Your E-Mail + Links
Lots of good e-mail--thank you as always.DQ reader Frank Regan sends in a link to a very nasty story indicating that Symantec has been hiding a rootkit from users. That's right--Symantec. Here's the link:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp.
Jeffrey Haas sends in a link to an excellent talk on game design given by Raph koster. I don't agree with all of it, but it's very thoughtful and well worth reading.
http://www.raphkoster.com/gaming/moore.shtml.
Also please note that for the first time in the history of this column, I managed to spell Raph's name without inserting an "l."
Jason Price let me know that he's posted an interview with the Director of Sins of a Solar Empire, and you can find it here:
http://news.talkstrategy.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=877.
David Gloier sends in the fabulous news that Popular Mechanics is having a new sweepstakes: to win an earthmover. Here's an excerpt from the sweepstakes announcement:
Some magazines give away 12-piece cookware sets or, if you're lucky, a trip to Hawaii. We're giving away the RC-30 Posi-Track, a track loader made by ASV that's worth $23,134.
Greatest contest ever. Here's the link: http://www.popularmechanics.com/survey/1854731.html.
DQ Hall of Famer Andy Singel sends in a link to an old but classic list: "How to be a Successful Evil Overlord." Very funny, if you haven't already seen it (and still funny to me when I read it again). Here's the link:
http://www.proft.org/tips/evil.html.
Barri Williams let me know that the deadline for the Xfire moviemaking contest (which I've mentioned previously) has been extended to February 6. Full contest information here:
http://www.xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=XFire&file=cmspage&body=xf_wow_contest.
DQ reader and Future Nobel Prize Winner Brian Pilnick sends in a link to an excellent Circuit City game clearance sale. No PC titles, but some great deals on console games.
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=68762&t=184038.
Finally, DQ reader John Richards let me know that in 1988, George Rogers (a running back who was first pick in the NFL draft) did play in a Super Bowl with the Washington Redskins. So when I wrote that no running back who had been first pick in the draft since 1965 had played in a Super Bowl, I was incorrect.
Those links should ensure that you get absolutely nothing worthwhile done this morning. Glad I could help.
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