 1 Comment

As I was playing yet another hour (or two) of the fabulously addictive Desktop Tower Defense by Paul Preece on Challenge level (The 100) and while I was failing over and over to actually complete the challenge, I was struck with a sudden revelation. It hit me like a level 40 giant hitting a noobie wizard in a soiled cloth robe.

I am a masochistic gamer.

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May

11

Blame the zombies

May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It’s their fault I haven’t posted here in a while.

Everything is better now that I found the flamethrower and the chainsaw.
I promise.


 

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