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…And Now Your Republic Shall Fall

In the comments on my post “The Point of Levels and Experience,” Helmsman ended his insightful comment with this: “So I guess my question is, what is it you’re really after in an MMO?” First, a disclaimer: As a distinct type of game,...

The Point of Levels and Experience

A friend of mine sent me a link to an article at Kotaku about forthcoming MMO The Secret World. According to the article: [The Secret World] is a game that takes place in the real world of today, only everything is true. Aliens and demons exist. The world is hollow....

Soderbergh the GM?

Steven Soderbergh talking to Roger Ebert about The Girlfriend Experience: “I’d give them a basic goal for the scene, like ‘don’t let him sell you a package of workout sessions,’ and turn them loose. I’d say 95 percent of the film is...

Peter Sagal's Childish Things

Peter Sagal, who you know from Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, recently recorded a new commentary on the imaginary people we grow up with. Some day, alas, Viggo Mortensen will (presumably) pass away, but the Aragorns we know through Lord of the Rings games (Sagal...