MMOGs have roots in RPGs and MUDs.<\/p>\n
Software and service.<\/p>\n
Ultima, EverQuest, Wow…<\/p>\n
Social contexts<\/p>\n
MMOGs isn’t anti-social. Social isn’t icing on the cake. Social is the substance of the game. It’s key.<\/p>\n
On- and offline connections mix.<\/p>\n
Emergent social activity. E.g.: “guilds”; trust, responsibility, reputation.<\/p>\n
Game devs aren’t giving players the tools to be social. Focus is on artefact first.<\/p>\n
Rough map of guild – connections between players are offline<\/p>\n
Transcript of in game chat. Lots of offline connections.<\/p>\n
“Friends are the Ultimate Exploit”<\/p>\n
EULA: sharing accounts is not allowed (in EQ).<\/p>\n
Collaboration and teams:<\/p>\n
Complex coordinated actions. <\/p>\n
Co-creative culture<\/p>\n
Players also produce and design. Emergent culture and technologies that change the game…<\/p>\n
Players change the product in deep ways.<\/p>\n
Game in box is just part of larger game space.<\/p>\n
WoW opens up UI for players to change. Big differences between players.<\/p>\n
Cheating – modification of game is debated.<\/p>\n
IP – who should be the designer, what’s play?<\/p>\n
Selling avatars on eBay. Game companies own the avatar so it’s not allowed. Embodiment – you don’t own your body!<\/p>\n
In EQ there was a lot to do about fanfic. <\/p>\n
WoW in game protests. “Protesting in game is not a valid way to give us feedback.”<\/p>\n
Are game worlds public space? Or not because they’re corp. owned?<\/p>\n
Commodification of culture. Designers want control over players \/ users. Let go!<\/p>\n
Things that are happening in game are examples of bigger issues such as: UX, IP, mash-ups, P2P, etc.<\/p>\n
Book: Play Between Worlds, T.L. Taylor.<\/p>\n
Questions:<\/p>\n
What about scale? Do these thoughts apply to smaller games?\nWe need smaller games to experiment with governance and such.<\/p>\n
Is there an end to the game?\n“End” is player-defined… Games should be better at helping people leave.<\/p>\n
Can these games become the new platforms for productivity?\nThere’s a lot of mumbling, but no-one knows. You pick up valuable skills while playing.<\/p>\n
Does this apply to alternate reality games?\nE.g. ILoveBees… She did a piece on Majestic. Beta during 9\/11. It was mixed with reality. <\/p>\n
How can we use traditional ethnographic thinking?\nThe work isn’t comparative enough to make any strong statements.<\/p>\n
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