February 2007 - Posts

• Enlarging my own logic

  In a fascinating thread over at Raph's the discussion rages over whether or not Second Life is a ponzi scheme, a High-Yield Investment Program, a straight fraud or, as its apologists continually carp, a game yet not a game and oh by the way yout o could be a gazillionaire! Or some pathetic drivel about emotional bandwidth, i don't know. Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:27 PM by Rich Bryant | 8 Comments

• Alright, i give in. God bless Microsoft.

  You have no idea how hard it is for me to write that. No, really. There are many reasons why professional developers dislike Microsoft. Longstanding reasons with good evidence. But frankly, right now, i hope they end up owning the gaming market the way Read More... Posted Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:59 PM by Rich Bryant | 3 Comments Filed under: Life, Technodrivel, Website, XNA

• You know you're mainstream when...

  Microsoft start releasing developer updates and whitepapers specifically and unambiguously aimed at your industry. The DirectX SDK (Feb 2007) contains many bits and pieces, some Vista-related and others more general. I have been buried in it since release Read More... Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:29 AM by Rich Bryant | 1 Comments

• Planetside + Vista =

  Horrendous CTD which locks up the mahine unless you can manage to logout through CTRL+ALT+DEL. That sucks. Sort it out, Sony. Planetside is the bug-free game, remember? Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:59 PM by Rich Bryant | 3 Comments Filed under: MMORPGy, Reviews

• Spambots? Hard to tell

  Site registrations keep increasing. And i keep deleting them. Sorry about that. Basically, if you sign up with a mail.ru address, i'm going to assume you're a spambot. Many other free mail hosts will be treated in much the same way (although every sysadmin Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:15 AM by Rich Bryant | 0 Comments

• Since interviews seem to be cool right now...

  It's become rather fashionable recently to post interviews with popular people. Rather than repeat the excited fanboi squealing that we so often get, i decided my own interview would be with someone who actively loathes me. What do you mean "bandwagon"? Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:01 PM by Rich Bryant | 1 Comments Filed under: Technodrivel, Artificial Intelligence, MMORPGy

• Targetted Marketing

  Two of the guys from Gathering of Developers have launched a publisher for Indies. Obviously, i can't speak for the rest of the industry but a large part of my psyche really wants to get published by company named " GameCock ". Plus of course, if they Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:34 AM by Rich Bryant | 2 Comments

• A farewell to EVE

  EVE was the second MMO i ever tried. And the fourth. I think that i will not renew my subscription this time around. It's not a protest so much as it is sheer bloody disappointment - not with the game, which remains excellent but with (and i never thought Read More... Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 3:28 PM by Rich Bryant | 4 Comments Filed under: MMORPGy

• Jeff Freeman - Taller than Second Life

  I know, you saw it elsewhere and otherwhere already but we must continue to hype Jeff Freeman! DO NOT RUN! JEFF FREEMAN IS YOUR FRIEND! Ack ack ack ack ack ack ack.... Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:12 PM by Rich Bryant | 0 Comments

• Best Wishes to GameDev.Net

  As the more aware of you may have noted, GameDev.Net is down for fixing because of a malicious attack on the site. To the GameDev.Net team, get well soon. To whoever tried to crash it, get a life you nasty little vandal. Go after some religious cretins Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:49 AM by Rich Bryant | 0 Comments Filed under: Dumb

• Cinderella gets to stay home and code. Again.

  I won't be at GDC this year. This is a great shame because there's so many people i'd love the opportunity to meet, not least Steven Davis , Scott Jennings , Matt Mihaly , maybe if it didn't bother his introversion too much i could finally buy that lunch Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:15 AM by Rich Bryant | 1 Comments

• the IntarWebz R NOT Serius Bizness

  I'm tempted to write "that is all", but what the hell. The Escapist has an issue on Serious Games. I played PeaceMaker through as both sides and eventually won from both sides and it was quite fun but mostly what i learned was "in order to make peace, Read More... Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 10:01 AM by Rich Bryant | 4 Comments Filed under: Life, MMORPGy, Second Lies