09-07-2007, 07:53 PM
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AGC Liveblog
Here's a good liveblog from the Austin Games Conference (wrapping up today) of a panel between:
* Raph Koster (President of Areae, formerly Chief Creative Officer for Sony Online, and lead design on Ultima Online previous to that. Used to work on LegendMUD as well.) * Erik Bethke (CEO of GoPets, which does...GoPets. Google them.) * Marc Jacobs (Studio GM of EA Mythic...did Dark Age of Camelot, doing Warhammer Online. Way back in 1984 launched the text MUD Aradath, and also did Dragon's Gate MUD) * John Smedley, President of Sony Online (Everquest, Everquest 2, Star Wars: Galaxies, etc) It's ostensibly entitled, "What are the biggest online gaming opportunities?" but it largely turns into a debate about subscriptions vs. microtransactions and RMT. --matt |
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09-08-2007, 09:52 AM
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Re: AGC Liveblog
Wow, why does the TV series "left behind" spring to mind?  |
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09-08-2007, 02:26 PM
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Re: AGC Liveblog
Heh heh. The guys arguing against RMT and virtual asset sales (well, that'd mainly be Mark Jacobs) do sound really out of touch don't they?
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09-08-2007, 02:38 PM
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Re: AGC Liveblog
I didn't mean that, I meant some of the earlier MUD guys and what they're doing now....
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09-08-2007, 02:43 PM
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Re: AGC Liveblog
Ahhh.
I don't get it.... I'm going to blame the Saturday morning mental haze for this. I keep trying to figure out if you're making some clever reference that requires knowledge of the Left Behind books/tv/movie stuff or if I'm just being incredibly dense and missing the obvious. --matt Last edited by the_logos : 09-08-2007 at 02:53 PM. |
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09-08-2007, 04:26 PM
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Re: AGC Liveblog
I'll take a stab...he means guys like Koster and Jacobs who turned their college-age obsession into MMO stardom?
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09-08-2007, 04:32 PM
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Re: AGC Liveblog
Yeah my bad, given that I never watch TV and have never actually seen a single episode of "Left Behind" I figured if I had heard of it then it was commonly known enough to use as a frame of reference.
If I remember correctly, it's a somewhat religious series about Earth after the rapture and the folks who got left behind... |
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