Comment hmm (Score 2, Insightful) 688
Conspiracy theorists will be eating this one up..
Comment wut? (Score 2, Insightful) 165
Why did I find out about this via slashdot before I find out via local news?
Government thinking of telling people? Or am I actually under a rock. (Entirely possible however.)
Comment My kingdom for some proof! (Score 1) 277
Any evidence that this ban on games has had any effect on crime rates in Austalia? Compared with a similar sized country with no strict censorship?
Just interested actually, as I have no idea if there is any evidence.
Comment What? (Score 1) 118
I thought Jagex had already removed PvP combat?
Comment RE: (Score 2, Funny) 45
"...while discussing what they see, sharing their data and experience as well as learning and asking questions."
Murder, what could possibly bring people closer together?
Comment Close (Score 1) 338
Dingos were australian. Wrong country I'm afraid :P
Building the Sports MMO Genre 52
Kheldon writes to point out an interview with David Chang of GamesCampus about the up-and-coming sports MMO genre. He also talks about their efforts to bring older demographics into gaming. Quoting:
"One of the things about the baseball game in particular that's so great is that there is a leveling component, not just to the team, but also to players. So you're exactly right in terms of the persistence. We want people to not just play a baseball game, but ... to grow their team and their players over time. So, there are things where if you win a game, that's how you gain experience points. If you win against a higher level opponent, you get more experience points; if you bottom feed and you take advantage of lower-level players, you don't get as much, and so on. There are a lot of MMO-type concepts in the game. If you're talking about individual players, if you hit a lot of homeruns, or if you steal a lot of bases, your power or your stealing stat will increase over each season."
World's Biggest Alarm Clock Shakes You Out of Bed 100
tugfoigel writes "Built by "Kevin" for a contest, this computer-controlled alarm clock is touted as the world's largest. To be more specific, he 'mounted a large air cylinder to the head of [his] bed and a valve, controlled by a computer, which [he programmed] to wake [him] up in the morning.'"
