This is the kind of reporting I want to see from my Gawker Media gaming blog: WoW Graffiti Spotted in LAX Bathroom – Kotaku. Now I want to know about the man behind the myth: Ixtab, level 60 rogue of Thunderhorn. Apparently one of the myths is that Ixtab is female.
Remember how you could purchase private Halo lessons from seven-year-old Lil Poison? The lil tyke won second place in the recent Halo 2 LCQ FFA in Chicago; his uncle, Poison, won first place. … (Imagine that ellipsis is all the things that I’m leaving unsaid.)
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!