September 5th, 2008
Today, Raph Koster, original Lead Designer of Ultima Online, made a post on his blog called “How Metaplace was born.”
This is particularly interesting because in the process of describing how the concept of Metaplace, his new project, he goes into some detail regarding his days working on UO and one idea in particular that he pitched.
September 4th, 2008
Aside from one brief conversation over a year ago, I don’t know Mark Jacobs whatsoever.
However, I am hoping that linking to his blog will get me access to the Warhammer Preview Weekend (Part Deux).
Go —> here for his blog.
August 30th, 2008
Oh wait. Wow, what a flashback. I almost felt like it was 2003 there for a minute.
August 26th, 2008
Seriously. I just wrote a huge post on an actual topic about MMO gaming, and it was mangled to all hell and not posted.
If someone knows a good alternative to Wordpress, I’m all ears.
August 2nd, 2008
What I feel is odd is that nobody was enticed by the “assume I’m remaking IPY right now..” in my last post.
July 16th, 2008
Consider that you were hired to design a MMO. Or, since we don’t want to worry about technicalities or 250-page design documents - consider you were friends with the Lead Designer of someone making a new MMO.
July 11th, 2008
Obviously, as everyone knows by now (or should) — Viacomm has successfully sued Google, or more accurately, YouTube which is owned by Google.
What has actually been ruled, and again I really hope you already know this, is that Google is being forced to turn over all records of what your ass has watched on YouTube.
Yes, you. Everything you’ve ever watched. Like, ever.
July 8th, 2008
June 20th, 2008
Mostly because I’m watching it, and I generally get banned from all of the sports forums I post on.
7:16 -Â Hate the Tanguay trade for Montreal. Love the Jokinen trade for Phoenix. Great trade, really for both teams. But I think Florida got the raw end.
7:19 - Leafs swap picks with NYI to pick Schenn at #5. Congrats Leafers, really. I’ve been a Leaf hater for years, but you guys deserve a quality rebuild at this point.
7:28 - Columbus swaps a first and a third for Umberger and a fourth from Philly. Seriously, nice move there Columbus. Absolutely beautiful, I think. It’s just too bad you couldn’t snag Malone’s rights.
7:35 - After snagging Filatov at #6, Columbus looks like they’ve got a smarter GM running their team these days… very good draft for the Blue Jackets so far.
7:55 - Islanders were clearly looking at Filatov for #7. After he went, they swapped 7 for 9 and a 40. I see this as fairly smart too, if the guy you want wasn’t there with #7. Pile up enough second and third round picks, like they’ve been doing, and you might end up randomly selecting a Zetterberg that’ll be absolutely fantastic in 4-5 years.
8:30 - Phoenix is having a good draft. They’ve going to be moving up the food chain relatively soon.
9:30 - Got bored, took a nap.
June 13th, 2008
Saw this on the news this morning.
Eleven gas firms charged in price-fixing scheme
Laughed out loud, proceeded to change the channel and wonder why I was watching the news.
“Don’t worry commonfolk. The criminals have been apprehended. A handful of small-time local gas station owners are being fined for price fixing. The fact that we’re being very ambiguous about the facts of the story so that it sounds like the actual gas companies have been caught, let alone investigated, for some kind of crime is coincidental and of no consequence to you. You are safe, the world is fair, and everyone is looking out for your best interest.
Now go fill up, bitch.”
June 9th, 2008
Tower defense, specifically!
You can’t possibly beat my score. I guarantee it.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/frostytrees/omega-tower-defense-2
My score on the brown map: 291215
May 22nd, 2008
Okay, so, Lum, being a moving part of the NCSoft machine, enjoys polish. In fact, commands his minions to go forth and demand polish!
All well and good!
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