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Leave it to the Skill Sets to piss me off after a great weekend. With J-Man back as Warlord and his willingness to toss some of his weight around with Omar,  J-Man agrees with Mets fans that the team needs to leave it’s pussyifed ways behind them, along with thoughts of Manny, Pierzyniski, Peavey

One thing that may people say will build you lots of social capital is specialization, being extraordinarily good at one thing. I think that there is some truth to that statement, however I think what will build you even more social capital is by diversifying your talents.

Fighting - a matter of life and death Combat system of Runes of Magic in detailed dev journal and in-game video   The combat system of Runes of Magic relies equally on the advancement of fighting skills and good equipment. The quality of weapons and armor has an impact on attack as well as defense, but the proper use of the characters skill set is just as important.

As we get ourselves ready for the big three game series with the Cheesesteakers let’s take a look at some of the Mets news of the day:   John Harper has become the P.R. agent for Warlord Jerry as he has for the second day in row wrote a story giving us the feel that Randolph was out of touch with his players and didn’t know what buttons to push to motivate his team.

Do you remember in the old days when someone won gold in the Olympics; they maybe made the cover of a cereal box or got a television commercial?  These days, with all of the open access to micro media (social networking)…a savy person, or someone with the bucks to hire a  skilled publicist, has the whole world at their feet if they so choose.

Sony boss “can’t remember the last time” he hired from a games degree August 25th, 2008 @ 21:04 Jamie MacDonald, VP of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Europe, has told the Daily Mail that UK games degree courses aren’t his primary source for staffer.

How do we go about getting better at what we do, then? The last installment of Creative Seeds was all about being flexible and acknowledging that creative ability can (and should) be endlessly improved.

My colleague John Sutherland (who amongst other things founded the first games industry specific degrees while at a former employer) has started a new blog, Akademos Gamer. In his opening post he considers the relationship between universities and employers (specifically in relation to the games industry).

If using a Web-based content management system is difficult, try putting together a print edition in an old version of Quark and then come back and tell me how hard it is to push the Publish button. If editing video takes too long, then go back to developing your own prints in the darkroom.

Im really excited about the possibility of Jean-Paul running his course in Scotland and I want to make sure we dont miss out on this fantastic opportunity. Jean-Paul runs the successful Nothin But .NET set of training courses, travelling the world and helping teams realize success through the adoption and application of agile practices.