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The Archives
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09.07.08Virtual Goods Worthless? Now wait a minute…Cyndy Aleo-Carreira, a contributor to the Industry Standard, writes a pretty spot-on refutation of her colleague Jordan Golson's claim that the volume of virtual goods sold on Facebook and its ilk will not be a serious contender to advertising revenue. Aleo-Carreira cites the example of Electronic Arts, who gave up the battle against the pirating of its FIFA soccer game in South Korea and chose to give it away online for free. Rather than making EA's bottom line suffer, this hurt the pirateers tenfold, and the company started to sell online customizations like outfits and enhancements starting at $1.60 a ...
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07.07.08Interview with Michael Pole mentions Virtual World Dreamworks projectThe LA Times has a short interview with Michael Pole, the co-founder of Trilogy Studios, a maker of "casual" VWs and multi-player online games including the onlince version of MTV's popular "Pimp My Ride" TV show and titles including Daybreakers and the site There.com. Pole reveals that he is relatlvely new at being an entrepreneur, having been a company man at Electronic Arts, Fox Interactive, and Vivendi Universal Games, where he executive-produced titles based on the "Incredible Hulk" comic book and the "Scarface" film. Pole notes that items in the works include a 'project with Dreamworks and a virtual world with celebrity ...
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03.24.08New Ways to Create a New SimOK...that headline's a bit of a bait and switch, I admit it. Really, talking about the Sims 3, which is coming in 2009, but I couldn't help admiring the avatars and builds. Which reminded me of a post by Jean-Ricard, one of my favorite bloggers on gadgets and attractions and all things virtual, that the quality of content over at places like Renderosity and the 3D Studio is setting a different benchmark for user-generated content than is seen by all but the best content creators in SL. Back to the Sims, the home page for the new version highlights features that include ...
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