Dark and Light, self-titled largest MMORPG you’ve ever seen, became available for all takers this week with a two-tier subscription system: Free with limited access and abilities, $14.99 a month for unlimited. I’m not sure I’ll fork over $55 to download and try a game I’ve heard almost nothing about — except from the German dude who was in my Star Wars: Galaxies PVP guild way back when — but I like the free or not system. From the official site, available races: ELVES! Four flavors of elves! Plus, Dark and Light humans will mate with just about anything it seems: demigods, elves, orcs, trolls, occasionally other humans …
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Do It Yourself Gaming Detox
AP: Europe’s first detox clinic for gaming addictions in Amsterdam will open for business in July. For those of you without sufficient funds to send your children or loved ones to a European clinic, here’s the cheap method for curing excessive gaming: Unplug device (console, PC, whathaveyou), carry said device to the 2nd floor (or higher), hurl the gaming device out the window onto the ground below, return to your former activity while patient stands at window speechless.
Second Life Ninjas Publicity from World of Warcraft
Since I know next to nothing about computer hardware and even less about network doohickeys, CNET News’ article about the scalability of Second Life versus that of, say, EQII and World of Warcraft reads like this in my head: bzzzz servers bzzzz users bzzzz bees bzzzz I need some more coffee. I see that they talked to Castronova about all this … bzzzz, because that’s some sort of rule in g-journalism. Either that or Castronova spam emails all the paid rags that he’s available WHENEVER to comment on gaming issues, although he’s never emailed me saying, “hey Foton, if you ever need some perspective on The Endgame or The Lack of Ideas in MMO Orc on Elf Gaming, I’m your guy.” Which is good, because I’d just think, wtf, like I’m not living it?
