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Remember people putting “cyber” in front of everything? Remember articles defining what an “emoticon” was?
Suddenly… VERY suddenly… everything changed. That network not only became mainstream, it also fundamentally changed the lives of a lot of people. The isolated had company. The uneducated gained knowledge. The dreamers touched their dreams.
The Internet really means something to […]
Prokofy Neva was recently banned from Terra Nova. Why?
Dan Hunter says:
Prok and Csven are banned. I’m tired of both of them.
Posted Jun 24, 2007 4:16:53 PM | link
If you’re trying to work out what the new policy is, here’s your guide: don’t make Dan Hunter tired or you’re banned. I’m pretty sure they’ve already banned turkey […]
There are times where I’m dazzled by all that is glorious and wonderful about the Internet, social networks, virtual worlds and the coming of the Metaverse. There are other times, however, where the world seems like it exists for morons only.
These are the dark times. The times of Bush and FOX News, of Windows Vista […]
On my way home there’s this tunnel I pass through. It periodically fills with graffiti and then gets wiped clean. The really good graffiti doesn’t appear here. The good stuff ends up on a wall between two lanes of the highway that few but the most stalwart urban explorers ever see. The tunnel kind of […]
There are about a billion or so conferences about virtual worlds these days. The one running right now in San Francisco is the Supernova conference, and one of the first panels involves Raph Koster, Reuben Steiger and Clay Shirky. Ok, a games guru, a content provider CEO, and a professor from NYU. Sounds good. What’s […]
I have a love/hate relationship wth Terra Nova. In case you’re not familiar, it’s a blog that attempts to ask the big academic questions about MMOs and gaming in general. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but can be worth a read if you’re in the mood. A wide variety of people post there, some total […]
A few days ago Raph Koster posted this graph and its been buzzing around in my mind ever since:
WoW population curves
The phenomena, in a nutshell, is a consistent slope in the peak and fall of any given game’s population no matter what. The success with World Of Warcraft, shown in the graph above, is the result […]
I’m reading Gwyneth Lewellen’s latest post at the moment and have frozen at a point about 3/4 of the way down. Up to this point it’s been insightful, clever, and an interesting read. It may be a little myopic, as Gwyn has always been an unashamed head-over-heels fan of Linden Lab, but it’s good stuff.
But […]
Onder Skall.
I’ve been living under that name for awhile now. I’ve made friends with that name, had fun with it, met some of the most incredible creatives on the planet, and built a bit of a writing career with it as well.
Deciding to call myself “Caleb Booker” now, after all this time, isn’t an easy […]
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