More talking fun here! I couldn't think of a particular topic of my own this week, so instead thought it might be interesting to ramble a bit about things that we thought were interesting, out there in the Blag-U-Spore over the last week or two proving that not only am I self-centred enough to talk about myself for a whole hour most weeks, but that I can also turn what other people think about completely unrelated things, into talking about myself for an hour!
Van Rantlock & Cpt Chinstroker (Ep38) In which there's News, most of which is then digested By Others, spat out, and this is probably where the metaphor ought to end! Topics Ruminated:
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2009/02/mega-griefing.html
EVE Online: The Big BoB Breakdown; what happened, why, and should it even be possible?
http://www.brokentoys.org/2009/02/04/rituals-of-the-betrayed and
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2009/02/game-company-layoffs.html
EA Mythic Layoffs: Who is to blame, what does it mean and what can be done?
http://syncaine.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/storms-tourist-and-failure-the-mmo-market
http://tagn.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/players-as-excuse
Warhammer Online Subs: Isn't 300,000 a big number really? Are Tourists a source of income or a pestilent plague?
http://www.mmognation.com/2009/01/29/what-is-it-with-the-naked-chicks
Boobies In Gaming: Are we actually more sophisticated than that?
And also Ep37, which was more or less entirely about myself and Jon - what we're playing, and suchlike!