From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Metaplace Introduces Embeddable Virtual Worlds

June 30, 2009

This is BIG news for us.  We have been waiting for a long time to release embeddable (think: YouTube videos) virtual worlds.  You can now create a virtual space on Metaplace, and embed the world into your blog, website, or anywhere you’d like.  The possibilities are really endless with this – you could have lobbies [...]

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Holy crap newstastic.

June 29, 2009

Interesting news today.
First (and by far the biggest) – China bans Real Money Trading (RMT).

“The virtual currency, which is converted into real money at a certain exchange rate, will only be allowed to trade in virtual goods and services provided by its issuer, not real goods and services.” it said.
Wow.  This is right after Australia [...]

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Norrathian Nostalgia

June 28, 2009

I’m back from an exhausting yet awesome long weekend in Vegas at SOE Fan Faire.  I’m not going to go into details about the event as most of the info can be found elsewhere on the web – but all I can say is that  between the Evercracked documentary and the passionate fans..I became quite [...]

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Virtual Worlds As An Equalizer

June 24, 2009

What a fantastic post by Sera Brennan of Massively, a male-to-female transgender gamer and MMO lover.  Any time that anyone claims “this is just a game” about any virtual space, I cringe a little.  Virtual worlds are freaking powerful.  They have such psychological impact on ther participants, offer such opportunity for people who may not [...]

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Blog Shoutout: Tradeskill Perspectives

June 24, 2009

It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these, but there’s a particular blog that *needs* some attention.
Emily Taylor is the tradeskill developer for Everquest 2, and she has a great blog called “Tradeskill Perspectives”.  Emily is a top notch designer, and one of the best on the EQ team.  She has tons of personal [...]

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Cuppy Elsewhere on the Web

June 22, 2009

Here at Cuppytalk, I try to keep the discussion to virtual worlds and games.  If you’re interested in my regular blog where I post when I’m not posting here, you can check it out here.
Some things you may find there:

Photos I take
RL randomness
Links, videos, and interesting things I find on the web
Snapshots of my Second [...]

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How I Found The Fun in Second Life

June 21, 2009

A recent commentor here, Pasmith, said:
I dunno, to me Second Life is like some kind of exclusive club and I’m not cool enough to get in. And if I do get in, I’m handed a dorky jacket I have to wear that screams “idiot noob incoming!’, and then I find out all the cool places [...]

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Well Designed and Whimsical

June 20, 2009

It seems like every time I log into WoW, EQ2, or any other various MMO – I am bored within the hour and quickly logging in to Metaplace or Second Life.  I’m *really* enjoying virtual worlds lately.  I’m going to have to apologize in advance here for shifting a bit of my focus now and [...]

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Some interesting charts…

June 16, 2009

Looks like Nielsen Games have released some intriguing stats for April PC games.  What’s interesting about this?

Second Life is apparently the 6th most popular PC ‘game’, and is #2 overall for number of minutes played.  More people partake in SL than they do Half Life 2.
LotRO is the 3rd most popular PC game in May.  [...]

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Tainted Pride

June 16, 2009

For those who read WoW.com (the former WoWInsider) you might have read an article* about the LGBT Pride event being held by the guild “Taint”.  This is an annual pride event held each year by the largest LGBT guild in World of Warcraft, on Proudmoore which is the unofficial server for LGBT folks and their [...]

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