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Evil Avatar
11-15-2005, 06:31 PM
Issue 19 of The Escapist (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/) is now online, this issue focusing in on griefers in online games. Articles include:

Julianne Greer: Editor's Note (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/19/1)
Unable to keep ourselves away from a good debate, this weeks issue of The Escapist focuses on those that we love to hate: the Griefer Nation.

Dave Thomas: You Don't Know Jack (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/19/4)
In "You Don't Know Jack," Dave Thomas profiles infamous videogame lawyer Jack Thompson and questions whether or not you need to play games to be a griefer.

Mark Wallace: The Day the Grid Disappeared (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/19/11)
Mark Wallace returns with "The Day the Grid Disappeared," a story about a self-replicating virus that plagued Second Life's virtual world.

Greg Tito: Dood, its Part of the Game (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/19/17)
Greg Tito ran into a bully in World of Warcraft, whose only excuse for harassing Greg was "Dood, its Part of the Game."

Jim Rossignol: A Deadly Dollar (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/19/23)
Jim Rossignol explores EVE Online, and relates two epic stories of intrigue and betrayal in "A Deadly Dollar."

Laura Genender: Griefing for the Greater Good (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/19/28)
In "Griefing for the Greater Good," Laura Genender writes about A Tale in the Desert anti-hero Mafia, who used age-old strong arm tactics in an attempt to stamp out greater in- game corruption.
MosBen
11-15-2005, 06:50 PM
For one split second I saw "You Don't Know Jack" and thought it was going to be an article about either the game or the developer and I was very very happy. And then the truth, and the sadness.
Taco
11-15-2005, 07:05 PM
Exact same thing here Mos. Berkeley Systems' ending was such a shame. YDKJ and Acrophobia(for free no less) gave me countless enjoyable gameplay hours. Total quality.
DaXIthR
11-15-2005, 07:52 PM
What a great magazine....

When is everyone else going to notice and catch up?
TheKeck
11-15-2005, 08:11 PM
I really enjoyed the article Dood, it's part of the game.
Murtaug
11-15-2005, 08:59 PM
I read a couple of the past issues, and really did not like it much. I just went through half of these and I really enjoyed reading them. Odd, that. Especially considering most of what I read was about MMOs, and I really, really, dislike MMOs.
TheKeck
11-15-2005, 10:11 PM
I just went through half of these and I really enjoyed reading them. Odd, that. Especially considering most of what I read was about MMOs, and I really, really, dislike MMOs.

Seriously, I've never played an MMO, but I was totally interested. Do we not deal with "griefers" in other online games? There are people who play in an annoying fashion, but it just doesn't seem to have the same impact as in these games with economies and so forth.
agentgray
11-15-2005, 10:24 PM
ugh...the second life articles are getting to be a bit much...curious...does anyone here play that?

Of course, they are a sponsor.
Liquidize105
11-16-2005, 12:25 AM
I think The Escapist is well written, but the writings themselves are not very entertaining.
Evil Avatar
11-16-2005, 12:30 AM
ugh...the second life articles are getting to be a bit much...curious...does anyone here play that?

Of course, they are a sponsor.

No, I don't play it. In fact, other than the one post we did here a few weeks ago about someone getting suckered into paying real cash for a virtual space station - I had never heard of the title.
Varsity
11-16-2005, 12:47 AM
I read a couple of the past issues, and really did not like it much. I just went through half of these and I really enjoyed reading them. Odd, that. Especially considering most of what I read was about MMOs, and I really, really, dislike MMOs.
It has taken a bit of dip recently. This week's is good though.
ElectricMonk
11-16-2005, 03:01 AM
It's kind of interesting, but it's written from the slant of whining players who are upset about something getting nerfed rather than from the philisophical standpoint they claim. Is this a whining about griefers themed issue or something?

If I wanted to read that there are thousands of forum posts dedicated to it
KamaItachi
11-16-2005, 03:13 AM
No, I don't play it. In fact, other than the one post we did here a few weeks ago about someone getting suckered into paying real cash for a virtual space station - I had never heard of the title.

A friend of mine plays it, he says it's pretty much just a very complicated chatroom, but he's not big on the cration aspect and I hear that's one of the key points to getting into it.
mister_slim
11-16-2005, 03:25 AM
Seriously, I've never played an MMO, but I was totally interested. Do we not deal with "griefers" in other online games? There are people who play in an annoying fashion, but it just doesn't seem to have the same impact as in these games with economies and so forth.
What about griefers on internet gaming message boards?
No, I don't play it. In fact, other than the one post we did here a few weeks ago about someone getting suckered into paying real cash for a virtual space station - I had never heard of the title.
That was Project Entropia, actually.
Varsity
11-16-2005, 04:49 AM
Is this a whining about griefers themed issue or something?Er, yes. Actually. That's why each article is about it.
Roc Ingersol
11-16-2005, 09:26 AM
For some reason journalists are all over the world-type games like flies on shit.
It's probably the same reason that most of emjavoid covering gaming in general.