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Mongoliad project has launched, apps still coming soon
Neal Stephenson's Mongoliad project has launched -- you can go browse the website right now and read through the offerings available. As Cory Doctorow posts, the project is a series of episodic stories and materials portraying a universe put together by Stephenson and a few other author friends. The idea seems to be that you pay a subscription fee ($5.99 for six months, or $9.99 for a year), and then get access to whatever fiction content is being posted at that time, as well as a giant online Wikipedia-style database of the universe's background. There's not much about the story itself, but Doctorow calls it "epic, a swashbuckling swordplay novel with the sweep, charm and verve of the major Stephenson epics, such as System of the World." That right there sounds interesting enough to pay six bucks and see what's going on. Unless, that is, you want to actually wait for it on the iPhone. Originally, this was announced as a project that would make its way to mobile devices (like the iPhone), but it looks like we'll have to wait for that. The main page of the project says that they'll "soon be taking subscriptions for app delivery to some of the most popular mobile devices," so I'll probably wait on paying any money until that service comes up -- don't want to pay twice. But we'll keep an eye out for it and let you know when it's available.
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Joystiq live at Konami E308 press conference2:41PM PST: We've taken our seats! Jay Boor, Konami's head PR guy welcomes us. Here we go! 2:43PM: Anthony Crauz, vice-pres of Konami's marketing welcomes us too and expresses his pleasure with the success of Metal Gear Solid 4. "Thank you very much for your support!" He also thanks SCEA for their support in developing the game. The "Gene" expansion is mentioned for Metal Gear Online -- it's coming July 17th complete with new maps and characters.Read Joystiq live at E3 2008 Take-Two press conference10:51 am: Ben Fedder tells us that BioShock is the most anticipated game of E3. Wait, what year is this? Ohhh, for PS3. Really, most anticpated? 10:52 am: Video time. Showing off a bunch of games we know like Don King Prizefighter, MLB 2K8, The Bigs, Top Spin 3. Read Ubisoft's E3 2008 press conference liveblogging5:42 The soft rock fades and a driving bass beat comes in. Silhouettes from a bunch of Ubi games filter in from the void. I saw a Rabbid, a soldier, a dancer, and a bunch more I couldn't place. Read on for more from the Ubisoft E3 2008 press conference!Read Capcom's E3 2008 press conference liveblogging4:55 PM Pacific The press flows in amid a ridiculously loud and thumping, yet low-key bass beat. The seating area doesn't seem nearly as crowded as the UbiSoft conference. Must be all those journalists covering the tween girl market ... 4:57 Diving right in with Lost Planet, the movie. Seems the event is going to be focused on this new theatrical project. Cause who cares about the games, really...Read Joystiq live at Activision's Non-E3 press conference7:24: Ladies and gentleman, please welcome actor, comedian and video game freak Nelson Diaz. He wants us to give us a round of applause. We're scared already. He list his street creds (over 45,000 gamerscore and a game forum contributor). We're suddenly so relieved. 7:26: Activision president Mike Griffith takes the stage, still holding onto his DS and Guitar Hero On Tour. Don't pause the game, show us how it's done!Read Highlights from Sony's E3 2008 press conferenceIn case you couldn't keep up with all the announcements, here are the highlights from Sony's E3 2008 press conference: Sony announces PS3 greatest hits: Resistance, Oblivion, others $30; New PS2 bundle has Lego Batman, Justice League movie, $149 price; Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty $14.99 this summer; read on for more!Read Engadget & Joystiq live from Sony's E3 2008 keynote11:29: SOCOM is looking fun. Lots of players on screen. Of course, the dude playing MGS4 has been staring at a cutscene since the moment we walked in. 11:32: Just chatted with Xbox's Aaron Greenberg – he's been following our liveblogs from his phone, so now he's totally reading this and thinking, "Whoa, meta."Read Highlights from Nintendo's E3 2008 press conferenceIn case you couldn't keep up with all the announcements, here are the highlights from Nintendo's E3 2008 press conference: Ubisoft's Shaun White Snowboarding to use Wii Balance Board; Nintendo selling 200k Wiis a week, 700k a month; Animal Crossing: City Folk coming to Wii in 2008; read on for more!Read Engadget & Joystiq live from Nintendo's E3 2008 keynote8:12 am PT: We're inside the Kodak Theater, waiting to be let in - a Nintendo representative encouraged us to grab some food and, after a brief period spent searching, we informed her that there was in fact no food. None. Anywhere. Do they expect us to resort to cannibalism!? 