01.24.07
Link Wednesday: Faulty Hypertext Motivator
This got passed around Netjak recently, but it’s a pretty interesting concept. The Funniest is basically Hot or Not, except with humor.
1up’s preview of The Crossing presents a pretty interesting premise: what if there was no such thing as a single-player game? Instead of being controlled by an AI, the enemies in The Crossing are played by other players, while the main player (called the Elite) guns them down. Certainly sounds like a neat idea, but I’ll reserve final judgment until I get to play a demo. Till then it kinda sounds like they developers thought their AI sucked and just decided to punt.
Kat comes in under the wire with two things of note: first, a very good argument both for and against auto-translators in MMOs, and secondly, proof that someone needs to violently assault Tom Cruise with a small pin, if only to pop his ego.
It’s been a slow week, but for now, I bring you yet another Inconsequential Update: 73,000 words, 22 scenes left. I feel I’m returning to teh funni, so I’m gladdened by this recent surge of writing proficiency.
EDIT: Square is offering miniature replicas of four famous Final Fantasy weapons, collectively called Master Arms series. Looking at the page, I can only imagine Seifer leaning back, a smarmy smirk on his face, and saying, “Mine’s bigger.”