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Wed 14 Oct 2009 | Posted by rocketpilot

Dungeons and Dragons Online: behold the power of free - Ars Technica

The smartest use of a “freemium” business model I’ve heard in a long while. D&D Online is free to play, but with an optional subscription for more features, or you can just choose to buy extra content at will.

Turns out a lot of users will spend more than the $15 a month subscription if they have the power of choice.

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Mon 28 Sep 2009 | Posted by rocketpilot

The rich inner life of Dr Gordon Freeman, the otherwise silent protagonist of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Via Bleeding Cool

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Mon 28 Sep 2009

TGS 2009: The worst logo of the show Joystiq uncover a particularly dreadful piece of game logo design. Utterly incomprehensible.

TGS 2009: The worst logo of the show Joystiq uncover a particularly dreadful piece of game logo design. Utterly incomprehensible.

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Fri 25 Sep 2009 | Posted by rocketpilot

Bioshock Mac Version Release Date Announced

I’m slightly miffed that there hadn’t been any news about this since the original announcement nearly a year ago. I’d assumed it’d been cancelled and bought the PC version.

I think this is one of those times where more frequent updates might have helped expand the potential market.

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Wed 3 Jun 2009 | Posted by rocketpilot

The return of Monkey Island

has made me happier than an extremely happy thing. That is all.