I’ll get back to the grovelling “Sorry I haven’t posted a lot recently, I’ve been busy” stuff in a second, but if I don’t say something about this, it’ll totally leave my head.
You may or may not know that Richard Bartle has been blog topic du jour a lot recently, all stemming from an interview he did with Massively in which he said:
“I’ve already played Warhammer [Online]. It was called World of Warcraft. “
Which apparently, is the Quote That Was Heard Around The World. Assuming your world consists of nothing except reading MMOG-focused blogs and then getting very upset that either:
(a) your new favourite (unreleased) MMOG is being ‘dissed’ or
(b) your old favourite (out right now and doing very well) MMOG is, er, also being ‘dissed’ or
(c) Someone has an opinion on either game.
A few days ago I might have tried to weigh in on the reaction to Richard’s comments, but better people have beaten me to it – read this very good summary by Alec Meer over at Rock Paper Shotgun if you want a good overall view (and read the comments too).
All I really wanted to say is, I’ve met… Continue reading →
I know I’ve been quite absent lately, but hey – this is what happens when work gets a mite busy and out-of-work gets busy too. Between work, socialising, theatre trips, writing and the (very) occasional game of something-or-other, it’s left very little time to think. Let alone write.
To guilt-trip myself into doing them here are a few posts in the brain hopper, ready to go down the chute: