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Annoying Headline of the Day

April 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Neverwinter Nights developer shuts

If that headline popped up in your news reader, you could be a little confused since you would have heard the wailing of a million voices if Bioware disappeared. After all, almost no one remembers or thinks about the 1980s Neverwinter Nights game (a proto-MMO) that the now closed Stormfront co-developed with AOL, SSI and TSR.

Why not make a more recent and relevant reference, like their work on Eragon?

Tags: Industry · Media

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Darius K. // Apr 2, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    To be fair, most of the gaming media used their LOTR: Two Towers game as an identifying title.

  • 2 Andrew // Apr 2, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    I actually bought the original NWN back on AOL, but never managed to actually play it.

  • 3 Tim McDonald // Apr 2, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Probably deliberate. Misleading (but not untruthful) headlines make for more readers!

  • 4 steve // Apr 4, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Gotta get those Digg clicks, and what better than a headline like this? (It also works for people using RSS feeds.)

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