The New York Times is running an article discussing Valve’s business and development model, as well as a more interesting aspect – EA’s attempts at buying Valve.
Free to Play
PC Gamer Takes a Look at Salem
PC Gamer has posted a brief preview of Salem, an upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) roleplaying gaming set in New England in the 1600s. It’s billed as a “Free to Play” open-world or “sandbox” style MMORPG, which happens to be my favorite kind, and it runs on Macs, PCs, and Linux (no idea of browser-based or native).