Clickable Culture has screenshots and details of a player prison in bizarro Second Life: Hidden Virtual-World Prison Revealed. Man, do I love this idea! Miscreant players serve their game suspensions in a deserted cornfield with a tractor and a black-and-white television. EQ had a similar, although more rudimentary, GM room for wayward players — where I was summoned two times (thankyouverymuch), once for language and once with my guild for being server assrags. We just got a talking to (yes sir. no sir. ok sir. can I go now?) and were on our way. This player prison for suspensions is so much more … evolved!
Category Archives: Asides
You’re in Their Expanding World
Yesterday, Evil overlord Sony introduced the latest expansions (read: content you have to buy) for EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro and for EQII: Kingdom of Sky. Both available in February 2006, each will cost $29.99, or $26.99 each for digital downloads. Expansion sites here: Prophecy of Ro and Kingdom of Sky. Every expansion that’s ever been can be summed up thusly: New evil and corruption arrives, you get to do one or two things you always wanted to do, there might be new loot. The End.
A Game does not a Hero Make
As if we didn’t have enough nauseating homemade gaming video to email each other … *cough* yet another Fraps video of Guild104903 killing Warcraft’s Razorgore, Onyxia or General Drakkisath with only two players … I expect this will be the annoying video trend of 2006: I am a Guitar Hero with Stars in My Eyes. I just know Keven Federline has a stack of these ready for sale in his hillbilly mansion.