Starting to get caught up after travels.
Some reflections on PC Forum
Still mulling over the event, not sure if it was as impressive as some past ones
Is it me, the change of venue, from Scottsdale Princess to LaCosta in Carlsbad CA, or the change of ownership (now owned by CNet) ?
Topic of role playing and game-space, in particular Worlds of Warcraft.
Odd set of coincidences … Sims, Games and Avatars.
Sunday session, sat back row center (all the easier to slip out from time to time)
Guy who sat to my left was Robert Carter, CEO of bandalong, which has “3D Avatars” system for IM ( Imstar ). Esther is an investor in this.
Precursor of other incidents ?
Met with new CEO of numedeon.com ( WhyVille) about gaming and education just after PCForum in Santa Monica.
Conversation with Elliott Noss, CEO of Tucowsabout same. He spends time in WofW with his son, as partners in tasks and quests.
Son, Joe had asked questions about WofW at the closing dinner.
Then, when visiting sister, Nancy, she demoed WofW for Shirley and me.
She's been playing since about last Nov.
Shirley gave me book by Jeffery Deaver, “The Blue Nowhere” – about a serial killer MUD player.
Not a particularly good book, a page turner, but too many “Deus ex machina” situations. The “bad guy” is deranged MUD player who can’t distinguish between real world and the cyberworld of games.
Wired : WofW and job prospects :
Wired 14.04: You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired!
Got home and the Wired issue had Wil Wright (creator of Sim’s) on the cover.
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