October 13, 2008 – 8:45 am
We have blast-off. The first ever games designer… in spaaace… etc.
No, the date wasn’t ringed on my calendar. I vaguely remember being told he was going up in mid-October, but I never paid much attention to the exact date even at NCsoft, so thanks BBC. I hope he has a safe and successful flight, and that he feels it’s worth the THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS (approximately) that he paid for the privilege.
That’s a heck of a lot of money to follow in Dad’s footsteps. If he wanted to save money, he could have gone Virgin Galactic, who’ll be charging a lot less - but then Richard’s going to be up for ten days, not ten minutes.
In case you’re wondering, that eye-popping budget was never bandied around much at NCsoft when I was there - but not for the reason you might be thinking. See, it’s all Richard’s money. (Nope. I didn’t think Ultima was that big either.) Not a penny came from NCsoft. Which is good. Because otherwise right now you’d probably be wondering just what else that cash could have been spent on.
Instead of just thinking: “So how is this supposed to help Tabula Rasa, exactly?”
October 7, 2008 – 6:50 pm
Spent a very enjoyable couple of hours over the weekend blabbing about comic books, movies, games and so on with John and Matt for Limited Edition, episode 3.
Somehow John managed to cut our two hours of chat down into a relatively svelte 90 minutes, so if you fancy a listen head on over to the Limited Edition site for more info, and to download.
Lots of work related stuff happening right now - both in my actual work and in potential, possible work. When/if any of it breaks I’ll let you know.
In the interim, I’ll try to come up with a few more things to say around here, but honestly, life’s keepin’ me busy….
September 22, 2008 – 8:48 am
(I almost wrote the subject line ‘Wearing Yellow Spandex’ but I get enough random weird search queries as it is…)
Limited Edition, the new podcast from John ‘Shuttler’ Nicholson, ex-host of TabulaCast, and his partner in crime Matt, has moved on to Episode 2 - and said episode has a brand new voice in the mix, namely me! Yes, after hearing episode one of the show I thought I could help these ‘babes in the wood’ on the subject of comics and superhero-type stuff, so I volunteered my services.
Did I completely take over? Are they regretting ever asking me to appear? Did I vent my spleen on the subject of NCsoft? Even worse, did I spill precious secrets about Issue 13??? Read More »
September 1, 2008 – 2:36 pm
I’m reliably informed that Onlinewelten - one of the biggest German fansites out there - awarded NCsoft and specifically Aion: The Tower of Eternity ‘Best Stand of GC‘, which legitimately allows me to run this pic:
Woo! We rule! Etc etc. Here’s what they had to say about us: Read More »
August 30, 2008 – 7:26 pm
While it’s not a full-fledged preview, Shawn Schuster over at Massively gave special mention to Aion’s presence at PAX, which is holding its own against ‘MMOs With Three-Letter-Acronyms That Begin With W’:
With the NCsoft booth occupying some precious real estate in the middle of the exhibition floor, the Aion side of that booth faced the entrance, which worked well in their favor. Even the buzz around the booth and from passersby seemed very positive during the first ever public hands-on of this fantasy/flight MMO.
(Although of course, technically, PAX is hosting the first ever US-based public hands-on - as we debuted Aion at Games Convention.)
Let’s hope players like what they see (and play), eh?
First it was Andrew Wildman’s pen caressing the curves (er… okay, flat panels) of a custom-built City of Heroes styled PC.
Now it’s Neil Edwards’ turn, who picked up his paint brushes to create a one of a kind PC case featuring Statesman and Ghost Widow.
Where can you win it? In The Sun, of course - that super soaraway superpowered paper of record.
Click here to go enter the competition and win!!
