Ripper jumps into the epic crafting MMO Salem, for some first impressions and live commentary! More information on Salem: http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/582/Salem.html Ripper's Channel: http://www.youtube.com/TMRipper
The Salem team has released a new developer diary that details the way crime and punishment will be handled in the permadeath game from Paradox Interactive. The idea is that towns create "authority items" that give clues to the town's ranger when a crime has been committed. These 'scents' allow the town ranger to track the individual perpetrating the crime and lets them deal out the appropriate punishment, usually death. http://www.mmorpg.com http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/salem