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Analysis of the new Bragg v Linden filing
Linden Lab has filed a response, and The Forge has an analysis.
Am I going to need to revamp the blog categories to add “legal,” “RMT,” and other such tags? Sigh.
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Monday Mailbag: WorldsInMotion, postures, games as art
Hey Raph, Just wanted to note that the CMP Game Group (who runs GDC, Austin GDC, Gamasutra, Game Developer magazine, etc!) has launched WorldsInMotion.biz, which is a Game Developer Research-branded online worlds blog. In my post over at GameSetWatch announcing it, I particularly mention your commentary on web-based online worlds passing the game biz by – we’re going to do our best to make sure that doesn’t happen, while documenting the most interesting bits of the current online worlds.
This is looking quite good, and another one to add to the virtual worlds-specific news sources that are rapidly springing up. In particular, the Online World Atlas that they are putting together looks like it could be extremely useful. For those keeping track or interested in the space, here’s the list of other ones that I am hitting pretty regularly these days:
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The Sunday Poem: Guitar Strap
It was a gift from her, when my back tired.
Though some, sunbursts shouting, are velvet soft,
My gift is plain, considered, quiet. Blue.
I tie it round the headstock with a shoelace.
It’s worth what all gifts cost to get, except
When we fight—Then it is all the difference in the world
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Interview at Cross Gamer
I did an interview with Dan Roy as part of his thesis work and it is posted now over at Cross Gamer. Dan recently did a panel on cross-platform MMOs (especially mobile) at GDC last year, so there’s a bunch of stuff related to ideas on that front.