Monthly Archives: November 2006

Word of Warning…Contra sucks coop

By Matt | November 9, 2006

Which is the suck since I was thinking about buying it. Guess I'll just hold off until they patch it…if they do.
From the aptly named 360 fanboy site:
The image above contains two screenshots from an online co-op game of Contra. The picture on the left was taken by one player, and the picture on [...]

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WoW guild banned, server security questioned.

By Matt | November 8, 2006

I was reading broken toys as I do to keep up on my Lum stalking and came across his commentary on client side hacks in WoW about the Guild that was banned.
Hah. See, the whole “everything must be server side! the client is in the hands of the enemy!” gestalt is true. But [...]

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Lucas pimp smacks IJ 4 to the ground

By Matt | November 8, 2006

This has been going around the internet for a few days and you've probably already seen it…but damn if it doesn't annoy me as much today as it did when I first read it a few days back.
The fill in for those of who aren't in the know:
“Lucas read it and said, ‘Yeah, I [...]

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Penny Arcade to help you be a game developer

By Matt | November 8, 2006

Are you a student wanting to get into the game industry? If so, go here and apply to have Penny Arcade foot the bill for at least one year of your education. Why are they doing this? I have no idea…maybe they have too much money. Maybe they really like game developers. Maybe they [...]

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Valve to Dual/Quad core processors: Get to work, bitches!

By Matt | November 7, 2006

I believe that's an actual quote, but don't quote me on it.
I was reading on arstechnica about Valve's work on multicore processors. Almost makes me wish I had bought a Quad core processor instead of a Dual core version. Of course, it makes me wish it in the same way I wish I had a [...]

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