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Another Sign of The End Times: a Hello Kitty MORPG
Maybe it was bound to happen. From the web site: “Hello Kitty World will allow thousands of players to live and participate in Hello Kitty’s magical and cute online world. You will be able to roam the streets of Kitty Kingdom, XO Federation, and Melody-land. Enjoy the beautiful landscape and architecture of Puroland or Badtzcity [...]
Full StoryBartle: We’re d00med by n00bs!
In a provocative new paper, Richard Bartle argues that game development is constrained in large part by the need to make games newbie friendly. Does this mean that innovative games like Second Life and A Tale in the Desert will forever going to be boutique games? Can they find a way to become newbie friendly [...]
Full StoryBartle: We’re d00med by n00bs!
In a provocative new paper, Richard Bartle argues that game development is constrained in large part by the need to make games newbie friendly. Does this mean that innovative games like Second Life and A Tale in the Desert will forever going to be boutique games? Can they find a way to become newbie friendly [...]
Full StoryExploring Online Conflict Resolution
In an historic meeting at the State of Play, a group of game developers, lawyers, and conflict mediators met to discuss strategies for conflict resolution online. The headline idea emerging from the meeting was the thought that rather than impose uniform conflict resolution strategies in a top down manner, it might be more useful for [...]
Full StoryFree Speech for Avatars! And…like…Now!
Ludlow blasts Stratics. In a Session at The State of Play entitled Avatar Rights, Virtual Liberty, and Free Expression in Virtual Worlds, Peter Ludlow blasted the organized censorship policies of Stratics, while Fred Schauer of Harvard University suggested that the possibilities for free expression in virtual worlds should be used to explore alternative models of [...]
Full StoryThe burning question at SoP II: Is anyone listening?
by Pat the Rat While I’m not much on talks, I took time out on my drama reporting to sit through a couple at the recent State of Play. What did I learn? Well, in the land of laptops, and with a conference sponsored wireless network, the speakers didn’t have a prayer. As always, the [...]
Full StoryStreaming Waggie, Teppie, and Uri
Whew, a week in detox has *almost* helped me to recover from my night with the gamedevs, and I can (belatedly) get back to blogging The State of Play. These posts will dribble out as I have time. First thing you might want to check out (if you haven’t already) is the streamcast of the [...]
Full StoryThe State of Debauchery: Herald Paparazzi Camp the Lindens
photos by Pat the Rat Well, they don’t call it the State of *Play* for nothing! Pat the Rat camped the Linden’s on their after-conference prowling on the Mean Streets of Manhattan, and may I just say: Move over Hollywood bad boys, cuz no one thows down like (or outmacks) a game dev! Read on [...]
Full StoryOctober Census of Dragon’s Cove vs. Alphaville
By: Father Callahan In this census, I calculated the top 10 houses of each category. I will also show the results of this months Alphaville census, so you can draw your own conclusions. Some interesting trends that I noticed were, most categories in Alphaville had half the number of hours than Dragon’s Cove. However, Alphaville [...]
Full StoryPat the Rat Rats the State of Play
We turned Pat the Rat loose on The State of Play with his/her camera. The candid shots follow. What, you wanted content? Go to Terra Nova. We’re all about the eye candy!
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