Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

A nonprofit Second Life

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Nedra Weinreich and I have been chatting on the CDB blog and Nedra very kindly sent me a link to a post she had made about non-profit organisations engaging with the virtual world. Nonprofit Life in Second Life[caption id="attachment_2859" ...

Going Pro in Second Life

Saturday, July 8th, 2006So how do you go Pro in Second Life?How do you turn your Second Life into a real life career? Though she's written about creating SL machinima and solar eclipse simulcasts, this blog has been rather sparse ...

The young disengage with politics

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006A study co-produced by the study co-produced by the Hansard Society on e-democracy and OfCom investigates why young people are not engaging with the political processHowever it is important to be realistic about the obstacles facing young ...

Griefers beyond the pale and the rise of self government in virtual worlds

Friday, June 16th, 2006Gamers don't want any more grief was the headline in the Technology Guardian yesterdayPlayers who abuse others in online games may soon be ostracised as virtual communities start to police their own environmentsExplaining the issue Journalist Martin ...

Authentic vs. Fake

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006Cory Treffiletti discusses two initiatives that have been created by Nike around the football world cup, and the differences between the twoOne is of Ronaldinho do some amazing stunts with a football, which is claimed to be real, ...

The society and economics of the virtual kingdom

Friday, May 19th, 2006This is a definite must-read if you want to get your head around the consequences of virtual worlds.And is a welcome support to the chapter in our book The emerging virtual economy. Magic Kingdoms for us and our ...

Online gamer punished with virtual crucifixion

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006What an amazing event. The bad guy in an MMROPG, gets crucified by the virtual community , because he is not playing by the rules.Good job nobody knows where he lives. :-)The report goes Banning online players for ...

Cooperation Commons

Monday, April 10th, 2006Cooperation CommonsHoward Rheingold, has a truly inspiring speech on what cooperation between individuals and communities could create and deliver, in an interconnected world.His belief is that nobody is as clever as everybody, by which he means collective intelligence created ...

Mobile communities – how to do it right

Saturday, April 8th, 2006Mobile communities - how to do it rightMike Butcher mentions communities dominate brands in a post about mobile communities.Mike says Kenetworks is a fantastic little mobile development agency in Stockholm who excited me about the potential ...

When push comes to pull: the new economy & culture of the networked society

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

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