Oct 16, 2007
Wikia, Where It’s At
It’s amazing what you can find on the Internet — and I just stumbled upon a goldmine of information that is hosted by Wikia, a hosted wiki service started by Jimmy Wales, most famous for, of course, Wikipedia, the wiki of all wikis. Just some gems I found.
- Wookiepedia — everything (and more) you wanted to know about Star Wars. Everything.
- The Matrix Wiki — I don’t know anyone who didn’t like The Matrix trilogy, and all the fun facts are here.
- Lord of the Rings Encyclopedia — the books, the movies, the video games, and the whole world J.R.R. Tolkein dreamed up.
- Micropedia — the use of that big Microsoft logo can’t be legal…
- Pokémon Encyclopedia — if you’re still an 8 year old in the 1990’s.
- WoWWiki — I draw the line at playing this, but many of my friends are consumed by this game.
- Grand Theft Auto — mounds of information about the game that defines good family fun!
- Half-Life — I just found out about some Half-Life games I didn’t knew existed. Whoa.
- RuneScape Wiki — there’s always more to learn about this classic game.
- StarCraft Wiki — nothing beats StarCraft. Well, except for maybe StarCraft II.
Best part? All of this information is from users — I know the “wiki” concept might be a bit old and all, but it’s still hard not to be awed by the whole Wikia universe. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to kill time the best way I know how to1.
8 Comments, Comment or Ping
Chris Meller
You left out the best one! Memory Alpha - the ultimate Star Trek database. I remember it back in the days when it was a collection of straight HTML pages hosted on (gasp) AOL member pages. It’s absolutely amazing to see such progress, thanks to the wiki concept.
Oh, and who needs more Half Life games? Ever since Day of Defeat came out, there has been no room for further progress…
Oct 17th, 2007
Robin
Whoa… static HTML pages on AOL member hosting? No. Way. Blast from the past.
Uh… I do! Counter-Strike is the king, but TF2 and DoD: Source are pretty cool. Not to mention Half-Life 2. CS:S just kinda sucks.
Oct 17th, 2007
Chris Meller
Bahhh! I haven’t played TF2 yet, but the original DoD is where it’s at. Best all around game ever…
Oct 17th, 2007
Robin
Really? The original DoD kinda sucked, at least in my opinion. DoD:S has nice graphics though.
Oct 17th, 2007
Chris Meller
Bahhh, they totally butchered all the maps in source. The graphics in the original were typical of the era, but game play itself was amazing.
Oct 17th, 2007
Robin
Interesting… but then again I never really liked WWII shooters. And to be honest I hate ancient weapons — give me an M4 in CS any day :).
Oct 17th, 2007
Chris Meller
I think the main reason I don’t enjoy CS more is that I suck… 30 seconds into the match, I die and have to watch everyone else run around having fun until the next one starts. Blah!
Oct 17th, 2007
Robin
Yeah, everyone I talk to says it’s more a game of reflexes than aiming and strategy. I usually keep a 1:1 or 1.5:1 ratio. Depends on who I’m playing, though, of course.
Whenever I played DoD I always got shot from places I didn’t know existed… and DoD was laggy on my computer and CS was fine, which was kind of weird. But that computer was a piece of crap.
Oct 17th, 2007
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