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'Major' Fallen Earth announcement coming May 31st

Justin Olivetti — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:00:00 EST

Filed under: Sci-fi, Fallen Earth, Previews, News items, Community Q&A, Post-Apocalyptic

Maintenance breaks may typically be frustrating, boring patches of non-activity for MMO gamers, but next Tuesday promises to be different for Fallen Earth. According to the official site, the team has a "major" announcement scheduled during the May 31st downtime -- one you won't want to miss.

The announcement will take place during two live podcasts with Senior Game Designer Marie Croall. During the podcasts, Croall will discuss the game's present and future to the dedicated wastelanders out there.

You can catch the podcast and announcement on Fallen Earth's Ustream channel on May 31st at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. EDT. Alternatively, players may use Ventrilo to catch the action and even submit their own questions.

What will this announcement be? We're not sure, but it looks to be a long weekend wait until we find out!

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Minmatar captain's quarters coming to EVE Online test server this week

Jef Reahard — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EST

Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, MMO industry, Patches, News items, Dev Diaries

Get ready, capsuleers. Captain's quarters are coming, and sooner than you might expect. CCP Tanis breaks the news that a rough version of the Minmatar captain's quarters will be making an appearance on the Duality test server this Thursday, April 21st.

That's right: Two days hence, all you Brutors, Sebiestors, and Vherokiors will finally be able to walk around on your own two legs inside of the EVE Online client. CCP's newest dev blog cautions that the test environment is a true work-in-progress, and Tanis states that "we're still at the chisel-in-hand-in-front-of-a-marble-form stage."

Why make the environment available to the public at this point? CCP is mainly looking to gather feedback and general impressions on usability, since the captain's quarters interface is eventually slated to replace the current in-game hangar view. The test run will also feature new in-station and crash course tutorials as well as interfaces for planetary interaction, corporation management, avatar re-customization, and ship fitting.

In other EVE Online news, the new Council of Stellar Management held its first fireside chat a few days ago, and an audio recording of the broadcast is now available for download on the official EVE forums.

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The Second Life Philip Linden/Gavin Newsom Fireside Chat, part 2

Akela Talamasca — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Real life, Podcasts, Culture, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Interviews, MMO industry, News items, Opinion, Second Life, Free-to-play, Politics, Academic, Education, Virtual worlds

This is the second of two parts to the Fireside Chat between Second Life's Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden) and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at the New Globe Theater, a meeting held and sponsored by Millions of Us, a metaverse development company (MDC), with Reuben Millionsofus as moderator. This is the mp3 and transcript of part two of the chat. You can hear and read part 1 here. Enjoy!

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The Second Life Philip Linden/Gavin Newsom Fireside Chat, Part 1

Akela Talamasca — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Real life, Podcasts, Culture, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Interviews, MMO industry, News items, Opinion, Second Life, Free-to-play, Politics, Academic, Education, Virtual worlds

As reported here, today saw the meeting of minds between Second Life's Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden) and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at the New Globe Theater, a meeting held and sponsored by Millions of Us, a metaverse development company (MDC), with Reuben Millionsofus as moderator. This is the mp3 and transcript of part one of the chat. I have chosen to edit out of the transcript, for the most part, verbal tics that don't contribute to the content of the chat, but these elements remain in the mp3. If you're unfamiliar with Second Life, every now and then you'll hear what sounds like a Polaroid camera going off -- this is the sound of in-world snapshots being taken of the proceedings. You will also hear typing sounds from time to time -- this is the default typing animation sound.

Part two will go up tomorrow at this time. Enjoy!

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