Comments on: Korea may regulate user-created content

By: Mobile Avenue: Virtual world governance « Identity Unknown

Mobile Avenue: Virtual world governance « Identity Unknown — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:02:32 +0000

[...] family values watchdog groups in France and proposed regulation of user-created content in Korea are but a sample of external governance stories making headlines [...]

By: Don't say CRUD say FUC'D.

Don't say CRUD say FUC'D. — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:39:44 +0000

[...] Korea may regulate user-created content May 17 [...]

By: Massive Update: Weekly MMO News news from 1UP.com

Massive Update: Weekly MMO News news from 1UP.com — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:00:21 +0000

[...] spaces, as a spinoff from Linden Labs’ decency announcement. As a follow-up, Koster notes that South Korea may end up regulating content created by users for online worlds. MMOQuests – So You Want To Be A Raider. A practical [...]

By: Mobil Avenue » Blog Archive » Virtual World Governance

Mobil Avenue » Blog Archive » Virtual World Governance — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:54:52 +0000

[...] family values watchdog groups in France and proposed regulation of user-created content in Korea are but a sample of external governance stories making headlines [...]

By: Virtual Worlds News: Korea Establishing User-Created Content Censorship Rules

Virtual Worlds News: Korea Establishing User-Created Content Censorship Rules — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:36:22 +0000

[...] out Raph Koster’s take for more [...]

By: Tess

Tess — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:15:57 +0000

Ola, I don’t disagree with you at all, but I do think it’s hard to get projects like that made. Like, whatever happened to the Africa MMO? They just vanished. I guess eGenesis will continue to have virtual Africa all to themselves.

By: tazelbain

tazelbain — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:43:17 +0000

We can’t have nice things.

By: PJMRM

PJMRM — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:00:01 +0000

Raph I am nervous, I want the spread of ideals both Western and Eastern Ideals, but governments (including the US with Homeland security) want to suppress the spread of ideology.

I have a feeling in a few years the internet as we know it will be dead, and that will be a true loss. I’m scared, this is the freest place on this planet and it seems like the governments are coming here to suppress this freedom, I really don’t want to lose this.

What can we do? If you know even…

By: Ola Fosheim Grøstad

Ola Fosheim Grøstad — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:02:24 +0000

Tess, maybe that boutique title would attract non-gamers who want to not only waste time, but learn something while being entertained. I’m not suggesting something authentic, but yes, maybe a game set in the Rocky Mountains playing on indian lore would attract a new and somewhat more sophisticated audience.

By: Tess

Tess — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:34:29 +0000

Ola, around 93% of folks in the USA don’t have a “local heritage” that goes back more than a few generations. We are the descendants of vikings, too… as well as everything from conquistadors, knights, cataphracts, hoplites, and keshik to prophets, griots, gypsies, and pochteca.

I think one could certainly make a very interesting and original MMO set somewhere in the pre-Columbian Americas, but it would unfortunately probably be a boutique title. Most folks just aren’t familiar with the lore.