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Wall Street Journal: Disney could buy EA

The word “ironic” comes to mind.
When we read news like this it’s usually EA that’s looking to assimilate some small game developer, adding its uniqueness into their (EA’s) own.
However, with the company’s stock down by 18 percent last Friday from disappointing second quarter earnings, the time could be right for bigger fish who are looking […]

Mmorpg | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 28th November 2007

Les leaders joueurs

Maintenant qu’on n’a officiellement plus honte de travailler en jouant ni d’avoir une seconde vie, l’observation des mécanismes des MMORPG et du comportement des joueurs semble avoir pris une tout autre dimension.
Ainsi, le Harvard Business Review de mai revient sur les résultats d’une étude conduite en 2007 par IBM sur le leadership et les jeux […]

Mmorpg | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 19th November 2007

This week in Tangler (#027, 23 Jun 2008)

What happened in Tangler last week and what’s coming up this week:

Great Topics

It’s download Firefox day! (General Conversation)
World’s Hardest Game (Morgan’s Tangle)
Australian Tech Events Calendar (Conference Chaser)
Pictures of You (2008) (General Conversation)
A massacre (Riddle me this…)

New Forums

El Vertedero
Lugar de acogida para los exiliados del Banyeres Blog.

Tabletop RPG chat, embeddable blog blocks, and the like.

DYSF’s Opinion […]

Rpgs | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 19th November 2007

World of faster Warcraft executing Windows Average Player

In recent weeks, a rumor has begun to travel numbers forums on the Internet regarding World of Warcraft , and that is says that if you play with WoW Windows Media Player running in the background, the times loading in the game will be much shorter becoming a gaming experience much more pleasant and fast.
These […]

Mmorpg | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 14th November 2007

No One Else to Blame

I can remember growing up the devil was mostly a conceptual idea more than an actual being. He also, on some level was something of a scapegoat. Kind of a “the Devil made me do it” attitude, although not quite so foreword with the wording. At the very least, I would think that it wasn’t […]

Grand Theft Auto | 1 Comment | Permalink | Posted on : 11th November 2007

D&D 4th edition more thoughts

We went through character creation last night with C&C and OneOther1 so I’ve got a little bit more experience with the 4th edition PHB now. It feels a little chaotic and unordered, certainly during character creation you’re all over the place, reading stuff at the end of the book in the middle of character […]

Mmorpg | No Comments | Permalink | Posted on : 6th November 2007