In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
Protoform Optimus Prime.
An extraordinary repaint by pairadocs.
Michael Bay, your Optimus Prime sucks.
Better Vista performance with XP drivers?
“After about 10 driver installs, I discovered that Windows XP Forceware Version: 81.98 seems to be the last working ‘Vista compatible’ XP driver … It even benchmarked better in Vista than it did in XP.”
Posted in Web.
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– Tuesday, August 14, 2007
ArenaNet waves the banstick.
“We may be banning more in the coming days, but we will most likely choose to not ban more than we will choose to ban. The decision is ours and will be based on a lot of factors, principal being whether it’s reasonable to assume that the player knew he/she was getting ill-gotten goods.” Summary: players duplicate vast quantities of a valuable item using the reconnect feature and flood the market. (Related: 1, 2, 3.)
MMOs don’t need fees for server costs.
“… the fact is servers don’t really cost all that much to maintain when it comes down to it. You don’t need a monthly fee to maintain servers.”
Gamespy interviews Jeff Grubb. [via]
“‘With GW:EN … we’re experimenting with the way we tell a story. How much of story weight should regular quests carry versus the big missions?'”
Posted in Guild Wars, Web.
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– Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Kaiyodo Assemble Borg.
Amazingly, these look more interchangeable than Microman. If Kaiyodo can avoid any niggling QC issues, these will sell really well. More: 1, 2, 3, 4. (Related.)
Ramayan.
PDF format previews of comics based on a classic Hindu text. The comic is going to be adapted as an MMO. I have two words for you: religious grind.
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– Monday, August 13, 2007
Let’s see Bono save Africa from this:
The TM in question is “Telekom Malaysia”, a telecommunications company which today received international ridicule for its incompetence.
Malaysians have long been aware of the company’s dubious practices. Users of Telekom Malaysia’s ADSL broadband service, Streamyx, frequently have cause for complaint as service interruptions, regular disconnections, slowdowns and bandwidth throttling are part and parcel of the Streamyx experience.
This is a company with customer relations so bad those customers are considering spending over USD4300 for an advertisement in the newspaper to show just how dissatisfied they are.
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– Monday, August 13, 2007
I completed the fourth chapter of Painkiller earlier. The boss for this chapter was a bugger named Alastor. He wasn’t especially hard; hurting him was downright easy. The irritation stems from the fact you have to do it repeatedly.
Hey, developers, giving your boss more hitpoints doesn’t make the battle any more epic or memorable.
Personally, epic or memorable boss fights are really all about the set up. You have to build your boss up throughout the preceding level(s) to show us how much of a bastard he really is in order to make his defeat truly satisfying.
This is something FPS games completely fail to do with one early exception. Defeating Adolf in Castle Wolfenstein 3D was satisfying because everyone knew what he was all about. Alastor of Chapter 4 of Painkiller? Who the hell is he and why should I give a damn?
Some text, more judicious use of cutscenes or perhaps a taunt during a checkpoint save could go a long way in establishing what a complete utter bastard a boss is. Make the effort and it will be appreciated.
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– Sunday, August 12, 2007
