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The Archives
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10.30.10Emotional Bandwidth: Virtual Worlds and Games in the Age of ImaginationWe were talking about fruit. Bananas, a cup of melon wedges. He couldn't remember the pear. He could picture it, I think, but it took some effort to connect the image and give the pear its name. It wasn't exactly silent in the room. There were the bleeps of the machines and someone talking in the hallway. But there was a sort of silence in that space while we waited for the word 'pear' to materialize. There was something profound in that moment of silence, of waiting, and somehow it held larger silences, the deeper rivers of meaning that run ...
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09.09.09False Dichotomies and the Limits to VirtualityAt this week's Metanomics Community Forum we'll be talking about "Limits to Virtuality". Following are a few thoughts ahead of the discussion. What kinds of limits would you place on virtual worlds? Would you let your 4 year old play around in Warcraft? Would you let your 6 year old have an avatar? Should virtual worlds be rated like movies with gatekeepers at the door but otherwise letting the parents decide? I mean, maybe Bambi is too violent for some kids...it's all up to the family or community, right? I got to thinking about these things watching my nephew last week. He's ...
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