Scott Jennings

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Richard Bartle, to be specific. If you could take over control of one major MMORPG – which would you choose and what would you do with it? I’d take over World of Warcraft and I’d close it. I just want better virtual worlds. Sacrificing one of the best so

Interesting take by the SF Chronicle on problems facing Asian MMO producers entering the US market, with an emphasis on the re-release/morphing of Granado Espada to Sword of the New World. “With all due respect, E3 is a gathering for the old school videogame industry,” he says. “It’s

Someone forwarded me this list of OMG MMO NIRVANA feature sets. While this entire list can be succinctly summarized as “Stuff hardcore players say they want in theory, and no one really does in practice”, I thought it’d be an interesting thought experiment to run through each one and

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Recently, I’ve been spending more time in the media’s favorite metaverse, Second Life. What follows are some random observations. Take from them as you will. First, and most obvious, Second Life is wackily broken. *Wackily*. It’s straining under the load of its own success, and buckling. Often