Some news... During the last week we had a number of problems involving spammers, some hacker in Sweden and our old server having stability problems. We now moved to a new server but somehow the database became corrupt! The good news is the site is up again. The bad news is a number of things do not appear to work properly. We are still open for bussiness as usual but there might be some further downtime later on as I try to address those issues. The new server should improve uptime in the long run, but in the meantime I shall enjoy you suffering. Your beloved oppressor.

Last weekend I attended a panel in the aforementioned comic convention in Athens (info here). It is something i sometimes do, and this panel had a special appeal. The subject, quite obviously, was: "Comics and videogames: from paper to cartridge and pc!". The discussion started from the question whether computer games can tell a story, and how story telling in that industry works, but also raised some interesting questions about game development.

Me, your favourite oppressor, decided to do some advertising. The aim is to attract new users for gdchaos.net by means of giving puny mortals money to add our awesome cool logo to their websites. I started by VS Games, an academic conference. Sponsoring an academic conference might sound like a peculiar choice, but then again they do some interesting work and I did have to start somewhere. Also I happen to know one of the guys presenting there this year. All tremble before me.

Although Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology counts a few decades in the research labs, only the last five years has been used through consumer electronics introducing maybe the next videogame controller. In the last few years several new companies have started to make brain-computer interface (BCI) devices for gaming purposes.

I guess an official statement is in order as GD is also a place for learning. The overlords of chaos do not approve of tuition fees. Roads, education and other public services are exactly the reason we pay taxes –paid for already and much more useful than costly and pointless wars taking place in the middle of nowhere (where on earth is Afghanistan again?). The same empty arguments that were used today in parliament to justify their decision could as easily had been applied towards justifying charging NHS patients, road users and elementary school children. All those things already paid for, available only to those willing to pay for them again. The words "horse" and "shit" come to mind. As such, our official position in regards to this issue is that this country is run by corrupt fat-pocket elitist bastards. If you find this post offensive then it is your problem.

There will be no dawn for other video games when BLIZZARD will release the Diablo 3.....!!!

After a decade of waiting the game is finally out (unlike Duke Nukem forever). Problem is, Blizzard has changed. What do I mean by that? After the success of WOW, aka cash cow married gold egg laying hen, the new model is releasing a game in parts and making people pay again and again for the same title. So 40 pounds (what I paid in game on day one of the release) might sound a bit stiff for just the seven hours of gameplay of the human campaign but what the hell. I am made of money. It is not as if I got a life or anything. This is only the beginning though.

A very quick update - the only thing changed is the friends list. Added this cool website called DotGif, If you never been there before do so now. DofGif is an on-line comic that is so meta that there are no words to describe../../.. All hail Hypnotoad.

Every single user so far has asked the question - how can I see a list of the rest of the users? Decided to finally implement this feature. If you are logged in then a link to the list of users should appear in the who is on-line block - "registered users". Also been experimenting with the registration process.