Fun little website out there that allows you to buy and sell links to companies.  Neat interface and a fun way to pass time without actually spending any real money. 

Interesting article over at MSNBC regarding the status of PC gaming. Is it dead or alive?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23800152/

"......PC game sales were dwarfed by consoles and console games in 2007 — at least at retail. PC game sales accounted for $911 million in revenue — a relatively small percentage of the $18.8 billion sales seen by the industry overall, according to the NPD Group.There’s one missing piece of this equation, and that’s “World of Warcraft” — the game PC advocates inevitably point to when console fans start bashing their platform. Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game juggernaut counts 10 million active subscribers — each paying 15 bucks a month. That’s a lot of gold."

Stop over to www.mythos.com and check out the new site launch.  Also, for those of you in the beta test, you'll definitely want to check out the new Zone 3 update!

Excerpt from the patch notes:

"PVP:Back by popular demand… We would like to re-introduce PVP to Mythos! Each zone will have access to a Shadowlands portal which allows you to switch to an all-PVP world (even in town!) where you can aggress against other players at any time. Tread carefully for if you fall it means you drop one random piece of your equipped loot. Killing low-level players will increase your Anarchy rating, and you will drop more loot when killed - other players can see your Anarchy rating visually, so watch out! Additionally, much more of the world is shared in small instances. You can potentially run into other players anywhere. Note: Monsters respawn in these regions.

For those that wish to live on the edge we also offer a Shadowlands Only mode which is available at character creation. This will flag your character permanently for PVP and can not be changed back so choose this option wisely.

Mail System Tired of waiting for your friend to login to give him some items you have been saving? Wait no more… just mail those items them! The mail system is the first step to moving towards the auction system being in place. The mail system will allow players to send and receive messages, items and money to anyone, including your own characters!"

Michael Donnely, the author of the MMOGlider bot which automates virtually every aspect of WoW gameplay, is being taken to court by Blizzard Entertainment, the creators of WoW.

Interestingly, it seems the legal argument will focus on whether Donnely's program intentionally avoids Blizzards anti hack software - a piece of programming which itself has caused some controversy.

Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7314353.stm

This is for real. Savage is back!

"The first Savage game was highly appreciated by gamers, although technically it was flawed. The idea of playing a hybrid mix of RTS and FPS gave many gamers hopes for a new genre, but the passion soon died due to limited gameplay options.

This time around, S2 GAMES has created a much bigger and better version of Savage, while keeping the basic gameplay similar to the first game. The new game, Savage 2, is out as a direct download from the official website. It allows you to play for 5 hours online after which you can buy the full version pas-code online from their website."

Source: http://savage2.s2games.com/main.php

Hopefully this is as exciting and action packed at the original!  Perhaps a MFO Savage 2 forum in the future??!