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Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to an official Asheron's Call forum post mentioning that "Turbine has notified eBay to remove auction listings for the sale of Asheron's Call accounts/characters and in-game housing." This move, similar to Sony's ban on EverQuest item selling on eBay which debuted back in 2001, comes after Turbine's purchasing of Asheron's Call back from Microsoft, and it's explained: "Many housing auctions are run by brokers who deprive players from being able to acquire housing through legitimate in-game means; many account sales end up being recalled by the original player, causing grief to the buyer and creating a difficult situation for customer service."

According to Gamespot, Lucasarts have announced Armed And Dangerous, an action game "with a twist of humor" for PC and Xbox. This is particularly notable because it's the new title from Planet Moon Studios, who were responsible for the excellent MDK while at Shiny, and went on to produce the interesting and cultish Giants: Citizen Kabuto for Interplay. Looks like this new title will turn up the quirkiness meter up significantly, too.

kennon42 writes: "Lord British says he is reuniting his old Origin team. Will they rise again to dominate the industry? Lord British owns the moon!" Self-declared "Industry Elder" Richard Garriott may have been less visible for a little while, but if anything it sounds like he's gotten more ambitious as he plans his next venture. Funny, free-wheeling interview -- I only wish it had been a little longer, and addressed games for Open Source OSes, too. And yes, he's claiming the moon.