Thayala’s World

• Gamer Hotline is giving away Battlefield Heroes keys all week: http://tinyurl.com/dx3bww #battlefieldheroes (via @abbort) #

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• AHG123 is out, in which our heroes discover that starting to record at 8 PM may not result in a high-energy show. http://ow.ly/4eDO #
• Finished Noblegarden last night. My favorite egg-collecting spot is in Bloodhoof Village at the tent on the east side of the village. (more) #
• There are three sets of stairs leading into the tent, and when it’s busy, eggs constantly spawn between the steps. (more) #
• You can easily lay claim to one set of stairs or run back and forth between them. #
• Watching CO-OP I realized I forgot to talk about Riddick: Dark Athena AGAIN in AHG123. Drat. #
• What’s Gamefly like these days? Anyone still using it? #

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• Dave and I finished ITW18, now I have to get ready for AHG123 recording session later today. If anyone has hot news, please let me know! #
• Drool. DO WANT. Ghostbusters: Opening Cinematic HD from GameTrailers.com http://ow.ly/3WVK #
• If you were hoping to use Blizzcon 08 beta code… Joystiq reports that Blizzcon 08 beta codes now being accepted http://ow.ly/3X0Q #

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• Interesting interview with 5 developers on the iPhone as a gaming platform. Rethinking the Art of Making Games: http://bit.ly/RQVYv #
• Wired gives BioShock 2 the preview treatment: http://bit.ly/15WyPg #
• The Braid soundtrack is available online. http://bit.ly/14PiHb #
• G4TV interview with Bethesda execs and more Fallout 3: Broken Steel footage. http://bit.ly/uHZil #
• Things that make me feel old. Nintendo’s Game Boy turns 20: http://bit.ly/Q0fdu #
• Heaven help me, Dollhouse Episode 8 was actually pretty good. http://bit.ly/3VDml #
• Interesting reunion strategy: send a stripper in your place. http://bit.ly/Ofo7D #
• Someone please explain to me how I wound up with four fake plastic guitars in my house. #
• MTV Multiplayer » NYT: Flicking Wii Remote Instead Of Swinging May Produce Injuries: http://bit.ly/EkDyK #

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• MTV has an overview of forthcoming FPS MMOs. Hard to get motivated by “nut shots,” but The Agency might be interesting. http://bit.ly/14jiyM #
• Not sure, however, what makes an MMO FPS different from… you know… multiplayer FPS. #
• Managed to kill XT-002 Deconstructor and Kologarn in the 10-man tonight. Wiped a few times on Auriaya. #
• Dang — Darth has more style than I knew. http://is.gd/u0ZD (via @djongewaard) #

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• GameTrailers footage of L4D survival mode. Looks pretty crazy. http://bit.ly/8cVgO #
• Lots of interesting changes, including a “fix” to the ending of the Fallout 3. Broken Steel Comes To Fallout 3 On May 5: http://bit.ly/Uws2I #

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When Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader was introduced, I was skeptical. It was kind of ugly, it was expensive, and I wasn’t sure that it would be a good replacement for the traditional book. When I actually had a chance to try a Kindle, however, I found that while it was a clunky design, it actually worked quite well. The pages were easy to read, it was light and portable, the battery lasted forever, and it made ordering books almost iTunes-like in convenience. I was sold, and I’ve been a happy and enthusiastic Kindle owner ever since.

Amazon has done it’s best to tempt me in the past few weeks. First they introduced the Kindle 2, with an improved industrial and interface design, better battery life, more storage, and a surprisingly controversial text-to-speech capability. I managed to resist the lure of the Kindle 2, convincing myself that the new features weren’t worth the upgrade. I don’t need more storage, the battery life has never been a problem… and does the fact that it’s now the old model make my original Kindle hip and retro?

OK, maybe not.

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AOEware’s BINDpoint is the chat client that we discussed in the epic Analog Hole Gaming Episode #102. AOEware recently announced that you can configure many Jabber clients to connect to BINDpoint from the desktop rather than using the default web-based Flash interface. Right now AOEware has instructions for Pidgin (a Windows client) but no instructions for Mac software.

I’m impatient, so I figured out how to connect via Adium and have posted the instructions here. Thanks to Phayte from the WoWcast bindpoint channel for some tips that helped me get on the right path.

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