From the monthly archives: October 2004

Don’t make me think (about THAT)

By On 31/10/2004 ·

I’m fully aware that esteemed colleagues Mads and Martin believe that Usability is Not Enough. Me, however, I belong more to the It Would Be a Damn Fine Start school of thought.
Here is my home doorbell system (a 2004 model). Right (TH) is left, and Left (TV) is [...]

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Game theory gone bad

By On 29/10/2004 ·

Funny little film-clip from The Princess Bride (WMV, 5.5MB)

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Old news

By On 29/10/2004 ·

“Can we seriously say, that a poor peasant or artisan has a free choice to leave his country, when he knows no foreign language or manners, and lives, from day to day, by the small wages which he acquires? We may as well assert that a man, by remaining in a vessel, freely consents to [...]

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By On 28/10/2004 ·

So they thought they could mainstream gaming, study it and lay bare all its secrets? Thought they could clean it up and make room for newcomers who would be judged on their merits alone? Well, they thought wrong (‘they’ often do).
As always, the old-timers find ways of remaining exclusive. As is often the [...]

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Risk-free societies

By On 27/10/2004 ·

I’m quite bored with the Disneyworld approach to social interaction strived for by several MMORPGs. I think I’m ready for something more PvP soon – and a bit of permadeath wouldn’t hurt either. Also, it seems increasingly self-defeating to me to instate rules that roleplaying can never be an excuse to violate the be-nice [...]

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