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Gaming Worlds
Metaplace impressions
At The Metaverse Journal, we've followed Metaplace closely and covered its beta phase previously. Senior contributor Tateru Nino was asked to put Metaplace through its paces to ensure we haven't been too starry-eyed about its potential - Editor. Still in beta, Metaplace still has some rough edges and glitches, but it is certainly coming along very nicely. The look and feel of … [Read more...] about Metaplace impressions
Australian classification of MMOGs
Massively's Tateru Nino has written a fascinating piece on the issue of games classification in Australia. Specifically, she's confirmed with the Federal Attorney General's Department that: "Where a sale is within the jurisdiction of the relevant State or Territory legislation," Heffernan informed us, "it is a criminal offence under those laws to sell unclassified computer … [Read more...] about Australian classification of MMOGs
Anthropology in World of Warcraft
WoW Insider have a very interesting interview with Alex Golub, an Assistant Professor within the Anthropology department at the University of Hawaii. Golub is well underway in research on culture of raiding in World of Warcraft, with the final product expected to be a book in 2010. There's some discussion on behaviour in raids, gender differences and effective communication … [Read more...] about Anthropology in World of Warcraft
Gaming worlds: World of Warcraft triumphant
The GamerDNA blog have done some further stat crunching for calendar year 2008 (Part 1 and Part 2 here). The findings? The excitement around Warhammer Online's launch translated to players bleeding from Age of Conan, but essentially no impact on the leader, World of Warcraft . There's an enormous array of other data worth reading through, but the take-home message for me … [Read more...] about Gaming worlds: World of Warcraft triumphant