Microsoft FUD and Games/Activision Antitrust
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Royal ransomware spreads to Linux and VMware ESXi [Ed: Microsoft propaganda farm trying to tie "ransomware" to Linux, even though it typically targets and exploits Windows]
A new Linux version of Royal ransomware is targeting VMware ESXi virtual machines. Learn more about this security threat and how to protect from it.
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A treasury of Zork maps
That, as far as I know, concludes our tour of artistic Zork maps.
There are of course countless line-and-box maps to be found in adventure game cheat files and hint books. (Kim Schuette's Book of Adventure Games, 1984, is dear to my heart.) I'm not going to try to catalog those.
I am also omitting large-scale maps of Quendor. Infocom and Activision drew several of these as the Zork universe expanded, trying to put the various games into context. However, these have little connection to original Zork, beyond maybe showing "Frigid River" as a squiggly line. So I don't find them very interesting.
If I've missed any maps, please let me know!
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The Microsoft Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard Gets Major UK Pushback
Over a year ago, as the world was still largely reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, we wrote about the trend beginning to form for consolidation in the video game industry. Industry consolidation is very typical in times of economic strife and it appears the video game industry is not immune to it. We heard about several studio and publisher acquisitions, not the least of which was Microsoft’s announced acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68 billion. Almost immediately after that announcement was made, the public began making noise about what this would mean for several game franchises if they went exclusive to Xbox/PC, especially Call of Duty.