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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Love reaches open alpha, client download now available]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/love-reaches-open-alpha-client-download-now-available/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/love-reaches-open-alpha-client-download-now-available/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/love-reaches-open-alpha-client-download-now-available/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/at-a-glance/" rel="tag">At a glance</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/betas/" rel="tag">Betas</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/love/" rel="tag">Love</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://news.quelsolaar.com/#post56"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/09/lovelogin580jpg.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
<div align="left">The above picture is not a lie -- it's the login screen to <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/eskil-steenburg">Eskil Steenburg</a>'s one man MMO, <a href="http://www.quelsolaar.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love</span></a>. Mr. Steenburg has just recently <a href="http://news.quelsolaar.com/#home">pushed the client into open alpha,</a> letting users download and run the game on their PCs, but not log into the game. Not yet, at least.<br /><br />However, running the client is quite important, as it will send Eskil a few important statistics. The client will collect the name of your video card, if it supports the three OpenGL extensions he uses, and it will count how many people are interested so he can go invest in some servers without going overboard. So if you're interested in eventually playing the game, you can jump on over to his website, <a href="http://www.quelsolaar.com/">Quel Solaar</a>, and <a href="http://news.quelsolaar.com/#post56">grab yourself the open alpha</a> of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/love"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love</span></a> to "register your interest" by running the client on your machine. Plus, you get treated to an awesome look at <span style="font-style: italic;">Love</span>'s beautiful dynamic graphics.</div>
</div><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/love-reaches-open-alpha-client-download-now-available/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Love reaches open alpha, client download now available</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/love-reaches-open-alpha-client-download-now-available/">Love reaches open alpha, client download now available</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.quelsolaar.com/#post56>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/love-reaches-open-alpha-client-download-now-available/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19175800/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/28/love-reaches-open-alpha-client-download-now-available/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>breaking</category><category>client-download</category><category>eskil-steenberg</category><category>eskil-steenbergs-love</category><category>love</category><category>love-mmo</category><category>one-man-mmo</category><category>open-alpha</category><category>opengl</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[First trailer of Love is absolutely breathtaking]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/16/first-trailer-of-love-is-absolutely-breathtaking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/16/first-trailer-of-love-is-absolutely-breathtaking/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/16/first-trailer-of-love-is-absolutely-breathtaking/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/trailers/" rel="tag">Trailers</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/love/" rel="tag">Love</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/love"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/10/me_gdc_screen_1_425.jpg" /></a></div>
What does it say about our industry when one man and a laptop can create a game arguably more artistically ambitious and breathtaking than anything to come out of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/soe">SOE</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/mythic">Mythic</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/funcom">Funcom</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/turbine">Turbine</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/cryptic">Cryptic</a>, or <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/blizzard">Blizzard</a>? We were left to ponder that question after watching the first trailer for <a href="http://www.quelsolaar.com/"><em>Love</em></a>, an MMO with a one-man development team.<br /><br />We were first introduced to the game at GDC, where we first witnessed its gorgeous impressionist art style and learned about its procedurally generated narrative and creativity-driven social gameplay. Trailer host <a href="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com">Rock, Paper Shotgun</a> says this new trailer is the first moving image of the game seen by the public, but we actually included an off-screen video in our <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/26/gdc08-when-love-came-to-town/">impressions</a> of creator Eskil Steenberg's one-on-one presentation. That said, this video is much more impressive. It's simply stunning. We're not able to embed it, so <a href="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/15/love-video/">head over to RPS</a> to watch.<br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/gdc08-love-by-eskil-steenberg/">GDC08: Love by Eskil Steenberg</a></strong></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/gdc08-love-by-eskil-steenberg/#662713"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/02/love-orig-screens-06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/gdc08-love-by-eskil-steenberg/#662710"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/02/love-orig-screens-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/gdc08-love-by-eskil-steenberg/#662709"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/02/love-orig-screens-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/gdc08-love-by-eskil-steenberg/#662708"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/02/love-orig-screens-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/gdc08-love-by-eskil-steenberg/#662707"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/02/love-orig-screens-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/16/first-trailer-of-love-is-absolutely-breathtaking/">First trailer of Love is absolutely breathtaking</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/15/love-video/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/16/first-trailer-of-love-is-absolutely-breathtaking/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1343536/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/16/first-trailer-of-love-is-absolutely-breathtaking/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>art</category><category>art-house</category><category>artistic</category><category>eskil-steenberg</category><category>eskil-steenbergs-love</category><category>impressionist</category><category>indie</category><category>love</category><category>procedural</category><category>procedurally-generated</category><category>quel-solaar</category><category>quelsolaar</category><category>rebel</category><category>trailer</category><category>video</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Axon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
