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May 31st 2004, 09:50 GMT

Max Barry:

[Quote] Last night I took a break from re-reading Cryptonomicon to pick up a book roughly as long as one of its paragraphs: Sealed With a Kiss, by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

It was number 20 in a series, so at first I wasn’t sure if I would be able to follow the story-line without having read the previous 19, but luckily these fears turned out to be unfounded. It was a cracking read, full of hope and joy and heart-breaking pathos, so I’m sharing it with you. [Quote]

One of the finest book reviews you’ve ever read. ;)

May 30th 2004, 17:26 GMT

Does anyone have a copy of the Turkish Star Wars I could borrow or download?

May 29th 2004, 00:30 GMT

Yes, that’s exactly how I experienced it as well.

May 28th 2004, 21:04 GMT

Vendetta™ Central – Work in progress:

[Quote] Development on the new universe is going pretty well. Waylon’s been doing most of it, implementing my basic design with a lot of detail of his own. Ray’s done a great job on making the navigation stuff happen thus far. Hopefully you’ll be seeing their handiwork in the not-too-distant future.

The scale of this new universe is dramatically larger than anything we’ve dealt with in Vendetta before, and a lot of work will still remain before all the sectors are as detailed as we would like. However, generally speaking, you can expect 30 Solar Systems linked by various wormhole areas. The Solar Systems themselves contain 256 “sectors” of space. So.. where the current Vendetta universe is 18 sectors, the new universe will be 7,680 sectors. [Quote]

[via IMG] Hmm, now doesn’t that sound promising. This could be something to look forward to. I am in dire need for a good space MMOG since my last sad space MMOG-related decision.

I mean, it looks and sounds like they take the best of EVE (size, dynamic market), E&B (many colors) and Jumpgate (joystick-based flight, cockpits, dogfights and motor-skill-based gameplay) and throw it in one big pot that is labelled “Win / Linux / OSX”. I sure hope they’ll succeed.

Edited on May 28th 2004, 21:08 by Gossip

May 28th 2004, 20:51 GMT

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