I also want to see a peer-to-peer MMORPG. As some kind of experiment, if nothing else, because I’m curious. I think it’s possible; I just can’t figure out how to do it or I’d post my ideas and hope someone picks up on them.

I spend 3-4 hours a week cleaning up our home network from the crap that my kids pick up on peer-to-peer. A peer-to-peer MMORPG would only make the world worse imo. /emote fear & loathing

Hey, some of us are trying to dominate the world quietly here. Now I understand why freedom of the press was taken away. Hmph. Publishing secret plans for the cultural doomsday device. Sheesh. Just tag the secret headquarters on Google Maps, why doncha?

I still want to see an open-source MMORPG. I also want to see a peer-to-peer MMORPG. As some kind of experiment, if nothing else, because I’m curious. I think it’s possible; I just can’t figure out how to do it or I’d post my ideas and hope someone picks up on them.

Web 2.0 principles are the principles of the new world order.

O’me’gosh, google-katamary-philosphy is taking over the world…well at least it is infecting the game industry.

Frank

Same premise Unix used.

Although eventually everything becomes run by committee….

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The phrase “release early, release often” was coined by Linus Torvalds when he released Linux.

“which requires a new business model, such as bundling a dinosaur’s worth of chickens together for $15/month.”

And thats not necessarily a bad thing given a certain demographics penchant for blowing through content…

As long as those chickens include attributes both desirable to the traditional MMOG players as well as the younger generation of Habbo/Runescape I think you have a winner. Because thats the directional bent of Web 2.0 and the long tail. Besides the recurring revenue streams could support a larger effort that ports content across all worlds, is stable and has a kickass UI.

We’re really not going into the chickens or dinosaurs market with GLM/GMM. But I’m interested in what gamers like to see, and we’ll be aggregating these sites into a um…”portal” to direct users to them as well as a few other utilities, weather they go to Blizzard.com, Sony Station, Areae, Gigaom, Joystik, Penny Arcade, Cesspit, F13, Smedly’s blog, Prokofy’s blog, Terra Nova, Digg free flash sites, or Techcrunch is of little concern. What’s of concern is that gamers get directed to quality content, news, features, services and resources they can use.

If people want many chickens or 1 dinosaur at $15 bucks a month so be it, but I’ll have to agree, whatever it is 2D content or 3D VW it shouldnt be crap, consumers deserve better. I’ll certainly avoid it.

Raph both those GDC talks sound interesting I look forward to heckel….er listening quietly from the audiance..I joke I joke!

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