Dee Yun: (contact-deleteme[at]-deleteme-direman [dot] com) 2009-08-10 07:34:29

I Hate Mr. Owl

I'm often told that I'm an Xbox 360 fanboy, as evidenced by my lopsided coverage. Well, that's because the respective libraries of games are fairly lopsided. Believe it or not, I look forward to solid PlayStation 3 releases. Well, I'm now wishing that Fat Princess were an Xbox release, because it's a FUN PS3 GAME (see there, I said it!) and I don't have any PS3 buddies to enjoy it with online. If you dudes who hate on my supposed Xbox bias would like to add me to your friends' list, I'd love to run it with you! I'll have a review of it soon, but in short it's a class based multiplayer capture the flag game with a sprinkling of real time strategy elements. And the flags are princesses. That you feed cake to. To make them fat. Because fat flags are hard to capture.

I'm slowly catching back up to my workload I missed because of jury duty a couple weeks back. I'm looking forward to returning to Far Cry 2; its concept as an open world first person shooter is definitely intriguing.

Now Playing - Fat Princess (PS3)
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Dee Yun: (contact-deleteme[at]-deleteme-direman [dot] com) 2009-08-10 07:51:30

Diplomacy IV - Fall 1903

Play the home version by following these forum threads! The adjudicator is also running a side game of wagering for spectators.

The image below depict the latest states of the board. A larger version is available for viewing by clicking on it.

Adjudicator Steve W.'s poetic analysis:

Austria
The Archduke flailed A trap, vise-like, closed quickly No red on the map.

England
Valiant resistance Franks hit hard, Huns sneak in rear Hope from southeast lands?

France
Strong fleet and army Stagnant too long, Bear and Pope Usurp rightful place.

Germany
Triumphant Germans Wave from Scotland, see forces Mass near Munich ... oops.

Italy
The Med is now green Tendrils reach Central Europe Can they outrace Bears?

Russia
Russians cheer and roar White from Oslo to Ankara Is crown within reach?

Turkey
Tactical mastery Will play second fiddle to Backstabbing mastery.