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Scott Jennings

To Serve, Protect, and Respond To IMs

As seen on mmodig, the Vancouver PD apparently has nothing to do. The Vancouver police officers involved in the recruitment on Second Life have their own avatars, or Second Life persona, dressed in a specially designed VPD uniform, badge, belt and radio. They’re also trained in the other-world customs

As The RMT Turns

It must be a fairly good month for MMO patches, because all the dramabombs lately are about external sites; most of them this past week centered around Affinity’s purchase of Wowhead. Razorwire posted a couple of days an internal Affinity email that made the rounds of blog samizdat: namely,

This. Isn’t. Sparter.

The collective Slashdot hivemind shoots some questions at Sparter, one of the newer RMT players. I’m concerned that this platform is devoted to promoting activity that the largest game (WoW) explicitly forbids. How do you plan to handle the fact that the entire premise of your site is one

Affinity/Wowhead Interview

The often irritating Mike Schramm of WoWInsider has an interview up with the leads of Affinity and Wowhead regarding the latter’s recent purchase by the former. WI: But how long have Affinity and IGE been different businesses? JM: Springtime. Since the spring. WI: A few months ago? JM: I

Why Voice Chat In MMOs Could Pose CS Issues

Some things may be a problem.

Backlash To Backlash

Mike Sellers on Terra Nova picks up on the latest in a long series of “Hey, Second Life may not actually be the Second Coming” news stories. The Forbes story itself is pedestrian (and membership firewalled — oh, hi), and Wagner James Au already picks the story apart with points both

Yarr, Elves Off The Starboard Bow

Pirates of the Burning Sea to be published by SOE From the FAQ: I hate SOE and I will never play your game. That’s okay. I’m sure there will be people who play our game and then hate it anyway.