And Lo, The Fourth Seal Was Broken
In response to the continuing crisis involving community relations:
Sanya: That’s it, I’m starting a website.
Hey, look, a new blog!
Scott Jennings
The Character Customization: Uncanny
Granado Espada shows us their new “Mandarin Pop Star” class
I move they be called the “Worlds That Fly” awards
Two relentless self-promoters manage to get an entire CNN.com story.
The academy will accept nominations on its Web site for categories like “Best Virtual World,” “Best Virtual Fashion Designer” and “Most Dynamic Virtual Economy.”
The winners will be announced in February and will receive virtual statues at “live” ceremonies
Community Relations Is Hard
For those following the Tseric saga, he was apparently let go/resigned this week.
For those not following the Tseric saga:
Tseric was a forum moderator/community person for World of Warcraft. His main job involved gathering feedback from players on the official forums. There are words for jobs like
Many Dramatic Arm Gestures Were Used In The Making Of This Interview
Michael Zenke interviews the always quotable Paul Barnett of Warhammer Online.
EA basically means that we have a ton of money. And we have more resources than we did before. So when Mythic was making it alone, it effectively had a reservoir of cash, and it had a sort of
Sigil gone?
Rumor mill goes into overdrive.
As someone who’s been through rounds of layoffs: if that happened, it’s pretty crappy.
As Damion commented in the F13 thread, closing the company down to liquidate outstanding debts and then sending offer letters to the employees left standing is a fairly standard
Remember: These Folks Are Professionals At Industry Analysis
BusinessWeek reports breathlessly that Second Life may have some new competition: get this – people are playing online games not called Second Life! I know, I don’t believe it either. But it’s true!
Suddenly it looks as if Second Life, that 3D virtual world that last year became a