January 2007 – Acid for Blood

X-Strikes the Spot

Last week’s The Escapist highlighted the link between videogames and cinema. One of the articles spotlighted a group of videogame film makers, X-Strike Studios. I first discovered X-Strike Studio’s films at the 2004 Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival (MAGFest), where they premiered their (then) latest film, Silent Horror. Silent Horror is a…

Jan 29, 2007

Film

magfest, project snake, silent horror, x-strike studios

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

I picked up a copy of The Economist (January 20th – 26th, 2007) whilst I was at the airport. I haven’t read it lately, but I was feeling a bit cut off from world events and this bothered me a bit. I guess travel does that to you. Usually when…

Jan 25, 2007

Politics

social issues, the economist

WOW Has Entered My Workplace

I am a known gamer in my division at my company. It’s one of the few “personal” things that I will talk about*. Whenever a games-related news item penetrates the mainstream media, people come up to me and talk about it**. When there was an article about taxing virtual income,…

Jan 5, 2007

Community, Culture

world of warcraft