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December 21, 2004
EQ2 Servers Sucker-Punched
We’re having a right old time in Everquest II, the next-gen MMO from Sony, but this past weekend saw all the game servers go down for around 24 hours. Panic, of course, ensued.
“We sincerely apologize for the downtime this weekend. We had some hardware issues that caused us to have to tread very carefully in bringing the game back up,” says SOE president John Smedley (also known as Krandar the Gnome on the Highkeep server…no, we kid…).
But Sony peeps posted regular updates on the EQ2players.com forum, assuaging angry half-elves and promising to tack extra time onto everyone’s membership. Last we checked everything was back to normal – well normal for a place with dragons and stuff flying around.
Link: http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=news_announcements&message.id=75
Posted by gamegal at 11:25 AM
Big News: Games Make Mad Loot
It’s kind of old news already, but the San Francisco Chronicle just ran a really decent article on the current state of the games business. Typical “bigger than Hollywood” vibe, with the wide-eyed admission that gamers are trending older, into their late 20s and early 30s.
A good number to throw around at cocktail parties is that Halo 2 made more money in a single day than the biggest Hollywood release opening weekend ever ($125 million for Halo 2 vs. $114 million for Spiderman).
Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/18/MNGUOAE36I1.DTL
Posted by gamegal at 11:24 AM
December 14, 2004
Half-Life 2: Great Game, Delicious Cookies
A frustrated college student (perhaps fighting a case of the munchies?) was inspired by his Half-Life 2 collector’s edition tin box to make some HL2-themes cookies. These Gordon Freeman Ginger Snaps were made by tracing the Half-Life logo on the box, then cutting and welding strips of metal into a cookie cutter.
Behold the magic, and detailed photos, at the link below.
Link: http://www.student.itn.liu.se/~troja881/cookie/
Posted by gamegal at 03:41 PM
December 05, 2004
GameGal Releases Holiday Gift Guide
GameGal.com has released the 2004 version of their their popular Holiday Gift Guide. If you're shopping for the perfect gift for the girl gamer in your life, or just looking to add to your own collection of games and accessories, the hard-working editors at GameGal.com have all the advice you're ever going to need.
Check out the different sections of our handy Holiday Gift Guide, and let the fest of non-stop consumerism begin!
Link: http://www.gamegal.com/giftguide2004/
Posted by gamegal at 11:04 AM