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Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, dies at 69

As reported late last night on The Guardian Online, Gary Gygax, co-writer of Dungeons & Dragons, has died.
Say it isn’t so! What a sad day. Gary Gygax has no idea how much he influenced my childhood. I’m proud to say that I still have my original AD&D Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master’s Guide. From [...]

Posted 05 March 2008 § Personal ‡ Comments (1)

Baseball players are gamers, too

To those folks that follow professional baseball and multiplayer online games, it should not be a surprise that Boston pitcher Curt Schilling is an avid gamer. Sony even organized an event with him in their EverQuest II game (a game that Mr. Schilling is an avid player of).
In early September, Schilling and others formed Green [...]

Posted 03 October 2006 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

Stopping unnecessary services when gaming

When playing computer games (something I don’t have nearly as much time to do as I’d like), you want to maximize the performance of your computer for the task at hand. To do so, shut down all those unnecessary services to free up memory and some processor cycles.Dump the following code into a batch file [...]

Posted 23 August 2005 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

Microsoft and Marvel to sleep together (and other MMOG thoughts)

Microsoft signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Enterprises (the comic book folks), giving the software giant rights to use Marvel’s intellectual property in MMO (massive multiplayer online) games. Read about it on CNet.
This may sound like a good deal to Microsoft, or to fans of Marvel comics and MMOs, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. [...]

Posted 14 July 2005 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

IGDA’s Online Games Quarterly focuses on casual gaming

The Online Games Special Interest Group (SIG) of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) recently published their second Online Games Quarterly, which focuses on casual gaming and who the casual gamer is. Among the articles include:

Understanding the Casual Gamer, a round-table discussion with executives from leading casual gaming companies;
MMOG Demographics: Perspectives From Industry [...]

Posted 23 April 2005 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)