I wrote a guest post for Jeremy Liew (a really sharp venture capitalist) over on his blog about using dual currencies to unlock the demand of non-paying players in a virtual goods business model. Check it out. (His blog is worth reading and I’ve finally updated my blogroll to include his.)
A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly
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I Want A Lightsaber, Damn It
Monday, July 14th
Not happening anytime soon, of course, but this is surely the next best thing. In brief: It’s an add-on to the Wiimote that will allow for nearly 1:1 motion. Sword/lightsaber fighting ahoy! Despite my general lack of excitement over the Wii, this announcement has definitely perked me up regarding the little white box.
Howard Stringer Makes Funny
Monday, July 14th
“I’ve played a Nintendo Wii. I don’t see it as a competitor. It’s more of an expensive niche game device.” - Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony I don’t actually like the Wii from the perspective of myself as a games player, but that’s not because I’m too mainstream for it or whatnot. I’m more of a […]
Runescape Gets Huge Update
Tuesday, July 1st
Runescape, arguably the most popular MMORPG in the Western world, launched probably the largest single update in its venerable existence today, overhauling the website and launching a new high-detail visual mode that shows off the fact that Jagex has updated effectively every asset in the game. They’ve also added a much-desired full-screen mode and chosen […]
The Ongoing Influence of MUDs
Sunday, June 29th
Great post here by Raph, countering some claims by some newer developers that MMOs don’t owe as much to text MUDs as most of us might suggest. Raph says it, but I’ll repeat: Graphical MMOs are generally a step (or multiple steps) backwards in terms of features when compared to the best text MUDs. That’s […]
Proud to be a Californian
Monday, June 16th
Today, as California enters into the modern age by recognizing marriage between a man and a man or a woman and a woman, I find myself quite proud of it. Go California.
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February 6th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
wowpanda
Matt, that post rock! Educational and interesting, a rare post to come across.
And big thanks to bring me to Jeremy’s blog, once I got time I will go over his blogs.