Comments on: A quick roundup of interesting articles http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: External Newshttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-121961 External News Wed, 02 May 2007 10:01:58 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/#comment-121961 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] A quick roundup of interesting articles [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

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]]> By: mikehttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-121955 mike Wed, 02 May 2007 00:51:17 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/#comment-121955 It's probably more accurate to call Gaia a forum with a VW attached; as I recall, in the early days it was basically just a forum with avatars you could dress up--each post is a word balloon coming out of your dude--and by posting you earned gold bbs-style which you could spend on more clothes. (even if your point still holds: forums, being low-intensity and asynchronous, have the potential to suck up more user hours. it's certainly possible to alt-tab out of a game to argue in its forums.) It’s probably more accurate to call Gaia a forum with a VW attached; as I recall, in the early days it was basically just a forum with avatars you could dress up–each post is a word balloon coming out of your dude–and by posting you earned gold bbs-style which you could spend on more clothes.

(even if your point still holds: forums, being low-intensity and asynchronous, have the potential to suck up more user hours. it’s certainly possible to alt-tab out of a game to argue in its forums.)

]]> By: Raphhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-121953 Raph Wed, 02 May 2007 00:23:24 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/#comment-121953 Ah, nice. Ah, nice.

]]> By: csvenhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/comment-page-1/#comment-121952 csven Tue, 01 May 2007 23:26:26 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/05/01/a-quick-roundup-of-interesting-articles/#comment-121952 "<em>No word on how you handle toroidal topologies, or more complex surfaces.</em>" Actually, there is word. Additional base prims will be supported in "rev 2", and a prim "plane" will apparently be introduced as well. Of course, let's get to "rev 1" first. “No word on how you handle toroidal topologies, or more complex surfaces.”

Actually, there is word. Additional base prims will be supported in “rev 2″, and a prim “plane” will apparently be introduced as well. Of course, let’s get to “rev 1″ first.

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