Recent content by ErinHoffman

Whoever you are, you are beautiful and magnificent for writing this.

Thanks for the coverage, guys. DW's marketing is pretty incredible; the servers are slammed. Sorry you couldn't get in, Tom. It's kind of insane. Cap should be increasing very soon. @GamingAwesome1 -- UK needs special treatment. Patience, grasshopper. @Retodon -- the KFP world is...

Thanks for going to bat, Russ. You and the folk at the E do it again and again.

Head asplode. This is perhaps too awesome for words.

Hey Allen. You know I am a fan. Interesting to see you tackle this. I find Zynga fascinating. But what I find equally fascinating is the hardcore game community's -- devs and gamers -- response to the games that they make. I would toss out for your consumption the argument that this (the...

Looks like the PSP/DS game is still kicking: http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/06/fear-not-duke-nukem-lives-but-3d-realms-dies/ DNF may die, but Apogee, maker of the excellent Wacky Wheels, lives on...

Confuciusornis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confuciusornis] ftw.

Yes, this particular case was independent from the physical threat, it was ruling solely on the value of the goods stolen. They are treating them separately, and so this is definitely a notable case, though it's not the first time the justice system in the Netherlands has taken action over...

I'm beginning to think that I'm from another planet here, and maybe that planet is just called "genre fiction". But, without disrespect to the other authors in the issue, I think this is by far and away the best constructed and executed story here, and I think all of you who claim it's poorly...

Good to see this getting some coverage. BarbieGirls had 3 million subscribers in its first two months and reached that threshold about twice as fast as WoW did. The kid-focused virtual worlds are a major, major player in the game market and frequently dismissed or overlooked. I think the...

I was tempted to register another alias so as to see my name in unbiased non-italic to post this, but then I remembered that I try to attempt an authentic existence. I chewed out another contributor awhile back and didn't get kicked out, so I'm hoping I can throw obsequious and equally honest...

Without asking why you have "John Galt" for an account name, I just want to give you points for nerd philosopher megafunny, while avoiding starting a discussion on Nietzsche's perspectivism versus Rand's imitation. But I'm sure she is rolling in her grave, or would be if she weren't an atheist...

Wow, lively thread. That'll show me to log off and do work. ;) Ryan, re comparing video games to drugs, the comparison I made was specifically to illustrate that the argument that because a market supports a series of livelihoods it is valid and positive (which is your overall thesis from the...

I obviously don't speak for the entire industry or all studios, but I kind of wonder who you guys are talking to when you make such generalizations as "studios say...", "studios paint pirates as...". The subject of game piracy is something that's been taken seriously in the development community...

I'm coming into this late, and so almost hate to bump the thread when so much has already been said that's on point about it (older games are actually easier to access, roms, copying, nostalgia value giving us an unclear idea of superiority of the past -- ie data data data that disproves the...