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An Early Look At Civilization V 286

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday March 11, 2010 @07:02AM from the new-and-shiny dept.

c0mpliant writes "IGN and Gamespot have each released a preview of the recently announced and eagerly awaited Civilization V. Apart from the obvious new hexagon shape of tiles and improved graphics, the articles go on to outline some of the major changes in the game, such as updated AI, new 'flavors' to world leaders, and a potentially game-changing, one-unit-per-tile system. No more will the stack of doom come to your city's doorsteps. Some features which will not be returning are religion and espionage. The removal of these two have sparked a frenzy of discussion on fan-related forums."

Historic IEEE 802 Group Looks Back and Forward 45

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 11, 2010 @05:33AM from the state-of-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The IEEE MAN/LAN Standards Committee — better known as the people who brought us Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth — is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week. This article has interviews with the original committee chairman and other veteran members, and reveals some of the inside situation. It also looks at some of the upcoming 802.x standards including one that sends data by modulating visible light."

Comment Re:Horde IS supposed to be evil ?!?!?! (Score 2, Interesting) 217

by Merle Corey on Thursday May 18, 2006 @06:54AM (#15356267) Attached to: Stereotyping the Horde

They are still evil. just, many people want to play 'evil' for the 'thrill' and 'charisma' of it, but being good in heart deep down, and hence couldnt be able to accept playing an evil character consciously, they twist it.

Er... No.

While WoW has a superficial impression of Good vs Evil, it's really rather morally ambiguous, and is better categorized as Us vs Them. Saying that Horde is evil because of the mythological sources is inaccurate, simply because Blizzard is no longer using the mythological sources to define the racial behavior. Arguing the interpretation based on the old definition won't get you anywhere simply because it no longer applies.

With that said, I think you've nailed the reason why Blizzard made both sides morally ambiguous - it lets the players be all heroic (or villainous) on either side without restriction. The distinction is that this is something Blizzard did by design, not something that the players are attempting to superimpose on the game.

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