Guild Wars 2 Ramping Up The Hype Engine (In Rhyme!)

Guild Wars 2 begins its onslaught with articles some would deem most hot: high-level design screeds start off the reel, then combat and a class to sweeten the deal. However, to my eyes what stands out the most are the gorgeous screenshots which accompany the post. Their artistic flair delights the eye; their production quality [...]

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Facebook’s Open Graph Protocol: A Meaningful First Step to a True Semantic Web

Facebook made some waves with the announcements at their recent f8 Developer Conference.  Among the announcements was the introduction of the Open Graph Protocol.  This protocol does two things.  First, it allows Facebook to extend its reach into more of the web, making the always-on facebook experience even more ubiquitous.  Second, it provides an early [...]

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Interesting Article on “Publish or Perish” in Scientific Research

Ars Technica posted an article discussing the prevalence of papers purporting to confirm a hypothesis compared to papers disproving a hypothesis.  I’ll post it without comment, though I’d like to hear Jormundgard’s opinion on the article, as it relates to things we’ve discussed before.

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Roger Ebert Maintains: Video Games Cannot Be Art

So sayeth the guy who talks about movies a lot: never can video games aspire to have, amidst their mighty pantheon of wondrous achievements, a single, solitary instance of a “Work of Art”. I disagree, and I think it comes down to definitions here.  Apparently, I have a broader definition of art than Ebert…or perhaps [...]

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Been Outta Touch (But Not Outta Mind)

So I’ve had a rough week of being horribly busy.  This means that all the commentary I’ve wanted to offer has had to wait, until life decides to leave me the hell alone and let me get on with the important business of theorycrafting the impacts of the new warrior changes.  Sadly, life’s priorities fail [...]

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Short Comments Headed to Twitter

I’m gonna try posting my short, byte-size comments on twitter, rather than posting them here.  When I post here, I tend to want to add a fair amount of personal commentary on the subject (hence the often 2k+ word posts), while twitter forces me to near-haiku brevity.  You’ll find my twitter feed in a widget [...]

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WoW Cataclysm: Druid Class Preview

The preview of upcoming changes to the Druid class went up last Friday, and managed to create what may have been the longest response thread from Ghostcrawler of any of the previews (to a great extent because GC has indicated he’s spent a lot of time healing as a druid). For myself, I was happy [...]

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Ask Me Random Questions

Yes, I’m such a trend follower:  Lum did it, and I thought it was entertaining, so go ahead: ask me anything.  I may answer. PS: Yes, I know about the class preview.  I’ve thought about them a great deal, and plan to post thoughts.  When I have more time…

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World of Warcraft: New World Order Surprisingly Like the Old World Order

Blizzard has sent the blue posters out in force the past couple days, with several major posts detailing overhauls to important existing systems.  Rage is getting the promised overhaul (though you aren’t getting the promised pony), The major dispels are being more evenly distributed among healers, and Ghostcrawler is admitting defeat and creating a dedicated [...]

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Kotaku Inadvertently Provides Insight Into How Gamers View Religion

How people view and relate to the concept “religion” fascinates me, as was probably obvious from that discussion I had about Science as Religion with Jormundgard back in December.  Kotaku is apparently taking this week to discuss religion and video games, and has kicked it off with an article by Owen Good on religious depictions [...]

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