From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Metaplace and GDC

February 29, 2008

Raph Koster (our president) and Sean Riley (lead server programmer) gave a presentation at GDC last week called “Metaplace: The Antemortem” which basically explains the highs and lows of building Metaplace thus far. Not meant to be a sales pitch, the talk was honest, in-depth technically, and insightful. Gamasutra has just posted a [...]

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Raph on PC Gaming

February 27, 2008

I’m sure everyone who reads my blog has already read this, but Raph has one hell of a great post from today about Flash technology vs. retail boxes. Check it out.

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23 Bard LFBand, PST

February 23, 2008

Every once in awhile I get a brilliant idea that I want to join a band.
And not a Rock Band, a *real* band.
So here we go again. It’s late February and I’m trying for the first time in the lush musical pasture of So Cal to join either an established or forming project as [...]

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I'm Lost in an Odyssey

February 21, 2008

This last week has been absolutely crazy for me (hence the lack of posts). I’m entertaining some guests from Minnesota, so we’re been doing the touristy attractions around San Diego since last friday – everything from whale watching, to the wild animal park and the zoo, to the beaches and aquariums, and lots of [...]

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JukeFly Debuts

February 12, 2008

Courtesy of the fine folks at TechCrunch – I’ve now been made aware of one of the neatest new music endeavors on the web.
JukeFly is a website that allows you to download a small (1.3mb) client that installs a server on your computer for your music library. You can then listen to your music [...]

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MMO Players as Contributors

February 12, 2008

DamianoV at Voyages in Eternity has highlighted an interesting question. The comparison was made between MUD (online text role playing games) and MMO players, and why the percentage of MUD players who end up being contributors is so much higher. Meaning that a good number of the people who play MUDs wind up making MUDs [...]

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The best part about living in San Diego…

February 10, 2008

Is being so close to Las Vegas. A random decision made at 10pm on Friday night turned into my boyfriend and our two friends Chris and Julie being whisked away to Treasure Island Casino for the weekend. There was much fun to be had including (but not limited to) steak, alcohol, gambling, and [...]

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There Won't Be Blood.

February 4, 2008

Whew! Oh how I love weekends.Friday night I went to see There Will Be Blood with a few friends. I went into it expecting a stellar and riveting film, due to the 91% score at Rotten Tomatoes and rave reviews from people I generally trust. I left feeling disappointed and not exactly [...]

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