Single player games watch: Disney
Multiuser, connected environments score another point in the debate, as the Disney game division merges with the Internet division.
Game talk
This is the catch-all category for stuff about games and game design. It easily makes up the vast majority of the site’s content. If you are looking for something specific, I highly recommend looking into the tags used on the site instead. They can narrow down the hunt immensely.
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Zon: Chinese language learning MMO
This is cool: an MMO devoted to language learning via full immersion.
Zon is an unique interactive massively multiplayer online role playing game for learning Mandarin Chinese.
By interacting in the Zon environment you will be exposed to Chinese language and cultural knowledge in a new and exciting way. Everything that you do in the game is another chance to learn new words, phrases and cultural info about China. Never before has learning Chinese been more fun.
Not at all the first time this has been tried, of course; at SOE we supported a few college campuses that were doing full-immersion language learning via EQ2, for example.
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Lila Dreams: a very cool concept
What the heck is Lila Dreams? It’s a massively multiplayer online game where you become a mental entity (called a “memekin”) and live out an adventurous life inside an 11 year-old girl’s psyche.
They also have a blog with interviews and the like; looks like it’s in Flash and will be on Kongregate. Based on the concept art, I’m betting it is a side view game…
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Here we go again: Harrison Says Single-Player Games Are Doomed
It’s Phil Harrison’s turn to get beat up, and PCWorld begins the process.
Of course, in the process, they beat up on me a little bit too, saying that I only advocate multiplayer for the money in it, or something. 😉
For those just joining this particular multiplayer game, you may want to read these older posts of mine:
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Another list: eminent game designers
Greg Costikyan over at Play This Thing! has a list of “eminent game designers” that refreshingly crosses over into boardgames, ARGs, and other areas of the field. No bios or justification given — not even some short credits, alas — so looking up the folks you don’t know may prove a tad challenging. The comment thread is gathering more names and suggestions — go participate!