ashNOLOGY

A communication professor in Stanford took the "Token" way of virtual life in World of Warcraft and incorporated it into the work's email system, the reason for this to reduce mailbox overload, and get the important messages noticed/read quicker. IBM tested his theory, and it worked =) Here is the full article from Wired: The Game of Life .

Being a Simulation & Digital Entertainment (SDE) graduate from the University of Baltimore , its natural that information about video game technologies grab my attention. Also the fact that I totally love my PSP, helps me find things like these: A mouse mod for the PSP . Patapon 2: UMD-less official release for the PSP . Another site I've been checking out a lot lately is the Games section of ScifiWire.com. I'm a fan of the channel and follow many of their programs,so for them to actually have a such a cool site, with a section dedicated to gaming entertainment just makes them even more awesome =) I hope you've enjoyed my quick post for today, I'll check you all later. Have a great week. -Ash

I just wanted to bring 2 things to the attention of my fellow Game peeps: #1- Apparently the rumors about a new PSP are not entirely rumors, there has been talk about a UMD-less PSP device coming up towards the end of this year (2009), I must say it does look pretty cool =). Here is the article . #2- I have stumbled upon a cool show called WCG: Ultimate Gamer , 12 hard core gamers go head to head each week, not only playing the video games, but actually "living" them. Each week 1 player gets eliminated, until only 1 Ultimate Gamer reigns. The show is put together really well, and thanks to HuLu I've been catching up =) Take care peeps =) -Ash

I was reading a very intriguing article on Yahoo, it started off talking about AT&T selling netbooks for $50, with a 2 year contract. Then slid into talking about Sprint, and how it is the wireless carrier for Amazon's Kindle. But what grabbed my attention was the article claimed that Verizon said it has been approached by companies looking to use their network for wireless eReaders. This is going to be fun =). I personally own a Sony eReader, and I love it. I'm really hoping that with all this uprising of eReaders, that Sony would decide to be more aggressive with marketing their product as heavily as Amazon. Come on Sony, you can do it, =) Here is the actual article .

I came across an article on FidGit.com , that a developer at Bethesda named Brett Douville, wants to make games easier. Genius. =)

Your favorite blood thirsty Kratos is back with a vengeance. Sony has announced that God of War III is coming out for the PS3, thanks to SciFi Wire . My new favorite site is Fidgit.Com (for games), its associated with my favorite channel, The Sci-Fi Channel , which also brings us Dvice.com (for gadgets) & of course SciFi Wire. Make sure to check them out when you a chance =). Have a good day =) -Ash