Archive » 2004 » January
Oz Industry Bemusings
Krome Studios Director John Passfield has served up a small spanking to the Australian press in his latest Game Musings. John bemoans the lack of recognised voices within the industry,... (more)
Taken A-Back
I said after E3 last year that the sequel to the world’s largest MMORPG, Lineage 2, was the best looking game by far in its genre at the show. And... (more)
Selling Pixels
Bruce recently pointed me to a bizarre little blog detailing the economics of making a living out of buying and selling virtual property in Ultima Online. Professional writer Julian Dibbell... (more)
WoW Beta SignUp
The official signup period for the World of Warcraft Beta Test begins tomorrow. Unfortunately only North American and Korean gamers will be accepted, though a similar test for the rest... (more)
Next Wave Independent Game Developers’ Conference
Greetings rancheros… I urge anyone who is interested in game development to go along if they can to the Next Wave Independent Game Developers’ Conference to be held in Melbourne... (more)
posted by Tripitaka · 15 Jan 2004
HL2 Pirated and Released in Russia
Russian hackers have compiled and translated a version of the leaked Half-Life 2 source code, and released it publicly. Apparently the game is fully playable, though there are minor plot... (more)
WoW Alpha Preview
Gamespy have a nice preview of the latest World of Warcraft alpha build. There are two lots of good news. The first is that the game has gone Alpha and... (more)
Blue Wizard Is About To Die
If that phrase means anything to you (and it should), then you might want to check out this new book… read more »