June 14, 2007

"Gold Farmers": video with associated links. Maybe I'm out of the loop, but this, the developmental speed of the internet from social appendage towards full corpus, initially surprises me.
  • The speed of greed knows no limits.
  • I know this is depressing evidence about human nature, but I had to chuckle at this line: "Several players had their characters beaten and robbed of valuable virtual objects, which could have included the Earring of Wisdom or the Shield of Nightmare."
  • Clearly the Shield of Nightmare doesn't work worth diddly.
  • I'm tellin' ya, if you're not pretty rich enough, get offa my planet.
  • I've never felt less nerdy in all my life.
  • For example, they can ask the character questions or present them with an unfamiliar situation and monitor their response. -- Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your mother. -- My mother? -- Yeah. -- Let me tell you about my mother.