The resolution is great, though
Life… needs longer beta
Destroy All Humans
EB Games finally had the Xbox game “Destroy All Humans” on sale used when I went in there this weekend, so I got it. It’s loads of fun. You’re an alien tasked with invading the planet earth and gathering human DNA, which contains the pure DNA pattern for your alien race, which has degraded over the years. You start by invading a farm (It’s a first-person shooter game) — the Turnipseed Farm — and using brain scans, telekinetic powers, a zapping gun and a few anal probes, you knock off the humans and steal their brain stems. And you throw a few cows around, too. Then you move on to knocking over the state fair and luring the fair queen to your saucer to get “probed.” Its a lot of fun so far; easy to figure out and play, and follows control conventions of other games I’ve played, with a lot of creative flair. Definitely a keeper.
World of Warcraft and GLBT Guilds
Interesting… Blizzard Entertainment, the company that produces the World of Warcraft MMORPG is penalizing players for identifying themselves as gay in the game, saying that they are doing it for the “protection” of gay players:
While we appreciate and understand your point of view, we do feel that the advertisement of a ‘GLBT friendly’ guild is very likely to result in harassment for players that may not have existed otherwise.
So rather than deal with the people who do the harassing, they’re just not letting gay people be openly gay inside the game.