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06.27.08Sony Home: Will the Delay be Worth It? UnlikelyI've covered Sony's Home previously, and commented that the delay in its launch sounded primarily cosmetic. Once feared as a possible competitor to virtual worlds like Second Life, by the sounds of it all it has going for it are nicely rendered rooms. Kotaku reports that a peek at the current beta version of the platform "wasn't packing any pleasant surprises". Source: Kotaku The review highlights frustrating loading times and what sounds like a bland (although beautifully rendered) world: I went from an outdoor area to the movie theater lobby to an amusement area containing a bowling alley and an arcade. If that ...
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03.26.08Gaming: The New Frontier of Art?There is no denying the astonishing creativity that goes into video game, MMORPGs, and virtual worlds. And over at The Guardian, the UK's cultural gatekeeper, Alastair Harper makes the case that some video games, at least, deserve a place on the shelf beside literature, music, and film: "As happened with comic books becoming graphic novels in the 80s, each year there are more developers willing to take risks with storylines, develop more complex moral situations and generally raise the bar so high that it's becoming plain ignorant for anyone interested in stories to ignore them." Harper cites Bioshock as a game that ...
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