8:40 am PT: And we're in!Read Joystiq live at Electronic Arts E3 2008 press conference2:53 pm PT: We're live at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles (seventh row, to be precise), ready for Electronic Arts' E3 2008 press conference. It should get underway in just a few minutes! 3:05pm PT: The screen blackens and a white EA logo fades in... read on for more!Read Highlights from Microsoft's E3 keynoteIf you're looking for the unabridged version in all its glory, look no further than our liveblog with our fine friends at Engadget. If you're afflicted with crippling bouts of ADHD like we are and just want the meaty (beating, bloody) heart of the announcement highlights, please direct your eyeballs here!Read Engadget & Joystiq live from Microsoft's E3 2008 keynote9:47 am PT: Alright! We're waiting in line for the MS press conference! We're feigning excitement through gratuitous use of exclamation points! Read on for the full live rundown from Microsoft's presser.Read Microsoft E3 2008 press conference: Let's play bingo!We're going out on a limb and giving Avatars away as the free space. Click on each of the slides above for more information about our predictions. Microsoft's E3 press conference is scheduled for next Monday at 10:30 am PT (that's 1:30 pm Joystiq Time / ET). As always, we'll be liveblogging the event, so you can play along in real-time with us.ReadNintendo E3 2008 press conference: Let's play bingoToday's card is for Nintendo (special thanks to Wii and DS Fanboy). Our fingers are crossed twice over (trust us, it's painful) for the no-brainer Pikmin sequel. Nintendo's E3 2008 press conference begins Tuesday, July 15, at 9:00am PT (that's 12:00 pm Joystiq Time / ET). As always, we'll be liveblogging the event, so you can play along in real-time with us.Read Sony's E3 2008 press conference: let's play bingo!In anticipation of next week's E3 Media and Business Summit, we've prepared bingo cards for each of the big press conferences, filled with some likely (and some not-so-likely) predictions for what each of the big three console makers intends to announce at arguably the biggest trade shows of the year. First up to bat is Sony (special thanks to PS3 and PSP Fanboy), whose Tuesday conference we hope sheds some new light on Home, the next Heavenly Sword and perhaps some new PSP functionality. Sony's E3 press conference is scheduled for next Tuesday at 10:00 am PT (that's 1:00 pm Joystiq Time / ET). As always, we'll be liveblogging the event, so you can play along in real-time with us.Read Big Download's E3 Week Prediction BingoE3 is right around the corner, and that means one thing. Press briefings and conferences galore. Of course, our focus is on the PC which will have information spread throughout the event. What could be announced? There are so many possibilities. Picking and choosing among all of them is almost like a game ... of bingo!Read Massively's E3 Week Prediction BingoEvery year it's customary to roll out predictions on what will and won't show up at the current year's E3 event. With Massively heading in the direction of the LA Convention Center already, we thought it might be fun to offer up some likely (and highly unlikely) predictions of what might get talked about next week. In reality, this is sort of a "future of the MMO industry list" as everything on here is more-or-less a current or upcoming trend. The only question is whether any given item will get discussed next week.Read Big Download's most anticipated PC games at E3Despite what other articles might tell you the PC game industry will be represented very well at the expo this year with a number of highly anticipated game titles due to be shown to the invited press (and there may very well be a few surprise announcements in store for E3 that we don't know about yet). So what PC games are we most looking forward to seeing at E3 2008 next week? We've compiled a list of our top 25 picks.Read
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