I Explain It All, Part 2
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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Games as Portals
The game is afoot.
Everybody’s making fun of /pizza. Leno’s using it in his monologue (a welcome change from his usual Ovaltine-esque bits); CNN is on board; the news has even spread across the big puddle to the UK’s Register (took a while for that).
Today’s Google news search — 105 hits.
It’s such a goddamn goofy idea. Not well implemented, and so damn goofy, but it’s only the beginning of Online Games as Portals.
Old game hags may remember EverQuest’s Instant Messenger: Offline players could message other EQIM users who were either in game or out — there was even a Trillian plugin for EQIM. I’m not sure if other online games offered such a thing, but every game I’ve played after that, players have asked if similar offline chatting was available.
The Big List of RPG Plots
The Big List of RPG Plots, by S. John Ross. Reference list if you’ve a mind to run real-life quests at your next Superbowl Party, for example. If you think your friends give you an odd look when you talk about computer games now, wait ’til you spring that on them.