Having had a week off for Christmas vacation I decided to sink my teeth into Fallout 3. I played both Fallout 1 and 2 back in the day, when not every game had to be a sandbox game. Yet, I still enjoyed Fallout 3 and think Bethesda did a fine job with a game that has been so well done in the past.
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I remember a discussion recently about the craftiness of some MMO players when trying to build objects that do not exist in their game. Ultima Online was a great example (and technically still is), where players would fill their in-game houses with items and made them look like something else. I found some examples via flickr. Ah the good old days.

High noon across the cityscape. The sounds of the city below echo among the rooftops. The wind blows and birds rest on a building’s ledge. Suddenly footsteps are heard, swift and quick. A blurred figure runs past and birds take flight. Jumping from building to building the figure blazes forward as shouts can be heard in the distance. Finding safety is the only objective at this point but getting there will not be easy.

Now is that a description of Assassin’s Creed or Mirror’s Edge?

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I added around 30 more conferences to the conference timeline for 2009. I will be looking for more soon.