Extra Credits (This week--The Singularity)

This is news to me, I didn't know D3 was going to create a real-money marketplace.
It certainly sounds interesting.

I'm not quite as worried as EC is about the effect of something like this on the "fun" of games. As long as the marketplace remains distinct from the main entertainment portion(s) of the game, then people won't feel the need to turn gaming into work.

I have not played DE:HR, does anyone who did think their interpretation is valid?

We got an interesting one this time: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/western-japanese-rpgs-part-1

First, it's a three-part discussion, their longest to-date, and it seems we're going to be delving fairly deep into the reason and rhyme of genre and why we play games.

TransGaming: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/transgaming