It’s probably a complete coincidence that LulzSec targeted a game whose name abbreviates to LoL, but that doesn’t stop the fact that players have complained all day about being unable to log in to the game’s authentication servers and start playing. As of this writing, the League of Legends status page says the game servers are up and available to play, but the game’s forums are littered with posts and complaints from users who can’t log in.
LulzSec already noted on their Twitter account that they managed to bring the League of Legends authentication servers down, and commented on how amusing it is that so many players are so angry they can’t log in to the game.
This is the third time today LulzSec has managed to bring a major game to its knees, and the fourth time this week. Earlier tod

As expected, Google has begun the Internet-wide roll-out of its new +1 Button, a social sharing feature that rivals Facebook‘s “Like” button. The +1 Button is now available for all web publishers who wish to put the button on their website. And a number of news organizations, online retailers and other popular websites are already on board.
Three days before the movie came out, I got invited to a screening by my good friend Erik Bauer, who was my editor at Creative Screenwriting magazine.