Things I read today that I found interesting and worthy of comment May 22nd:

• On the Anonymity of Home/Work Location Pairs – Interesting. I've often wondered about the privacy ramificationis and liabilities that would entail should a business have their IP geo gathering and tracking data go on walk-about. Regardless of the legal issues, certainly seems that the data could be of use to an attacker. I know I always worry much more about someone taking a personal interest in where I actually live than an interest in my bank account information.
• More Americans Play Video Games Than Go To Movies – Must be a holiday weekend as only game related news seems to be catching my attention. I won't ever admit to how much more time I spend gaming than watching movies at home, let alone in the theater. I believe I've averaged 2 movie theater visits per year over the past 4 years. I did break down and saw Watchmen in IMAX and may go see the new Harry Potter movie, but other than that, everything else will wait till it comes out on DVD. Got to get back to work so I can get an early start WoWing tonight .
• Throwing Out the Rulebook For MMOs – Couple thoughts: 1) Not a lot more articles on WoW than other MMOs cuz WoW players would rather play than wax poetic about the MMO genre. 2) No doubt that a new interface could surface in an MMO, but will THAT be what makes it better? WoW isn't good because of the interface, it's good because it is FUN. They let you change the interface to your hearts content and make it work for you while you are having fun. 3) Who cares about MMOs? I like lots of different typs of games dependent on if they are fun. I've played other MMOs and while the genre is cool and different, it is just a game type, like FPSs or RTSs, which I also like a lot. 4) So because non-game players play WoW and not other games, what is the author's point? WoW has clearly out "funned" the others and captured a player base that elitest "hard-core" MMO players will always mock, but whom MMO producers will chase and till now, unsuccessfully.