I hope so, anyway. I really do. This has got to add up to the proverbial nail in the metaphorical coffin, right?
Archive of entries posted on September 2007
Damion Schubert on Metaplace
Over on Zen of Design, there’s a good post about Metaplace, how it takes us where we’ve been, and where it will likely go. I never had any trouble with the name, though; I didn’t even realize anyone might until he mentioned it…
Of all the role models you could have chosen,
why oh why, Jack Thompson, did you choose Don Quixote?
Discussion on Crafting in MMOs
On the Metaplace.info forums, I’ve been participating a little bit in a discussion on crafting in MMOs.
Metaplace Gamer Cards
Well, I’ve been really excited about Metaplace; I signed up for the forums on Metaplace.info (username there is SharedProphet, like my Xbox Live gamertag). I even made two custom Metaplace-themed Xbox Live gamer cards for forum signatures.
Overtime Pay Litigation Booming
A friend at work just pointed me in the direction of this article.
There are some things that have no boundaries.
Some things just don’t have limits, like the internet, and imagination. But I didn’t think that litigation was one of them.
Metaplace Announced
Raph Koster and Areae have just unveiled their big project, Metaplace. It sounds really exciting; I hope the targeted ads are not too obtrusive, and I very much hope that clients will be available for all the consoles and handhelds (PS3, 360, Wii, PSP, DS). I don’t really like playing games on the PC anymore, because [...]
Has the devil-made-me-do-it defense ever really worked?
For all that he thinks he is on some holy crusade, it turns out that in his delusion Jack Thompson is really just giving people excuses.
GameStop Manager Suspended
I doubt it will happen, but I wouldn’t mind GameStop adopting his policies.
After searching Wikipedia for a while,
trying to find the real name for what I wanted to say, I’ve discovered that it’s called the Law of Truly Large Numbers. It states that with a sample size large enough, any outrageous thing is likely to happen.
Just subscribed to Dave Barry’s blog…
Always trust Amazon customer reviews! Be sure to “search inside this book.” Whatever you do, don’t actually buy it.1
A cop let down his verbal inhibitions…
…and this was the result. It’s amazing to me how many different little things about human nature can be seen in just this one story. Be sure to click through to the full article.
Oh yeah, it’s September 11th…
…so, happy birthday to my nephew who is now 2 years old! : ) This day is for more than just tragedy.
