VWs go to Washington

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Nov 192008
 

As several game news sites are reporting, having connected the dots, virtual worlds are starting a new level of integration with Washington — with the naming of Susan Crawford and Kevin Werbach to lead Obama’s FCC transition team, there are now two knowledgeable denizens of the virtual world helping set some policy.

I first met Kevin at a social policy conference that was themed in part around virtual worlds; I first met Susan at State of Play, the wonderful legal conferences around VW issues. Both are associated with Terra Nova. Kevin is also a Tauren Shaman & a Night Elf Rogue, and Susan is a Second Lifer, plus she has me on her blogroll (hey now…!).

What will this mean for VWs and MMOs? Nothing right now, I am sure — net neutrality is sure to be a bigger issue. But it’s sure not going to hurt to have people who know the field in the governmental mix.

  3 Responses to “VWs go to Washington”

  1. Arrakiv says:
    November 19, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    I just popped an article up about this as well. Net Neutrality advocates? Interest in VWs? It is like I’ve died and gone to some geeky heaven, governmentally. 🙂

  2. Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Obama Staffs Up with Second Life Resident and Warcraft Elf says:
    November 20, 2008 at 5:14 am

    […] kind of. According to Raph, Susan Crawford and Kevin Werbach are no strangers to virtual […]

  3. Kevin Werbach says:
    November 23, 2008 at 6:26 am

    Raph-

    Thanks for the kind words.

    The nelf was a youthful indiscretion. I’ve played the shammy exclusively for the past two years. Resto ftw.

    Best,

    -k-

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