This is worth a bunch of laughs and boggles. First, the game is a legit boxed release: Here’s the publisher page Here’s the Wikipedia Note the Wiki says they have “stopped distribution” while trying to sort out the controversy. I assume this is why the Amazon page says “ships in 3 to 5 weeks.” My [...]

Annoyingly casual journalistic license, but amusing anyway. Why would a glass die with unidentified non-Roman numerals bought in Egypt in the 20s be called Roman? Romans Used 20-Sided Dice Two Millennia Before D&D Many of us geeks take great pride in the ability to recite the history of role-playing games based on the 20-sided die, [...]

Brilliant. Note the subtitle for my blog? Keep an eye out for the WiiFit. Hello, Sony? Hello, Microsoft? Where are yooouuuu? This is just the beginning: Nintendo Wii popular choice for therapists, children WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Jackson Peterson is running fast. He’s running in place, moving his [...]

Here’s a link to Jerry Lee Ford Jr’s new book at Amazon: Phrogram Programming for the Absolute Beginner Full disclosure: I’m one of the guys who invented Phrogram and its predecessor, the Kid’s Programming Language. But I don’t get a cut on Ford’s book!

Well, with 60 million users, you might be one of them – but their demographic is much more international than most gamers in my part of the world, and their demographic is much less needful of cutting edge consoles or computers. So my bet is you’re not yet one of them. Gameforge AG is a [...]

Here’s link to the IGN article by Jimmy Thang: http://psp.ign.com/articles/875/875548p1.html Study Shows No Link Between Violent Games and Crimes University of Essex researcher disproves correlation. by Jimmy Thang May 20, 2008 – With the recent release of GTA IV, a game that allows you to steal cars, kill civilians, and conduct drive-bys, the topic of video game violence is back [...]

No, it’s not what you thought I meant. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-rl3RPC_Mw As the l33tsp33k comment says: pwnage ^^

Yes, my posts from a year ago on market share of Wii versus XBox versus PS3 have been the hottest, most visited posts on my blog. So here after a year away are the May 2008 sales. In a nutshell, Wii is selling over 3x as many units as the PS3, and even [...]

Here’s the Wired blog post: Opinion: MMOs Need a Wii Here’s my answer, posted also there as a comment: Of course you’re right. AoC rocks, but will be limited by how narrowly focused it is on adult guys. And I don’t think they’ve left themselves enough room to change that over time. Hardcore gamers don’t want a Wii, and don’t [...]