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Reality Check, "... It's In The Mail!" Reality Check, "... It's In The Mail!" Hey an Orwellian theme! Recalls 1984's climatic vision of absolute power ... ... a BOOT stomping in the face of the fear ruled 'common man' ... Got a chip on the shoulder, or is intimidation, the stomping...

'Deadwood' As Role Model 'Deadwood' As Role Model The HBO show 'Deadwood' had many competing groups and it was fascinating how the seemingly unnatural alliance of Sheriff Bullock and saloon, and (mostly) victimless crime boss, *entrepreneur* Al Swearengen became a realistic out...

"The Wonder Years" "The Wonder Years" Insurance companies in general have suffered from the irrational exuberance of this era by assisting in the marketing of speculative *products* such as derivatives. When under a kinder Darwinian moon this industry based insurance premiums on real...

Reading/Inhaling The Leaves Reading/Inhaling The Leaves Not that MMO's are vehicles for professional writers. Maybe the exclusive FO content could facilitate another game industrial complex 'best writer' award. Interesting how much of the FO 'local color' might translate into...

A *Road* Picture! A *Road* Picture! Allow a recession audience back lash from the depressing survivalism of "The Road", perhaps there will be a lighter, brighter concoction? So in the grand tradition of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, and those "Road" movies, we...

No Fool Like The Old FOOL! No Fool Like The Old FOOL! A Sim FO! Vault micro management FTW! But, wasn't FO3 the de-facto Sim FO of 2008? ........... ... .. . Wait! No FOOL news on April Fools day? Say it ain't so Interplay! Or do we linger longer, breathless 'n'...

Fear Factor Fear Factor Quick search of "Fallout". http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Fallout&x=19&y=11 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970932/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390703/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1120901/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144193/...

LuLz Marketing Mea Culpa LuLz Marketing Mea Culpa Oh, no-es! My conscious has been PINGED! Yes, Zero Project's design intent is certainly more noble then my implied back handed swing at 'video game armor', '+5 bikinis of bronze'. Maybe I did it for Mr. Nudge, maybe I did it for...

Time Marches On! Time Marches On! The RPGWatch snip cites GameSpot GDC 2009 talk / dev profile. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6206965.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6206965 Some one else will 'recreate' Fallout because B-Soft did/could not? :o;):) Now that the one true...

Best Left To The Imagination Best Left To The Imagination @ http://zero-projekt.net/smf/index.php?topic=131.0 There is a 7th armor type that is not illustrated ... Don't want to cause a stampede, but 'exotic' is a term forever stalked by the 'erotic' in teen-aged dreams of...

As The Truth Spins Strange As The Truth Spins Strange No 'gag', just fact! Samurai dog armor Pretty pet protection The leather look Tinned pit bull It is only strange that B-soft hasn't spun this straw into capital and conducted the liquidity to their...

And There's ... MORE! And There's ... MORE! http://gdconf09.eventnewscenter.com/news/release/1101-fallout-3-wins-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-9th-annual-game-developers-choice-awards This appears a game industrial complex news churner for buttering up sales success. No...

Funny, You Discuss Writing Funny, You Discuss Writing It is of interest that you speak of FO3 writing this day. AP address: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GAMES_DEVELOPER_CHOICE_AWARDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-03-26-05-22-58 Another award...

Looking For A Heart Of Gold Looking For A Heart Of Gold Twist on standard mythic character, whore with a heart of gold. ""Good slavers"' might have the same moral revisionism as the ""Good Nixon"". ""Good slavers"". As if people surrender social hierarchies willingly... As if...

Don't Ask, Won't Tell Don't Ask, Won't Tell Perhaps *we* -- (or some other plural identity) -- have been co-opted into the greater unwritten social contract! Random line items in the assurance of trust may or may not include: "I never lie, and I'm always right." "The check is in...

Say It Ain't So 4too! Say It Ain't So 4too! I'll keep this at the antidotal level of accuracy, any corrections welcome. Used the PS2 for a kid sitting device between watching movies and sampling the few games that got my attention. Got several of the Snow-blind engined Dark...

The Longest Story Ever Told The Longest Story Ever Told One might think that a Mad Max sequel would be as near a money magnet as ... BofA or Merrill Lynch. Well maybe not that black a gravitational sink hole ... as sure an investment or speculation, either methodology now just forms...

Variations On A Theme Variations On A Theme More humor about the entertainment industry and fan reaction. Histories of irrational exuberance make this skit on misdirection very viable. Note the zinger about "adding new content" versus standard blockbuster content, and time...