[Mindjack Release] May 05, 2003

[Donald Melanson]

Mindjack Release
May 05, 2003
http://www.mindjack.com

Feature:

Thinking Outside the MUD:
Ludicorp CEO Stewart Butterfield on the Game Neverending

"Not only was Butterfield blogging before it was cool, but he created a 
contest called The 5K that was equal parts political statement against 
web-bloat, and demo scene for JavaScripters. Now he's taken the 
surprising move of entering the most cutthroat business in computing - 
games - with a company called Ludicorp and a multiplayer online world 
called the Game Neverending. GNE takes the social focus of MOOs and 
combines them with the Web technologies the MOO tribe has adopted since. 
The game that will result later this year just might hit the MMP gaming 
market in its blind spot. "

http://www.mindjack.com/feature/gne.html

Games:

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
for Nintendo GameCube
reviewed by Donald Melanson

Midway's oft-maligned but still popular fighting game series tries to 
get some respect by tossing out the old gameplay and introducing a new, 
more complex system.

http://www.mindjack.com/games/mkda.html