Archive for 'News from Metaplace'
Metaplace Worlds Now Embed Into Any Web Page
1.) build a world 2.) add it to your web site 3.) profit? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk If the name of the game in MMOs is to grow the user population in preparation for an eventual IPO, Metaplacetook a significant step forward this week by allowing Metaplace spaces tobe inserted into players' web [...]
Full StoryMetaplace Founder Raph Koster Chats Up Linden Lab Co-Founder Cory Ondrejka
The hairy edge of augmented reality colliding with virtual worlds by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk At a much anticipated game god gabfest yesterday, Raph Koster and Cory Ondrejka neatly avoided the controversy over Metaplace male's second-class sit animations – possibly the most vital issue facing the metaverse today – by standing throughout the event. [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Co-Founder Cory Ondrejka to Visit Metaplace
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Cory's Second Life profile After parting company with Linden Lab last year, Cory Linden Ondrejka joined EMI, where he seems to be doing well – and was recently promoted to senior vice president for digital strategy. Given Cory's credentials as a co-founder of Linden Lab and creator of [...]
Full StoryMetaPRIDE Celebration – June 22
by Idorua Wellman, staff writer MetaPRIDE is a day-long Metaplace celebration of the diversity (racial, cultural,demographical, gender, and sexual orientation) featuring a variety of performers and speakers all day Monday June 22. Theevent will take place in the north area of Metaplace Central (the event area), the Lotus Club, Chooseareality's Metaequality Center, and the Alphaville [...]
Full StoryTransworld Omnigendered in Metaplace
Will avatar poses lead to matriarchal society? It works for hyenas! by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Fiend sits uncomfortably The story of how Fiend Ludwig and I discovered of the transworld omnigendered nature of Metaplace started simply enough. Fiend was in the Herald offices sitting uncomfortably on a couch, leaning slightly forward and rubbing [...]
Full StoryDJ Cuppycake vs Bruce Schneier – Event Showdown Part 2
Dancing to DJ Cuppycake's tunes in an embedded Metaplace world by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Thursday night, after a disappointing Bruce Schneier event in Second Life, I stopped by Metaplace community manager Cuppycake's blog to see how well embedding a Metaplace space into an independent web site would work – and what sort of [...]
Full StoryRichard Bartle in Metaplace — MMOs FTW & WTF
The best way to get into it is to go where it isn't and wait for it to come – Richard Bartle by Idoru Wellman, staff writer [Richard Bartle recently visited Metaplace, and although the most of the Herald staff were unable to attend, one of Urizenus Sklar's contacts provided this transcript. Cuppycake (Metaplace community [...]
Full StoryEvent Review: Richard Bartle Q&A in Metaplace
by Suzie Skybeam Dr. Richard Bartle held an hour and half Q&A session for a packed audience in the MetaGlobe Theatre yesterday, covering diverse MMO-related topics, from government taxation of VW transactions, through "What have current MMO's lost that MUD's had?" to the perennial favorite, "How do you get a job in the gaming industry?" [...]
Full StoryRichard Bartle To Visit Metaplace May 26
by Idoru Wellman, staff writer The celebrities just can't seem to get enough of Metaplace – the Herald's off the hook party last friday night was just the beginning. MMO pioneer, game guru, and virtual world designer Richard Bartle will be paying a visit to Metaplace Central Tuesday May 26 at 12 noon PDT. If [...]
Full StoryLive Bitstream Boogie Blues in Metaplace
Herald hosts real-time alternative blues show tonight by Pixeleen Mistral, Arts and Entertainment desk Internet-mediated blues musicians Komuso Tokugawa (Tokyo), Hathead Rickenbacker (Toronto), and Noma Falta (Atlanta) are scheduled to make a special live appearance at the Alphaville Herald’s Metaplace newsroom makeover party tonight May 22 at 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT. a recent Bitstream [...]
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