Vacation & a social experiment

I am going on vacation and I am not sure if I will have the motivation to write while I am enjoying my time off from the grind. I have been busy as all hell lately and have slacked off a bit around here, so it won't be a drastic change for my regulars, and I'm sure the Google visitors won't notice the difference.

Speaking of Google visitors, I have read some funny posts around the blogosphere about where people have gotten some.. err... exotic traffic from. It seems our errant Google visitors are oft enticed by less than reputable searches, and are a bit surprised to find we are not writing about the games they had in mind. Sure everyone loves a nice sex and bondage game in the bedroom, but that isn't what this blog is about, so they leave disappointed and jaunt off to Google about hot sluts or giant boobs or whatever they are searching for.

Well, sorry to disappoint you, but this blog is strictly PG13 to R, depending on how strict you are about language. You won't find any XXX content or naked pics here. It's just not what we're about.

PS: If you found this blog post through a misdirected Google search, I suggest you try Second Life. It has all the content you were looking for and then some.

It will be interesting to see how many disappointed visitors stop by on my vacation... Google is an interesting tool, but could you imagine a world without it?

Walk of Shame: Sony and IGE the morning after...

After a passionate night of dirty incestuous relations that the editors of Existential Worlds have deemed too illicit to depict here (for fear of FCC reprisal), Sony and IGE were allegedly seen sheepishly walking out of their love nest. The walk of shame had begun.

In a (not even remotely) surprising twist, Sony has joined forces with the IGE network, to (scam) provide users with a new blend of (horrible) excellent Sony service. Not only have they raised their prices to continue to provide (1.5th) third generation MMOs, and (embarrassingly bad) industry leading standards, they will now provide their customers with convenient methods of disposing of their hard earned wages.

Ahh, don't they look cute together? I wonder what their children will look like?

Gruul Strategy

Not only are the members of Militiae Templi, a highly skilled and efficient raid team, they are also masters of art and graphical design, as evidenced by this representation of our first Gruul kill from a few weeks ago...

GDC: Zing! from the Cap'n

Rob [Pardo VP Blizzard]: I disagree with raph. I don't think the most
important MMOs will come from big media. I think the games are important,
because big media is interested in them...

Daniel [James CEO Three Rings]: wait, aren't you big media?

Rob: [laughing] er.. Anyway.

Best moment of GDC coverage so far this week from Wonderland, who was live blogging the MMOs: Past, Present and Future panel featuring Raph Koster, Rob Pardo, Gordon Walton, Mark Jacobs, Mark Kern and that rapscallion Cap'n Daniel James.

Classic.

Outside: The MMO

A longtime member of my guild said farewell to us and to Warcraft today and posted this as his next MMO. Good luck in the new world, Nommos.

Endgame Raiding Explained

http://endgamewowraidinglol.ytmnd.com/

If you created this, we /salute you.