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[觀點]線上遊戲中的Web 2.0革命？ | 阿祥的網路筆記本 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:39:45 +0000

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By: 阿祥の網路筆記本

阿祥の網路筆記本 — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:22:39 +0000

[觀點]線上遊戲中的Web 2.0革命？…

今天和Alan無意間談論到這個話題，線上遊戲是否能和時下最熱門的“Web 2.0”概念作結合呢？說到Web 2.0，我想大家應該都耳熟能詳，不過真正能明確說出Web 2.0意義的人，大概只佔少部份，不…

By: iain

iain — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:31:43 +0000

So the definition of Web 2.0 is….? Alright, so we all have some vague understanding of that phrase-to me it means social networking. SL has that but 10x disruptive? No way.

Teleporting in RL would be 10x disruptive! SL is a MMORPG with enough twists and turns to intrigue more than just the early adopter but intrigue isn’t enough.
Lots of things have to happen to entice more ‘feet on the ground’ folks to a unique MMORPG like SL–things like contractual obligations to back their L$ to start with.

SL certainly demands study though-lots of potential potential!

By: Gwyneth Llewelyn

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:40:01 +0000

Hmm, an island for Terra Nova… that would be something! But didn’t you also get the feeling that the people of Terra Nova are completely missing the point somehow?

I can’t hardly blame the academics. When things change so much, it might mean for them to “move and adapt” — or be forgotten in the ruthless game of academic politics. So it’s far easier to grab a floating log and abandon the sinking ship

Well, I can’t hardly say that all MMORPGSs are a “sinking ship”, of course, since every week or so, another 3 or 4 new MMORPGs get announced. Many even survive 3-4 months of being online. A few make it to a whole year. And giants like World of Warcraft will keep growing and growing — but perhaps not exponentially so. We’ll see.

In the mean time, we’ll watch them from our window set in Second Life

By: Prokofy Neva

Prokofy Neva — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:12:39 +0000

I don’t know why these tekkies always gloat so over the word “disruptive”. They love the idea of disrupting everything and destroying it, inconveniencing or even harming people in the process. Why is that progress? Why would it be “reactionary” to oppose such anarchy and nihilism?

Oh, I quite realize that their uber-sophisticated use of the word “disruptive” in this narrow context has a special meaning, that it will “paradigm shift”.

Castranova and the other Terra Nova eggheads don’t think SL is a place worth talking about — there’s some sort of machismo thing going on here.

I challenged them to get an island and convene inworld.

They need to realize the real disruptive force is the extinction of the game dinosaurs and the erosion of the game-god powers of companies that have been paying them as consultants and funding their conferences all these years.

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Baba Sucks » Blog Archive » Second Life: Web 2.0? — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:49:43 +0000

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