Nothing in particular

I figure it’s a more authentic blogging experience if I let my entire audience disappear between blog updates. What can you do.

So, while waiting rabidly for the next democratic primary elections, I started using face book more regularly. Specifically there’s this one game called Knighthood, which is really fascinating. It’s like playing Nobunaga’s ambition but with real people as vassals. I’m really impressed with how it uses a social network as a platform. Its almost the next step for those ancient Bulletin Board based games like trade wars, but with a much larger audience. They’ve got a great viral model, in that you must invite friends in order to get any where. I worry that this fact makes it too much like a pyramid scheme rather than a game. What chance to late arrivals have?

In other news, I think I’m going to check out the Warhammer 40k grand tournament in Los Vegas this year. It looks like a good excuse to drag the wife to Vegas. We’ve been looking to see some of the cirque shows, and also play some more video poker.