Over the Fence Over the Fence

* George Lucas Retires

* Viacom chief disappointed about mob mentality surround the SOPA defeat

* Megaupload shutdown did nothing to slow piracy, study finds

* Microsoft abandoning points by the end of 2012

* Lego partially influences Minecraft…which then inspires Minecraft Legos?

* Notch is going to fund a Pyschonauts 2?

* Bethesda releases PC-only Skyrim hi-res pack and creation kit

* Kinect for PC now available

* X-Box 720 rumored to not play used games – developers love the idea

* What are you playing?



 

* Direct2Drive joins GameFly – looks like digital distribution is heating up Linky



* Steam sales increase 100 percent for the seventh straight year Linky



* Steam Winter Sale: anyone score any Phat Loot?Now that it’s 2012 – What is your game of the year for 2011?

* Thoughts on SWTOR – from beta to post launch model!

* SWTOR is the fastest-growing MMO in history? Over a million subscribers in just a couple days since launch! Linky

* Jonathan’s Random Topic



 

* Favorite games of the fall season + impressions

* Next WoW expansion announced – Mists of Pandaria

* Star Wars The Old Republic coming on the 20th

* EA adds WB, Capcom and THQ to Origin

* Shigeru Miyamoto retiring from Nintendo Or is he?

* Ico Creator Leaves Sony, Team Ico

* X-Box 360 Fall Update – Likey? No Likey?

* Jonathan’s random topic



Artwork based on a photo by James West

* Steve Jobs died

* Battlefield 3 isn’t slated for Steam release – will Mass Effect 3 be? [link]

* Why no Steam Notch? [link]

* Jon Carmack complains consoles aren’t as powerful as PCs [link]

* but then shares that consoles are ‘better business’ than PCs for games [link]

* Witness – peering through the ‘Myst’ [link]

* Nintendo Files Patent For ‘Massively Single-Playing Online Game’ [link]

* Why game industry talent is going indie. [link]

* Portal’s free DLC – how’d you like it?

* Jonathan was right – codes to play games on consoles – Online Passes [link]

* Jonathan’s random topic

* Post-E3 Impressions! What looked good, what looked bad, and what this says about the game developers in question.

* PC exclusive gone rogue: The Witcher 2 on X-Box 360? [link]

* NO F’ing way… EA launching Steam competitor [link]

* A real-life Holodeck? Finally! [link]

* The Wii U, a neat new console from Nintendo with a stupid new name! [link]

* Torchlight pirated over 5 million times in China – developer’s fine with that  [link]

* LA Noire coming to PC this fall [link]

* PC Exclusive shooter from the makers of Witcher 2 and BulletStorm [link]

* Kingdom Hearts “Dream Drop Distance?” [link]

* Windows 8 able to play X-Box 360 games [link]

* The Last Airbender – the Legend of Korra trailer revealed [link]

* What are you playing / looking forward to

* Duke Nukem has gone gold Link

* 12 ways consoles are hurting PC gaming Link

* Farewell to DirectX? Link

* PSN is back up Link

* Sony says ‘Sorry’ with Free Games. Link

* Sony – another Sony company hacked Link

* Ubisoft’s CEO lets slip that Nintendo’s Project Cafe might be powerful enough to port existing X-Box 360 and PS3 titles to Link

* Lots o’ big budget Superhero Movies this summer: Thor, X-Men, Captain America, Green Lantern.

* Microsoft buys Skype. What are the implications of this? Link

* Chinese prisoners are being forced to farm gold in MMOs ‘Oh the humanity!’ Link

* E3 primer – what have you heard, what do you know?