At a CES Game Power panel on the topic of virtual worlds for PC, console and mobile phone, only the very last question asked had anything to do with the cell phone -- and the panel was tragically cut short before any of the distinguished guests could answer. But GameCyte wasn't going to leave it at [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
It was way back in April that we took a trip around Whirled, the new user-created playground from Three Rings Design. Like so many virtual worlds before it, Whirled offers players the chance to explore a quirky landscape filled with the avatars, toys, and games of their creative peers, trading a little of their cash [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 19, 2008
Remember about six or seven months ago when the popular media suddenly got its knickers in a twist over Second Life? There were articles talking about people making money inside the game, and there was even a storyline in CSI: New York that focused on a criminal who operated inside Second Life. That doesn't even [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 13, 2008
An article over at Gamasutra discusses a panel at the SXSW conference about human and property rights in a virtual world. The panelists included Erik Bethke, the CEO of GoPets; Greg Boyd, an attorney; and Andrew Schneider, co-founder of Live Gamer. Susan Wu of Charles River Ventures moderated the panel. Though human rights were touched [...]
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Friday, January 9, 2009
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