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LucasArts announced today that they were fresh out of barrel bottoms to scrape.

  posted by splash · 20 Apr 2003

Lords of EverQuest

In one of the more bemusing game design decisions made this year, Sony have announced an RTS based upon EverQuest, called Lords of EverQuest. I’m wondering why they would choose... (more)

  posted by monty · 20 Apr 2003

Underworld Movie Trailer

“UNDERWORLD reimages vampires as a secretive clan of modern, aristocratic sophisticates whose mortal enemies are the Lycans (werewolves), a shrewd gang of street thugs who prowl the city’s underbelly. “ ugo.com The... (more)

  posted by bruce · 19 Apr 2003

War Games Bonanza

“Combat-themed video games dominated the U.S. sales charts in early April as news of the real war in Iraq blanketed the airwaves, according to data released on Wednesday.” news.yahoo.com (via Ars... (more)

  posted by bruce · 19 Apr 2003

More WoW

Blizzard seem to have added a few more tidbits to their World of Warcraft website, including hints at some classes for each race, and new screenshots. It’s all looking very,... (more)

  posted by monty · 18 Apr 2003

GTA Sketch

Just got emailed this hilarious video of a Grand Theft Auto sketch - chapelle_gta.wmv (5.39 MB). The sound is a bit choppy for me… but the vision is the punchline.... (more)

  posted by bruce · 17 Apr 2003

EQ Chronicles: Guilds and The Meaning of Life

Guilds. Love them or hate them, they are an unavoidable part of EverQuest. My Bard ran the gamut of them recently, and during the process I learned a lot about... (more)

  posted by monty · 16 Apr 2003

Serious Numbers

Here’s some interesting numbers I skimmed from the Vivendi Universal website. Keep in mind that they may be a little overblown but I think they’re impressive none-the-less: - Diablo II... (more)

  posted by rob · 15 Apr 2003

Half-Life 2 in View

Some seasonal pre-E3 pre-release buzz creation seems to be kicking off at the moment with some pre-pre-press promotions for Half-Life 2. Timing must be everything for promoting a sequel like... (more)

  posted by bruce · 15 Apr 2003

Tread Carefully.. site in progress

Ok, BigKid’s new site is live and running with the bare minimum of features for now. In the next few weeks I’ll be slowly adding extra functionality to the site,... (more)

  posted by bruce · 15 Apr 2003

EVE Online

Had a quick play of the beta test… and EVE Online would have to be one of the prettiest game interfaces ever made. Of course, I’m not much of a... (more)

  posted by bruce · 14 Apr 2003

Back and Blogging

As Samwise said at the end of LoTR with equal melancholy: “Well, I’m back”. I haven’t seen Frodo off to the Grey Havens, but it feels like it. Due to a... (more)

  posted by monty · 13 Apr 2003