Archive for July, 2004

David Pierce Resigns PE Ltd

David Pierce, of Pierce Entertainment LTD (recently the production company for an in-TSO production Waiting for Godot) has resigned his post and handed the reigns over to Eliza Collins. We’lll try to get a exit interview from him. Press release follows.

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Why Friendster Sucks

Not sure how many of our readers use Friendster, but I really liked this rant by Amanda Egge detailing the idiocy that is Friendster (“My dog could build a better website than Friendster, granted my dog has an IQ of 130, but still he’s a fucking dog for crying out loud.” ) The interesting beef [...]

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i saw it: waiting for godot

–humdog last night i attended a performance of act 1 of waiting for godot at the diamond memorial theatre in Alphaville (TSO). if you haven’t got a ticket yet, see if you can get one because it is one of the most interesting theatre experiences i have had in a long time.

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op/ed: RULES

–humdog rules seem easy enough for people to talk about — at first. everybody thinks they know what rules the rules are for a given game, and how they work. but rules are not that easy. the superficial simplicity of rules for gaming is a lie.

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op/ed: online lucid dreaming

–humdog it is true that art captivates, entertains, challenges, and explains. that is true. art also procides us with models for how to approach and negotiate the challenges that may appear in our lives from time to time. this ability that art has to work as a tool to assist us with the navigation of [...]

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Essay: On Online Artistic Expression

David Pierce recently posted the following essay on Stratics and invited us to repost it here. It’s q good read in prep for his upcoming in world production of Waiting for Godot (in tso).

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OMFG! EA Pulls plug on Ultima X

Wowzers! In news releases issued by EA after they pulled the plug on Earth and Beyond, EA said it was sending its E&B dev team to work on Ultima X — the much hyped 3D successor to Ultima Online. But now they have announced they are pulling the plug on Ultima X. Informed sources say [...]

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Fundies as griefers?

Kudos to Betsy Book for breaking this story on Terra Nova. It appears that a Christian fundie is getting VERY zealous about advertising his faith in There. To quote Betsy: “a born-again Christian is ruffling feathers by using There as an advertising vehicle for his particular denomination. Specifically, he’s set up a large ?Sacred Place? [...]

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