Today we took the kids to the movies to see Happy Feet. It was pretty good, I thought, but also clearly a movie that could not have existed without March of the Penguins. You had to know the other movie to appreciate this one. You knew exactly when the sea lion was going to threaten, you knew precisely how dangerous the birds of prey were, only because you had listened to Morgan Freeman’s voice describing it in great detail before. Only because of the documentary could you really know how the cold might affect the penguin egg that eventually births Elijah Wood — er, I mean, Mumble.
Stratics Interview
(Visited 9033 times)Stratics has put up a lengthy interview with me that is less about Areae and more about how I got there, if that makes sense. Given that it’s Christmas Day, nobody is here online to read it, but maybe tomorrow, when you’re bored with all your presents. 😉
Speaking of which, I am leaving the computer again.
Holiday wishes thread
(Visited 11710 times)Before I forget — Happy Holidays, everyone. Feel free to use the comment thread to wish each other good cheer, or argue, whatever. 😉
The Escapist – Boutique MMOGs
(Visited 12294 times)Allen Varney has a nice article at The Escapist on Boutique MMOGs. In it, he points out that in aggregate, several of the smaller MMOs he lists have populations larger than that of WoW.
But I think it’s valuable to point out that most of WoW’s subs are in Asia. If you compare the market share just in North America and Europe, a lot of these “under the radar” games actually have a larger market share than WoW does.
Holiday uncheer
(Visited 7955 times)Just what you need to put you in a Christmas mood, carols as played by a mutilated madman in a cavern at the bottom of an opera house in a nightmare world where Cthulhu rules.
Or, perhaps, just what they sounded like when you hit the mall yesterday.