Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

Well I reactivated my WAR account recently to play with a friend who had gotten the game. I was shocked to see so many servers reduced to low population status. When I left WAR it wasn’t too long after it’s initial release and it was packed with people. But when I returned it was like [...]

This guy has a good point, you can get REALLY carried away with adding mods to World of Warcraft:
As Blizzard Entertainment’s designers created it, WoW is set in a pretty, almost placid Tolkienesque universe. But for the hardcore gamer, that pristine landscape is begging for augmentation. There’s just too much to track: At any given [...]

I will be very happy indeed if DirectX is weakened by OpenCL and OpenGL.
OpenGL is now more competitive with DirectX than ever. Microsoft’s stumble with Vista and its DirectX/Direct3D version 10 has also helped to stall its momentum in the market. Microsoft plans to add OpenCL-like support for GPGPU computing into DirectX 11 in Windows [...]

And it’s going to be an MMO too.

Hmm…well I can’t blame Lucas for wanting to take a ride on the MMO gravy train with this game. World of Warcraft is getting old and lame. And Warhammer Online doesn’t yet have a lock on its audience the way that WOW used to.
So there’s a good opportunity [...]

Well you don’t generally expect to read something like this about Apple.
I didn’t expect much from games on the iPhone. I had visions of casual games, perhaps a fancy take on solitaire or a version of poker that takes advantage of the handset’s touchscreen. Surely not a true mobile gaming experience.
Boy, was I wrong. For [...]

Well, well, well…talk about power corrupting! Is it me or this more than a little ridiculous? If somebody misbehaves on the EA forums and they get banned then they also get banned from playing EA’s games?
How absurd. I predict that this, along with the use of DRM, will end up resulting in lost sales for [...]

FYI if you’re into AA, 2.3 is out for macs.

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Interesting but still not enough to make me want a PSP.
A small California software maker has developed a program designed to bring at least part of Apple Computer’s iTunes experience to the new Sony PlayStation Portable.
The software, the latest in Information Appliance Associates’ series of PocketMac tools to link handheld devices with PCs and [...]

Blizzard is still struggling with WOW’s success.
I’ve seen some definite lag and been thrown off at least once (right as my group was about to enter the Scarlet Monastery…NOT a good time for the server to go down like that) but I still love WOW. My character has moved into his 40s and the game [...]

Good thread on Slashdot about the demise of Tribes.
I used to love Tribes 1. It was my favorite game. I haven’t played it in ages though. I’ve moved on to UT 2004 and World of Warcraft. I tried Tribes Vengeance and I really wanted to like it. But I just couldn’t warm up to it. [...]