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August 20, 2005 | Links
Stop stealing our F**king signs - [via]
I don’t swear on Binary Moon but in real life… it’s not unheard of. So I find this absolutely hilarious, especially the other towns of ‘Windpassing’ and ‘W**k on the Lake’ that suffer the same problem.
August 18, 2005 | Links
Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
I don’t like violence, murder is a terrible thing, but spammers… they’re pretty much asking for something like this.
I’ve held off posting about the recent poroblems with Grand Theft Auto and video game cencorship but a couple of articles caught my eye today so I thought I’d mention them.
The Escapist
The Escapist - Alarmism 2020 - [via]
“Modern” cases of entire generations unnecessarily fixating on harmless fun go back to the Prohibition Era. By claiming its negative effects were detrimental to society, members of a group called the Temperance Movement were able to bully politicians into nationally banning the production and sale of alcohol. This movement declared that the only way to save America was to rid it of the scourge of alcohol completely. The inevitable rise of organized crime eventually led to the ban being lifted. It turned out that the negative effects of Prohibition were worse than the negative effects of alcohol..
An interesting article about the alarmist attitudes of people towards video games.
The Ecomnomist
Video gaming …
A favorite LAN game in the office is the Age of Empires series. The new version is looking stunning.
An interesting article by an English journalist about how to get decent press with indie video games. The article focuses on Uplink and Darwinia but makes a few interesting comments about journalism in general.
The games press is often painted as corrupt, lazy and – as I mentioned – fundamentally stupid. This is because we tend to be corrupt, lazy and fundamentally stupid.
I’ll have to re read it when I make my next game (which will hopefully be less generic than Bubble Blitz).
Aaarrgghhhh - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has been delayed…
However I will manage, I appreciate that good things come to those who wait, but in this case I am very eager to get playing. Especially since I have seen some new screen shots, in particular these gorgeous town scenes with loads of people, and this scene of Link as a wolf in the snow. Come on Nintendo, I know you won’t disappoint me, but I want to play…
Binary Moon