Cory Ondrejka of Linden Lab has bet Dmitri Williams 25 cents that Second Life will have more users than WoW two years from now.
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WoW or SL?
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Mar 282006
Making Steven Cry
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Mar 282006
This PDF of a presentation by Janet Murray is wide-ranging and challenges many basic notions about games and story, especially the whole “a game that makes you cry” meme.
I’d say more, but it’s lunchtime and I am starving. 🙂
CGW interview
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Mar 282006
The April 2006 issue of Computer Gaming World has a 2 page interview with yours truly. Some excerpts:
Both MMOs you’ve been involved with — Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies — earned CGW‘s Coaster of the Year award. Do you have anything to say about that?
I tend to think that part of the reason for the snubs is that people were let down when all our big dreams didn’t pan out. But the disappointment wouldn’t have been there if we weren’t dreaming big together in the first place. Many games settle for small dreams, but I am not interested in settling.
My monitor died
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Mar 272006
Very annoying, but hence the lack of postings today. First I had to try different cables, then different computers, then mix ‘n’ match, to confirm that it was indeed the monitor. Whenever it turns on, it shows a picture for about one second, then it goes to a black screen.
Guess I will need to run out and buy a new one first thing in the morning… *grumble*
I’m doing a Future Salon
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Mar 272006
It’ll be here in San Diego, on April 7th, at the Mira Mesa Barnes & Noble at 7pm.
That’s all the details I have right now, except that I’ll be giving a new talk related to the topics in the book.
Which I now need to write. 😛
