The Daily Recap
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Criminal profiling is coming to a MMOG near you With an uprising of terrorists and other criminals playing MMOGs like Hello Kitty the U.S. Government believes it is essential that Gnomeland Security monitors online behavior in virtual worlds. Humor aside, I'm not making this up ... |
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Second Life's Tribute Island The British obituary, death notices, tribute and celebrity deaths website, Lasting Tribute has created an island in Second Life in conjunction with Nick Hewitt of Associated Northcliffe Digital ... |
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GDC08: Raph Koster's 'Reinventing MMOs, a Metaplace 'antemortem” Raph Koster, president of Areae, and Sean Riley, Lead Programmer, held a panel the final day of GDC '08 called 'Reinventing MMOs: a Metaplace 'antemortem” which was all about dissecting why the concept of MMOs needs updating. |
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MMOGology: Build your own adventure I hope all of you got to check out Elizabeth Harper's great preview of the upcoming LEGO Universe MMOG by NetDevil. I'm personally a huge fan of LEGO and proudly admit to playing with those little, plastic blocks well beyond the recommended age rating. |
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Peering Inside: Second Life's driving principle There are a lot of competing interests in Second Life — users, businesses of various sorts, marketing and image companies. There's a lot going on.Ultimately, if you had to sum up the driving principle behind Second Life in a word, it would have to be continuation (or longevity, if you prefer). |