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Ruptured


So, I’m on Rupture. What now?
Oh wait. I guess I have to play WOW to network on this thing. I’ll get back to it. Eventually. Maybe.
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Technorati Tags: rupture, world of warcraft, wow

We Interrupt This Blog For Awesomeness


I’m going to be busy for a while, so this blog won’t be as active. That’s not precisely where the awesome comes in though. The awesome bit is that I have recently been hired to do something exciting and new and game-related. A couple of weeks ago, I resigned from my somewhat dull job at […]

Production Blog for Dracula’s Curse Animated Movie


The blog aims to provide readers with details of behind-the-scenes progress on the upcoming animated movie based on the Konami videogame Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. Scripting will be handled by Warren Ellis, and James Jean is on board as art director. Members of the production team will contribute in the upcoming months.
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A Metroid Valentine


Some nerd gave me this:

[More cards at VGCats]
Technorati Tags: valentine’s day, vgcats

ConceptArt.org


ConceptArt.org has loads of fabulous pictures of concept art from lots of different videogames. If you have time, take a look. I could spend a whole day just looking at all the artists’ galleries.
Fun trivia fact: the icon I use for forums and stuff on the internets is cropped from a piece of concept art […]

Year of the Pig in Cantha (and IRL)


It seems that Canthan New Year is coming up soon in Guild Wars. I might be out-of-town for it! On noes! I am a complete sucker for these Guild Wars in-game events. I want that festival hat. And there are quests! I’m bringing my laptop anyway. Perhaps I can schedule my trip so that I’m […]

Ganking is “Impoverished” Play


Thomas Malaby analyses ganking over on Terra Nova:
What I would like to suggest is that this kind of PvP is meaningless. Or, perhaps more precisely, that the meaning it has is so narrow, rationalized, and improverished that it is outside of, or rejects, the game in which it is situated. Games, as ends in and […]

Good Effort, Capcom


I now know why I received half a dozen emails from Capcom’s Lost Planet marketing team during the lead up to the launch on 12th January. They spent $20 million on developing the game and “$20 million was spent on the advertising, marketing, parties and promotions” (Joystiq). My inbox typically does not see that kind […]

WOW = Matchmaker


One of my friends informed me that he now has a girlfriend, and they met in World of Warcraft. They’re in the same guild.
Technorati Tags: in-game romance, world of warcraft, wow