Hunter S. Thompson, RIP

‘Gonzo’ Godfather Hunter S. Thompson Kills Himself

Well this is sad news. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas had quite an impact on me back in my younger days. For a while, Thompson was my (anti?)hero, after a fashion. Just his complete disdain for what anyone else thought about him and his writings…I found it….freeing.

Oh well, on the other hand, I can’t see him sitting around, growing old and weak…

Vendetta-Online

I spent the weekend sucked into Vendetta Online, a MM-Space Sim. It falls somewhere between EVE-Online and the classic single player game, Elite. You can sign up for a free trial (8 hours of gameplay) and after that it costs $10/month. There’re clients for Windows, Mac OS X and Linus. I’ve been playing it under Linux and it works flawlessly.

The developers are really active and take player comments seriously. I’m not sure its quite worth $10/month yet, but I may sign up just to help support them, since the game has a lot of potential and I want to see them make it.