from BBC NEWS A very real future for virtual worlds … “Virtual worlds are inherently comprehensible to us in a way that the web is not,” said Mr Rosedale. “They look like the world we already know and take advantage of our ability to remember and organise.” “Information is presented there in a way that […]
Read more "A very real future for virtual worlds?!"Awesome Utopian vision of the future evolution of the media space.. via — I especially dig the new new media financing space exploration. If only we could harness the power of crapola ‘reality’ TV for such ends.
Read more "..Prometheus the media revolution.."from Salt Lake Tribune – Nation and World An official monitor in the online role-playing game Second Life told BBC News in April that he knows of spouses of game players who have actually paid money to online-game detectives to learn whether their mates are committing ”virtual adultery” with other players’ characters in the course […]
Read more "virtually cheating.."from Wired 13.08: START The not-so-secret trick to succeeding at EverQuest, the popular multiplayer online game, is to hit the black market. In the thriving world of message boards and auction sites, players can buy and sell virtual in-game objects – weapons, currency, even whole characters – among themselves using real cash. But this summer, […]
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 