Tag Archives: Second Life

EvE’s Economy – Presentation at FanFest 09

I’ve been watching the various videos that CCP is publishing during EvE FanFest this week. In particular, their economy session was the most interesting to me; It was mostly focusing on the effect of their ‘Unholy Rage’ banning program, implemented in late June.
First, the video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSgVeU7e9tU
I focus here on the first half of the [...]

On the Eve of Eternity…

When an old friend tells me “I know your playing style, you’ll like this game,” the alarm bells kick off immediately (I have no interest in repeating the Travian debacle back in ‘07). In this case, however, its because he was right and I’m wondering how I may integrate this into my life. [...]

TCF 2009 / InfraRed, part 2

Last weekend was the Trenton Computer Fair (with its 4th annual IT Conference on the Friday before). In short, the weekend summarized to ‘feh.’
Quick summary by points:
- IT conference was cool, just like last year. Wish I could have stayed longer, but despite leaving ‘work’ early (to drive down in time) I just [...]

Two Anniversaries

This weekend, for most, marks one year since the MO:UL@Gametap shutdown. The past week I’ve been drawn more to this same (Easter) weekend two years ago.
That was the first time that I did a successful village takeover in Travian (this was on a server before the Gold system – or even a US server [...]

Yep, I’m Still Alive…

… And can ya guess what I’ve been playing lately? ;-)
Actually, it really was Portal until a short while ago. I made the mistake of downloading the demo of Bejeweled Twist (which, a few days later, I unlocked for the full version). I now have versions of the regular HL games that [...]