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Then you may also like 0 A.D., as it certainly has some similarities. Apart from a non-existent year in proper history where the first A.D. was actually... the first, this is, the number one (1), 0 A.D. is the name of the latest game by Wildfire Games, still under development, and still in Alpha. It's not really playable yet, so I can't really tell you whether it's good or not. Still, it's worth giving a look. Why?

Because it's Open Source! And it's looking for voluntaries to help with the development! If you are interested in 3d modeling/animation, programming, sound mixing, or... well, anything related to something that could be useful in the development of a videogame, 0 A.D. could be one of your best options right now.

The project is already looking quite good (and has been in development for 9 years, so a solid development base is likely to be found there :P). It may not be the next Starcraft, as that will probably Starcraft II, but hey, it may become "the RTS game for Linux". Not that it's not going to be ported to Windows, but you know, if you're trying to create some sort of curriculum for a place in the videogames industry, this may  be one of your best chances to work for something that will reach quite some people!

So... this isn't really about gaming, but as games are opening the gates to [more] social environments (MMOs mostly, but also all those communities built around gaming), and the line separating our real life identity with our virtual ego is becoming thinner, the old statement "there're no girls in the Internet" is turning obsolete. The Internet is full of people, and yeah, it's possible to find 70 year old grannies playing World of Warcraft. Asia Carrera used to play Unreal Tournament, and even had her own server.

For many, Internet has become the perfect tool to socialize, helping them find people with common interests, and, in not so rare cases, even love. There are loads of dating services around, even gamer oriented (as if gamers had special needs).

Still, while people often have no problem in giving quite some personal details about themselves that would allow anyone to even pinpoint them in a map at any given hour, it's funny to see how many portray themselves in peculiar ways when it comes to certain specific aspects of their appearance/life in general. Even if the lie would be blatantly noticeable in a real life meeting; this is, obviously lying and saying you're 1'85 instead of 1'67 would probably make your virtual identity a tad more desirable. But what for? You could think "this is nonsense". Well, it's not that obvious most of the times, but apparently people are used to give themselves 2 extra inches when explaining how tall they are. Sizes of other bodyparts don't seem to be relevant in the study I'm referring to, although I'm pretty sure the exact same rule applies. I mean, two inches more, two inches less...

If you want to read about the whole study (made on OkCupid), you can do it in Gizmodo:

>> Gizmodo - The big lies people tell in online dating

Really worth giving it a look.

I'll be brief.

The game features a guy that climbs up a ladder while another guy speaks to him about saving the world or sending it to hell. We can only see the boots of this other guy. The action reaches its climax when we're about to get to the final steps of the ladder and see where are we heading to.

Spoiler: Then you see your desktop.

PD: Those anonymous boots looked awesome in DX10.

It took me some time, but it's done. When the game came out I couldn't really play it as I didn't have the time it required. And since then it became the burr under my saddle. Tempus fugit, and last Thursday I found the game on sale on Steam for a reduced price. Started playing that same night... and I have barely done anything else until today, noon.

I patched and downloaded every single DLC piece, and played through the whole thing. Right now, I have only a couple of exploration missions left (although technically I have finished the game... saving everybody!). This time I hope to be more lucky with my savegame so I can export it to Mass Effect 3... as my original Mass Effect save was lost back in the dawn of times.

Anyway, it's hard to say anything about the game that hasn't been said yet, and probably all of you know it more than well already, so there's no point on reviewing it just for the sake of it. I'd just wanted to say that these 30 hours it took me, have been the most epic thing in the whole month... probably year. I was literally trying to make it last longer with all my strength. Luckily for me, I was able to get the DLC with the points I got in Dragon Age, so Project Overlord was basically free.

Anyway, I'm glad I can finally mark it as done in my to-play list. At least until the next DLC pack, heh.

On a sidenote, hopefully, I'll have Singularity's review posted tomorrow!