Comments on: Sex at Home: Sony Gets a Little Lively http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/12/30/sex-at-home-sony-gets-a-little-lively/ Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:10:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sigmund Leominster http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/12/30/sex-at-home-sony-gets-a-little-lively/comment-page-1/#comment-26041 Sigmund Leominster Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:43:15 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1107#comment-26041 If only people would stop taking words and changing their meaning. And maybe they could also avoid using <i>context</i>. I guess UK players who smoke will find it hard to tell their Playstation pals they need "to go bum a fag from someone." And let's hope they don't have to tell someone how to open their virtual front door by "grabbing their knob." If only people would stop taking words and changing their meaning. And maybe they could also avoid using context. I guess UK players who smoke will find it hard to tell their Playstation pals they need “to go bum a fag from someone.” And let’s hope they don’t have to tell someone how to open their virtual front door by “grabbing their knob.”

]]> By: Goedeke Messmer http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/12/30/sex-at-home-sony-gets-a-little-lively/comment-page-1/#comment-26015 Goedeke Messmer Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:01:13 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1107#comment-26015 Microsoft tackled these problems with XBox Live via a reputation system, but that system was attached to small group games, not an entire world. Second Life ditched the reputation system in favor of simple muting, but also fenced the kiddies into the Teen Grid to paper over the problem. Any online "world" will have to face these questions, but those that cater to teens have the challenge of legal compliance issues as well. Frankly, not a job I would want. Microsoft tackled these problems with XBox Live via a reputation system, but that system was attached to small group games, not an entire world.

Second Life ditched the reputation system in favor of simple muting, but also fenced the kiddies into the Teen Grid to paper over the problem.

Any online “world” will have to face these questions, but those that cater to teens have the challenge of legal compliance issues as well. Frankly, not a job I would want.

]]> By: Melissa Yeuxdoux http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2008/12/30/sex-at-home-sony-gets-a-little-lively/comment-page-1/#comment-25919 Melissa Yeuxdoux Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:12:34 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1107#comment-25919 Well... they could make their filter smarter about word boundaries, but if Sony is running it, maybe they _want_ to filter out Matsushita... Well… they could make their filter smarter about word boundaries, but if Sony is running it, maybe they _want_ to filter out Matsushita…

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