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Sam Raimi's production diary
Oh, Lore Sjoberg, will you ever stop being awesome? I sure hope not. I've been a fan of his Book of Ratings and his webcomics (NSFW language, I guess) for a while, but apparently he's been writing for Wired as well, and his latest column brings us Sam Raimi's production diary from the Warcraft movie. It's pretty hilarious throughout. If the real movie is as good as this production diary, in fact, it may be watchable. Some favorite bits: "Nerf Shia LaBeouf" Why is it that every time we wrap for the day, one of the extras asks me to "open a portal to Dalaran"? Is he asking for drugs? If I didn't know better, I'd think someone was paying them for detached body parts. ...it turns out I can just give them, like, five things and let them fight over who gets them. It's a great read altogether, so click over if you have a spare minute. On a side note, I'm certain there has been at least one good video game movie, although admittedly I can't figure out what it might be.
Message board complaints ruin games
At Wired News, Lore Sjöberg complains about the complainers, dishing out amusing profiles of the MMORPG message-board posters. His eight personality sketches ruin the game for average players, sucking otherwise-satisfied gamers into the jaded world of the complainers. (Alas, we're all too familiar with that world.)We're critical about games because we expect a lot and see so many. You readers likely fall into a similar level of exposure and anticipation. We're often most critical about games that are near perfection; that level of quality amplifies minor issues. But this column reminds us -- at some point -- to overlook the problems and just have fun playing.
Sinistar: I hunger! Seriously, help me out
Click on the box above (warning: it makes sounds) to check out this bad dude disregarding the plight of his fellow 'cade vets. All Sinistar wants is some food, the Elf needs some food badly, and Q*bert ... hell, does Q*bert even eat?Check out Lore Sjöberg's Bad Gods for a couple more of these bite-sized diversions. Not sure what the posting frequency is, but I've added it to my feeds.[Thanks, TheMatt]
