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Sunday Morning Funnies: Infiltration and escape
This morning, we have quite a few comics for you to peruse before you head out and start your day, including the February winner of Blizzard's Honorable Comic Contest. From poking a bit of fun at the election process to rooting out those terrorists, we've got you covered. A New Kind of Welfare from Action Trip. Infiltrating WoW from AppleGeeks. Thanks for the tip Nate! If you're sufficiently confused, you might want to be debriefed by Amanda Dean's article about the connection between WoW, the government, and terrorism. Fugitive by Dark Legacy Comics. First Flight from Shakes and Fidget. Tens of Dollars! by GU Comics. LFG #126. Be Right Back! over at Monkey Punchers. The Politics of WoW from The Adventures of Disgraph T. Dwarf. Thanks to Revsix for the notification! The latest from Sock Puppet Asylum. More Dad adventures from Ding! /gquit from The Adventures of Messy Cow. Snoll's submission to the Honorable Comic Contest won for February! Make the jump to submit your vote!
First Impressions: Eternal Lands
For as long as I can stand it, I'm going to commit the next batch of First Impressions to free Mac MMOs, a list of which I found on the Apple Geeks forums (thanks, DarkChronic!). We start the fun with Eternal Lands, which is very much a homebrew effort, meaning that no one's getting paid for developing this game. In fact, the home site makes a point of welcoming volunteer help and encouraging donations. Having said that, I will say that I'm impressed by what's there, even if it's not something I'll be spending any more time playing.Why won't I be going back to Eternal Lands? Call me spoiled, but even free MMOs have to compete with mindshare, and it's difficult to 'dumb down' expectation of graphical quality and user interface sophistication. I'm going to be as gentle as I can be here, given that this is a for-the-love-of-the-game effort, but some snarkiness may sneak through. Remember, kids, this is not a guide, this is not an in-depth look. It's a post about how the first hour or so of a game strikes me, with no preconceptions or foreknowledge. Pray for Mojo.%Gallery-12498%
