Sunday 29 April 2007

Oooooh could be helpful....

Game Informer Online Magazine.....

Future...........

  • become popular with all age groups
  • become more popular with girls
  • better graphics due to more reliance on CGI
  • merge with other new media technologies

Issues.........

  • delays getting into the game - article on World of Warcraft
  • hackers - another article on World of Warcraft
  • should virtual crimes have real justice - article, another article
  • online mugging - article
  • institutions and audiences merging - article on Second Life
  • virtual child pornography on Second Life - should it be treated as 'real-life' and punished? - article

Audiences...........

  • more boys than girls?
  • teenagers?
  • audiences have increased due to more people having broadband internet
  • can they now be more creative? - video of a 'Second Life film' - showing audiences creativity

Institutions........

  • Playstation
  • Microsoft



  • Blizzard Entertainment - World of Warcraft
  • Linden Lab - Second Life

Technologies......


  • Examples of MMORGS (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) - wikipedia article

Change of plan.....

I realised I couldn't write as much as I wanted to about music and film downloading, so I am now going to see if I can do any better with online gaming....