Virtual environments have a generally poor reputation in many quarters, particularly in the mass-media. Much of that reputation is ill-deserved, and some of it is entirely fabricated (eg: by the mass-media). I have to ask, what’s the big deal
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The Virtual Whirl: Ill-repute
While our column last week was all about Final Fantasy XI , we’re turning this week to Final Fantasy XIV and the release date that is approaching oh so quickly.
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The Mog Log: Can’t hardly wait edition
This week, we cover the second installment of our summarized history of Second Life and Linden Lab (or check out part one , if you missed it). From 2005, there’s an impossible amount of material to cover, but there are some interesting stories lurking among it all. Join us as we work our way through some of the interesting highlights from 2005, 2006 and 2007
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The Virtual Whirl: A brief history of Second Life, the middle years
Filed under: Betas , Economy , Interviews , PvP , Dawntide The hype-machine for Working as Intended’s incoming MMO, Dawntide , resumed at the end of May with the announcement of the start of open beta. Dawntide promises to be a skill-based, open-PvP sandbox a la Shadowbane or Darkfall , with territory to claim, castles to build, sieges to undertake, and boats to navigate waterways usually neglected in other games
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Massively exclusive interview: Dawntide’s Martin "Wiz" Anward
Today, Linden Lab is releasing the quarterly metrics for Second Life , showing overall performance for Q1 2010, and contrasting that with the performance of previous quarters. Linden Lab claims that Q1 2010 was an all-time high for the Second Life economy.
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Linden Lab hands down Second Life metrics for Q1 2010
The world of Atreia can be a bit unforgiving to the uninitiated, particularly when it comes to providing for your Daeva’s economic well-being. Gear costs kinah, Aion’s currency, and new skills cost even more kinah. Attaining level 40 last week set my sorcerer back over 800 thousand smackers
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Wings Over Atreia: Greed is Good
About two weeks ago, I decided I wanted Obsidian armor for my Elementalist. Those who know me laughed (and are probably laughing as they read this), because it’s been a bit of a joke that she’s not had it until now.
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Flameseeker Chronicles: The consequences of an aging economy
MMOs are a big business these days, and even though they’re not real items, a lot of the goods within a given game are worth quite a bit of money. This is transparently true of Second Life , but hardly limited to it — witness, for example, the real-world price of EVE Online ’s ships.
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Planet Calypso’s David "Deathifier" Storey talks about his purchases
Linden Lab’s pushing Valentine’s day in Second Life pretty hard this year, particularly the commercial aspects of it. In fact, it feels like it’s being pushed hard enough that it has taken on a slightly creepy and embarrassing air, rather like that guy at the Christmas party who won’t shut up about the mistletoe.
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Xstreet wishlists beta for Second Life users
This week, in The Virtual Whirl , we’re going to take a selection of reader questions that we’ve received in comments and in the virtual mailbag and do our best to offer up some useful answers. Join us as we whirl through the mail. Continue reading The Virtual Whirl: Questions from the virtual mailbag Filed under: Economy , Opinion , Virtual worlds , The Virtual Whirl The Virtual Whirl: Questions from the virtual mailbag originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST
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The Virtual Whirl: Questions from the virtual mailbag
