Catégorie : gaming
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World of Bots
One pitch a day: in August of 2011, I dedicate twenty minutes each day to writing an « elevator pitch » for a story or a game. In a distant planet, semi-autonomous robots, or « bots« , engage in free-for-all colonization. They mine, transform, build, trade, loot, search and destroy. This is the setting for an online game where…
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A short night
Some kind of emergency signal is blaring. After a vain and quick struggle, barricaded under a large pillow, the fat man fails to contain the noise and awakes. The cabin is empty but for him, a mound of clothes and what could pass as a bed in a place with little room and taste. INTRUDER…
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Stranded
The fat man has an air of authority around him. He is seating lazily, hands on his shirt, waiting for the crowd to move. Next to him crouches a child with the stern eyes of a watch dog. A villager comes forth, chances a request. With an unshaven smile, the petty lord denies it. You…
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The bike and the barbecue
This post is part of the EVE Blog Banter, a monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed to him. The twenty-sixth topic comes from @KatiaSae of the much praised To Boldly Go blog, who asks us: « Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.…
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The space commute
This post is part of the EVE Blog Banter, a monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed to him. The twenty-fifth topic comes from @Tetraetc – Tetra’s EVE Blog, who asks us: « Have Alliances and the sovereignty system limited the amount of PVP and…