Reuters bureau chief Adam Pasick will be interviewing Areae founder and MMO designer Raph Koster and Electric Sheep “futurist in residence” Jerry Paffendorf this Sunday from the South by Southwest Stream Burn festival in Austin this weekend.
Promoting an MMO in another MMO. In 2004, Myst-based MMO Uru Live is shut down in Beta. A bunch of Uru users migrate to Second Life, and recreate Uru in SL. Gametap relaunches Uru Live in 2007-- and hires a group of exiles in Second Life to promote the new version there. (Amazing screenshots of the company-backed fan-made build in SL.)
For about $200 (or 20 months of subscription fees), you don't have to ever play another monthly fee to play their game.
Sometimes I think the world would be a better place if life were more like an MMO.
