Social Networks in Virtual Worlds
Here’s a video of one of Aleks Krotoski‘s presentation entitled “Social Networks in Virtual Worlds” – it was a refreshing find. Aleks doesn’t focus too much on the ‘OMG!’ factor and is very straight to...
View ArticleSouth Korea claims tax on Virtual Goods
Worlds In Motion (which I’ll get back to later) reports that Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) “has begun adding the new tax automatically to all virtual transactions involving real money as of July...
View ArticleWoW dancin’ originals
This is an excellent series of clips with the WoW characters dancing right next to their creator’s inspiration! I really enjoyed it! It’s by animpinabox!
View ArticleNaw – lawsuits can’t happen here because it’s virtual FANTASY world!
This is an odd tv segment. I found it interesting and just really weird (even odder – I was absolutely certain I’d blogged about the case – but apparently not, must be getting confused with my...
View Article"The top tier of Second Life is run by the women"
Excellent Metaverse Territories introduced me to a great blogpost about Second Life from Broken Toys called “Utopia Hidden Underground: Another Look at SL“. All in all it sums up nicely with: “That...
View ArticleState of Play Conference
It was fun! The conference started off with a bang. We got to see Glenn Thomas’ “Ideal World. A Virtual Life Documentary” – which is brilliant (Glenn’s also a super dooper, charming and smart man, by...
View ArticleBack to the Future in Vice City
What better example can you get of converging media culture?! I was tickled, at least.
View ArticleCommunity Guidelines
“Online games are unique. We ask people to stay for thousands of hours. That level of commitment comes with an inescapable emotional attachment. We count on that attachment to stay in business. That...
View ArticleMy women’s day thank you
It’s International Women’s Day again and time to do my annual thank you! Ada Lovelace Day is taking care of my greatfulness for women and technology – so this year I’m going to keep it on a very...
View ArticleShould we be doing more to recruit new players?
Almost ten years ago I was hanging out with some non-game industry friends and we were playing Buzz! – a well known quiz game at the time. I wasn’t working in the games industry yet, but I was well...
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