[MUD-Dev] A couple of Wired articles on open-source metaverse and WoW's catering to players

[Morris Cox]

http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,65865,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1is

about an open-source metaverse, basically what my recent posts were
about.

Built by independent contributors, the open-source metaverse is an
infinitely extensible virtual world with few rules and no oversight
from corporate overlords.

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  Instead of the game being developed by a game corporation, it
  would be developed by multiple users donating time in sort of a
  wiki style," said Ludlow, a philosophy professor at the University
  of Michigan.  "This is a different picture, one in which the games
  would emerge in a bottom-up kind of way. The structure wouldn't be
  dictated, but would emerge from numerous people trying to extend
  the game space.
--<cut>--

http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,65882,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3

talks about Wow and how it is quite indulgent of the player.

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  How indulgent is World of Warcraft? The game actually rewards you
  for not playing it. If you log out of the game in an inn, you get
  double experience for a while when you return later. According to
  the documentation, staying away from the game for a week should
  give you about a level and a half worth of experience point
  bonuses, the better to catch up with your more obsessive online
  friends."
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I recall there being at least one thread on this on here.

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Morris Cox
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