Original Archive Date: August 2004
 Monday Morning Developer - Farewell to Summer
Posted Monday, August 30, 2004 by Mr. GBob
The year is 1986. Bill Buckner, a first baseman for the Red Sox, is complaining of a leg injury. He is not sure if he is ready to play in the World Series, but his coach assures him that it will be just fine. The Red Sox dominate the series, putting them in reach of their first championship since trading away Babe Ruth. In the tenth inning, the Red Sox have only to put away one batter. Mookie Wilson steps up to the plate and pelts a line drive toward Bill Buckner. He just has to make the catch and tag the base. The ball rolls through his legs, and the curse of the Bambino continues. “If only…” sighed the Monday Morning Quarterbacks out there. “If only”. Let us raise a toast to the Monday Morning Quarterbacks out there who know better than to play a lame 1st baseman in the World Series. In that tradition, let us dive into another week of the Monday Morning Developer, where we remind developers out there to pull that Buckner fellow.
In this episode we cover sex, activities that keep you from getting sex, more sex and some gaming news if I can find the time. Oh yeah, and poker.
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 New Game, Same Old Shit
Posted Sunday, August 29, 2004 by Mr. Crick
Let's have a look at some of the recent changes in Eve Online.
For a long time, the ability to change your character's portrait has been promised, allowing the display of implants, and you'd be able to add and remove accessories, change hairstyles and such while in game. You might think that such a thing doesn’t sound too unreasonable. Well, CCP backed down quite dramatically from this with the announcement that they were now charging $40 for this, and they’re requiring a credit card to pay for it – so abusing is now credit card fraud...
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Monday Morning Developer - On a Monday Even!
Posted Monday, August 23, 2004 by Mr. GBob
The year is 1943. The nation faces a critical shortage of aluminum, placing the future of military aircraft in jeaprody. The military needs a large aircraft to transport goods. Only aluminum is light enough to make it work. One man thinks different. His name is Howard Hughes, and he’s going to build the worlds largest aircraft out of wood. Hughes laughs at the critics who say that it would be too expensive and would never fly. Despite budget overruns and delays, the plane is eventually built. It’s called the Spruce Goose and it will only make one flight. The making of plane would drive Hughes insane, leaving him a crazy old man holed up in a hotel overlooking Vegas. Beware those who would fail to listen to the Monday Morning Quarterbacks out there. Too keep game developers from having to wear Kleenex boxes for shoes, we present the Monday Morning Developer.
In this edition we talk sheep, Stratics and modems for the NES.
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 Starforce Speaks
Posted Thursday, August 19, 2004 by Mr. Rasputin
SavageX made me aware of this interview by Firing Squad. Within, they have an in-depth conversation with StarForce, creators of insidious copy protection utilities.
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MMD: Revenge of the Snarky Sith
Posted Wednesday, August 18, 2004 by Mr. GBob
MMD Returns
After weeks of travel the Monday Morning Developer returns. The Monday Morning Developer! Who is this tanned stranger, making snarky comments on the state of the game industry? Who does he think he is with his pointless advice, and unreadable meanderings? The Monday Morning Developer is a tribute to all those Monday Morning Quarterbacks out there, who find it easier to bitch than to create. For everyone who ever had a loudmouthed opinion, the Monday Morning Developer stands ready to fight for your right to say it no matter how inane it might be. Let’s begin!
In this edition we have chaos at Strategy First, a sneak peak at a new sports title, speculation on a new Madden franchise and finally, the Monday Morning Developer looks at what game is the best buy for you Monday Morning Quarterbacks out there. ---
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Jiffy vs. The Man
Posted Thursday, August 5, 2004 by Mr. Rasputin
Poor Jiffy. Dude has some serious problems with NCSoft and CoH...seems they're going to lock him out of his account because they duplicated his CD key. With that said, I pass it off to Jiff to tell his tale... ---
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