World of Warcraft: Is It a Game?
Since everyone else is going to mention it, I might as well also point to the new Newsweek article on WoW.
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F13 int3rviews me
If you can call a raw transcript of a post-conference bull session an interview. 🙂 F13.net – Usefully Cynical Commentary » Raph Gone Wild is the link… prepare for lots of ums and uhhs. 🙂
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The Sunday Poem: Sierras from Above
From heights we learn that nothing’s very high.
These seams on earth, as raised as stitching, are
The tyranny of gravity made wry. -
AGC: Vernor Vinge’s keynote, at 3pointD.com
I missed Vernor Vinge’s keynote, but Mark Wallace was there, and he transcribed it. Given that many, perhaps most readers here are game types and not metaverse types, you may have missed this, so I’m providing the link.
I also shared a panel with Mark, Corey Bridges of Multiverse, Cory Ondrejka of Second Life, and Jerry Paffendorf, our futurist moderator, and Mark has a write-up of that as well.
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AGC: Sam Lewis’ slides on economy
Courtesy of Sam, here are his slides for his presentation. You can read them alongside the liveblog I did.