Virtual Cultures

IMGDC 2008

Just got back from IMGDC 2008, the indie MMO Game Developers Conference, and for the second year running, the conference does a great job of pulling together some of the top Indie developers and designers (Gordon Walton, Dr. Richard Bartle, Brian Green) in a very approachable setting.  Some of the best value in a working conference is the ability to connect with your peers, network, talk ideas, best practices, latest developments, etc., and IMGDC is a great venue for just that.

More on Uru Cancellation

It seems the Uru cancellation is heating up. Too bad the game didn't get this much attention when it was live. Two really interesting articles that people sent me today on the subject:

First this one, about a mass immigration into Second Life (from Tom Boellstorff): Large Group Considers Coming to Second Life.

Second, this one, a really nice article by Andrew Plotkin via Simon Carliss on Game Set Watch pondering the future of a user-run Uru with homegrown Ages, including the possible use of Multiverse as an engine for such. Myst Online: Uru - Beyond Cancellation. Wow all our worlds are colliding! Look for more posts on this in the coming weeks.