I had to have a bit of a smile when I saw Tateru Nino's story on The Sims' creator Will Wright joining the Linden Lab board. Over the past week I've been playing The Sims Social, the Facebook-based version of the game. I'd argue it's actually one of the least social versions of the game in that there is no live interaction with your Facebook friends and it's a flurry of more … [Read more...] about Will Wright joins Linden Lab Board of Directors (and a quick Sims Social review)
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Linden Lab CEO: enter the bot armies!
Linden Lab CEO Rod Humble has posted an update to Second Life residents on progress and future plans. Have a read for yourself in full here, but the most interesting part for me was this: Over the next few months (with testing most likely starting in December), we will be rolling out a series of more advanced features. These will make the creation of artificial life and … [Read more...] about Linden Lab CEO: enter the bot armies!
Linden Lab CEO: we’re growing but we’re not sure why
Another year, another Second Life Community Convention. Last year it was Philip Rosedale addressing the convention. This year it's Rod Humble and today he spent 45 minutes talking about his initial time at Linden Lab and his thoughts on the success and future of Second Life and answering questions. He starts off by emphasising that right now, there are still 16-thousand new … [Read more...] about Linden Lab CEO: we’re growing but we’re not sure why
First quarter 2011 results for Second Life: steady sailing
Linden Lab late last week released their user metrics and Second Life economy analysis for the first quarter of 2011. Every time I cover this I'm reminded of how much more substantive these statistics used to be, but here's what we've got to work with now: New user registrations: stagnant to a minor decline. Although, as Tateru Nino notes, if you don't read the graph carefully … [Read more...] about First quarter 2011 results for Second Life: steady sailing
Rod Humble: unfortunately we’re in The Promised Land
As Linden Lab CEO, Rod Humble has made an impression in his first few months. He very much needed to given the challenges faced, but I'm actually encouraged by the wider view he seems to be taking on the impact virtual environments can have on all of us. Speaking at what I'm assuming is a recent event , Humble covered a fairly wide gamut on games, games as art-forms and the … [Read more...] about Rod Humble: unfortunately we’re in The Promised Land