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  • Clone monologues 19

    Hello, me. In the aether of New Eden, there is a sense of impending change. Capsuleers of all obediences are moving assets and ships all over the place, as if some huge conflagration was about to happen. People usher prophecies of thousands of conflicts about to burst into existence, of empires about to crumble and…

  • The end of virtual worlds

    Edward Castronova has officially put an end to his MMO blog, Terra Nova. I remember reading his 2007 book, Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality, and being fascinated by the idea that there were so many interactions between « the real world » and « the virtual worlds« , with people « migrating » to virtual…

  • Scurmune

    It is not. I repeat, it is not okay. « Scurmune » is not a fucking name. It just doesn’t fucking mean anything. I’ll have you give me something different or else, well… I have something against the villains who take nicknames. They believe they live in comic books. Comic books with stupid cover pictures they hope…

  • Lockstep

    Category: Novel Page count: 351 Language: English Author: Karl Schroeder Publisher: Tor Year of publication: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7653-3726-9 Toby McGonigal wakes up from hibernation and apparently a whole lot of time has passed by and there are whole civilizations based upon hibernation technologies first pioneered by his family. These societies live in lockstep, harvesting resources…

  • Outsourcing Paradise to the cold poisonous clouds of Planb

    Dear newborn comrade, It is considered appropriate to deliver important news, such as your recent birth, by means of a direct address. As a fellow proto-citizen and a graduate of the Baron Bodissey School of Life, it is my duty and honor to introduce you to this underground world where you have been born. I…