Second Life and Virtual Worlds
I have a curiosity about what makes a game popular. I would like to make a game and make millions. I doubt I have the patience to build such a game. I like skipping to new things and figuring them out. I suppose it is more about feeding my curiosity than actually building things.
Whatever the case, this page is my collection of articles about what makes games great.
Several bloggers have pointed to a bit of video from a recent talk that John Carmack made. He is well known in gaming circles. If you don’t know the name, you’re not keeping up with your game history or Oculus Rift. Ciaran provides a quick review of that bit of video. See: Joyce Bettencourt Captures … Read more
From a speech by by Philip Rosedale, former Linden Lab CEO – 28 minutes. Philip uses Second Life to show what is happening in virtual worlds and how it will affect society. His thinking is interesting and in some ways a bit scary. The video is the basis of an NPR show TED Radio: Why Build a … Read more
With Project Sansar in development at the Lab the inhabitants of Second Life™ are wondering what avatars will look like in the new world. I don’t know. But, a game just reaching its final Beta test may give a clue. It certainly shows what is possible. Check this video. The game is Bless – Embers … Read more
Yeah… week 30. I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and it got lost. The information is still good, so today it gets published. How Big is Wow Massively Overpowered pointed me to a video showing how big World of Warcraft is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=32&v=ihF0wJlYSus Voicing Opinion SL Blogger Support has an article about problems some bloggers … Read more
Hamlet has an article where he is pointing to Kat Alderman’s comment (here) on Hamlet’s article: Second Life No Longer a Creation Platform, But an End-Point Display for Creativity. Kat’s statements that caught my attention are:
An in-development game named Ark: Survival Evolved is available through Steam. It apparently is drawing a crowd of players. Everyone likes dinosaurs. Gamasutra has an interview with one of the developers. See: Cretaceous creativity: Designing dinos for Ark: Survival Evolved. With Project Sansar approaching and Advanced Experience Tools on the verge of release game design … Read more
Industrial Light and Magic is a special effects company we know from movies like Star Wars. Now they are opening ILMxLab to build virtual worlds. The first will be the Star Wars world. Hypergrid Business caught my attention with: Star Wars coming to virtual reality.
The financial people think it is Facebook and Apple that are positioned to win in the Virtual Reality War. But, it won’t be a fast war. It will last years. Quoting Chris Ciaccia : [A] Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster stated that virtual reality is likely the next key trend in technology, writing, “We liken … Read more