The crisis got me too!

So, Im out of a job 2 weeks from now on.

Im thinking of moving! Instead of seing this as a loss, Im going to explore new horizons!

Wish me luck!

Comic

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Deadlineday

= Dead Skam day. Its said before and needs to be said again.

I think I need to get my blood pressure checked out!

Oh Oh Oh!!

Dan Brown is releasing another book this September, after years without publishing anything. I guess the standard he set with The Da Vinci Code success have made some extreme pressure, and I dont think it'd be human not to feel a little anxious when again releasing something new.

Angels and Demons was one of my favorites, together with Deception Point. Angels and Demons also involved Robert Langdon, the Harvard Professor in Symbology. 

While its not yet known what the new book, which is called "The Lost Symbol", will be about, it is confirmed that Robert Langdon will yet again be the star of it. So its safe to assume that symbols of ancient mythical meaning will again play a huge role. 
As another hint, the work title of the book project used to be called "The Solomon Key".

I wonder if this will be as controversial as the Da Vinci Code, and if it will create another uproar in the christian community and the vatican.

Im looking forward to it!

Awaiting CryEngine 2

Waiting for CryEngine 2 in Entropia atm, and its said to arrive during Summer. I really like some of the previews that has been shown to the community. This is my favorite:

Supposedly west of Fort Troy. (click for a large picture)

Here is some more:

Get well Stephen!

Stephen Hawking was sent to the hospital today, and is supposedly in very bad shape caused by a chestinfection he has been struggeling with the last few weeks. 

Best Wishes!

New Fallout game due in 2010

During a press conference today in London, Bethesda confirmed the making of a new Fallout game. It will have the name Fallout New Vegas, and developed by Obsidian Entertainment.

The people at Obsidian Entertainment that will work with this project is allegedly some of the folks that was working at Black Isle during the making of the first Fallout-games.

Nothing else have been revealed yet about the new game, other then it will be a RPG in the same style as Fallout 3, however it will NOT follow the storyline where Fallout 3 ended, it will be another story in the same universe. 

Will be interesting to see what Obsidian makes of it. If they manage to get anywhere close to Fallout 3 Ill be a very happy girl.

Pink Saturday

Participated in Pink Saturday in Entropia again, for the first time in probably a year? 

It was nice to play Pink Sat again. Its a bit calmer mood over it then the stressing Champions League. I didnt get any globals, but in the end I was up there on the leaderboard switching between #2-4. In the last minute I fell down to #4, which of course sucks, because there's no prize for fourth.

But either way, the afterparty brought goodies as I won one of the fashion awards! Yay :)
Which reminds me, Pink is hosting a fashion event on CND in May. I might have to make an effort.

Pink Saturday at CND on Saturdays from 19:00-20:00. Live Commentary!
20 Ped Entrance, Most Loot.
Afterparty at the (2nd) Disco after the event, where everyone can join.

My Spore

Just tried out Spore. Im a little late, I know, but you cant do everything at once! 

So anyway. Just started out yesterday. Pretty interesting game, one of those things you can just sit around and mindlessly do without stressing, cursing irl or the likes, which I tend to do in other games (or so I keep hearing.) 

In the footsteps of Big Brother

Yesterday internet piracy recieved a blow to the head when the guys behind The Pirate Bay was found guilty in the swedish courtroom.

Now it seems Norway is following the trend that Sweden has created with more strict rules when it comes to piracy. 
Yesterday the Mail- and Telecommition managed to get through a plea that says that the ISP's are required to give up information about their customers ID, if a court has determined that there is strong suspicion for piracy. That means that such information can be given to a third party via the court of law.  Police have already been able to access such information, but this opens up for civil lawsuits without the involvement of police authority. Just imagine Blizzard going after individuals.

This happened during a spescific case, but there is no reason to believe this isnt one step in a larger plan. Even the Director of the commition says:

— I think its about time we make the internet a legal place, whereas we avoid anarchy, sharks and petty thiefs. (Willy Jensen, Director of the Mail and Telecommition in Norway)

Luckily this doesnt mean the stasi-supervision that our brothers to the east is experiencing, or that the ISP's will rat you out. It means that the norwegian court may get a warrant to break the confidentiality that the ISP's are legally bound to.

At the same time, the political party "Høyre" is promising to give pirates a hard time if they win the election.
To be honest Im uncertain why on earth they'd go out with such a statement? I would think that there is a whole lot more people who download then who are afraid of being downloaded, and those who dont use internet much probably wont care about such anyway. So its not exactly a great strategy to win. 

On the topic of piracy, the creators of Demigod released numbers showing that only 18 000 people connected with a bought licence, while a whooping 100 000 connected with pirated copies, causing the connectivity issues that was such a large problem during the first day.
Thats what you get for shipping it out without any sort of protection.