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Re: 3 Reasons to Play EVE Online

Unlockiphone — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:22:57 -0000

Premium Lite will only exclude the very bottom of the pile of machines, it's about time that they stopped developing for classic - it's a small percentage of players who actually use it, often for performance reasons, and Premium Lite should hopefully offer similar performance on most relatively recent or modestly aged PCs. There has to be cut off points like this occasionally - it's not economically viable to keep developing for hardware that has long fallen out of common usage.

Also Bicky, they are reworking the entire new player experience for the next expansion, Apocrypha.

Re: My Post Dragon*Con 2008 Thoughts

merlik — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:59:55 -0000

Thanks for the comment. It was sooo cool meeting you and I'm greatly enjoying PFK in print form now.

Re: My Post Dragon*Con 2008 Thoughts

Mur — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:20:55 -0000

It was indeed an awesome con- best one ever! It was great meeting you!

Re: My Post Dragon*Con 2008 Thoughts

merlik — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:01:45 -0000

Thanks, it was awesome meeting you. Can't wait to see you at another con.

Re: My Post Dragon*Con 2008 Thoughts

corwin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:55:01 -0000

I had a blast hanging with you at the parties :)

Re: DragonCon

Chris — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:03:07 -0000

A steampunk Tick would be awesome. Any other choice would be wrong.

Re: Podcast Fiction

merlik — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:46:48 -0000

I agree it is a bit long, but I didn't want to make one post per podcast. I tried to make is at least scannable.

Here is an audio version of "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Literature/...

Re: Podcast Fiction

Ryan Price — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:53:12 -0000

There's a lot of stuff to read here and it's late - I almost wonder if these should all be separate posts?

I love the podiobook idea - do you think there's one for "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"? I tried to read that one, and around chapter 2, reading it inside my web browser got old - laptops are not good e-book readers.

Hopefully more thoughts to come when I wake up and read the whole post... thanks for the direct message. You should plan on coming up for Orlando Fringe in a few weeks - it's always a fun time and a completely different kind of geeking out.

Re: Infected is Released

Shauna — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:51:47 -0000

You are one of the biggest dorks I know, but you're cute while doing it ;) I think I might get this book. It sounds good.

Re: Infected is Released

Scott Sigler — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:18:01 -0000

AWESOME!

Re: Podcast Fiction

merlik — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:09:07 -0000

Thanks, I haven't had a chance to listen to those yet, but I will be getting on those soon.

Re: Podcast Fiction

Philippa Ballantine — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:36:32 -0000

Good list of some of my favourites- I'd also recommend Christiana Ellis' Space Casey and Tee Morris' Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword

Re: Podcast Fiction

merlik — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:46:53 -0000

Thanks very much, I was trying not to give away anything. It was hard having listened to all of them, but I based the synopsis off of the author's websites.

Re: Podcast Fiction

Zen Jewitch — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:41:57 -0000

I miss having the time to sit down and read a good book. Having three kids, a house, and all of the activities associated with those, time is at a premium. Thank goodness for my iPod and "Pod-novels"!

This article is a good review of several good authors and their various works, and doesn't give too much away. I should know, since I've listened to literally all of the stuff reviewed here. Great write-up!

Re: Podcast Fiction

merlik — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:26:36 -0000

That was actually my goal for this post. Many of my friends don't know about podcast fiction yet, now I have a place to send them and get some of the good ones.

Re: Podcast Fiction

merlik — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:25:45 -0000

I will be adding Chasing the Bard, Quarter Share, and Murder at Avedon Hill and maybe a couple of other soon as part of an update tacked onto the end of this post. I had to get it out there though. Thanks very much for the comments.

Re: Podcast Fiction

pseudojoe — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:15:53 -0000

What a great resource as well as reviews. It's always helpful to find the authors and their works in one place so you can see what else they've done. nice job.

Re: Podcast Fiction

Chris Lester — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:49:00 -0000

Wow, that's one heck of a detailed post! Glad to see that most of my favorites made the list -- though I think you missed Pip Ballantine's CHASING THE BARD. :)

Thanks for recommending Metamor City! I always appreciate it when people help get the word out about the show. Keep it on the bright side!

Re: Podcast Fiction

merlik — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:35:20 -0000

It was my pleasure.

Re: Podcast Fiction

J.C. Hutchins — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:26:35 -0000

Wow! Thanks for the awesome review of the 7th Son trilogy! You ROCK! I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it.

Kilroy2.0 is everywhere,
--JC

Re: Does your vote count?

Howard — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:31:29 -0000

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

Re: Upcoming INFECTED Release April 1st.

merlik — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:13:12 -0000

You know me, just getting things ready over in my part of Florida for when you take over. I figure you can build a stronghold here before your assault on Hutchins territory over on the East coast.

Re: Upcoming INFECTED Release April 1st.

merlik — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:11:19 -0000

It's my pleasure. I was a few days behind on this post as I meant to post it as soon as Scott gave me the link to the Infected PDF, but I at the same time I am glad because I got to listen to your interview before I made the post.

Re: Upcoming INFECTED Release April 1st.

J.C. Hutchins — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:05:20 -0000

Thanks for spreading the word about Scott's work, and my UltraCreatives interview with him! Very cool and generous of you!

Re: Upcoming INFECTED Release April 1st.

Scott Sigler — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:01:50 -0000

AWESOME! You damn dirty Junkie, so glad you posted this and outed yourself to all your blog readers. Nothin' wrong with admitting the addiction ...