DISQUS

@gostyloi: Thanks for the compliments and you're welcome.

@Daniel: I'm sure there are lots of similar elements amongst a range of space strategy games out there. No plans on making this commercial so its probably not going to be an issue :)

Robert, this post is why I continue to subscribe to your feeds. I skip past the inane links to dumb M$ products (hmmm... Tablet? Um, right... hmmm... Oragami? Um, right....) and the buzzword bingo (hmmm... web 2.0? Um, right... Meme trackers? Um, right).

I come here to watch a man publicly flog himself in the service of a giant corporation that may once have been evil but is now just a big large mediocre beast. It amuses me how this creature has consumed so much talent to spew out so much sub-standard technology.

This amusement was fun to witness in the age of fury against its illegal monopolistic practices and when its inferior products would cause rage in offices across the land. It was mildy entertaining watching the Slashdot crowd rage in impotence. But ultimately it was writing itself into irrelevance. It was rich and lumbering and would be a feature of the landscape for years to come but it was forgottable. It just wasn't entertaining and frankly I had almost forgotten it existed.

Then came Robert Scoble: Microsoft Martyr. "Woe is me! My poor misrepresented comrades! The lying internets and scumbag journalists who don't give us a chance!"

For this service to comedy I thank you Robert. More posts like this please and if possible become ever slightly more shrill, have a few more blogging breaks to return vitalised, minimise the fluff of links to buzzwords / shit products and proceed directly to lengthy sermons of masochism.

I do so enjoy those.

Sincerely,

Your biggest fan.