The CSI:New York episode this week was about Second Life, and a lot of the tv show seemed like it took place in the "real" regular Second Life. I believe they took some liberties around how to get clothes, etc., for appearance, and I have no idea if the gladiator fighting is something that can actually take place in Second Life.
Why did the suspect drop her shoes when she fell in the hole? What was the hole? okay, so I do have a few questions around what was actually "gameplay" and what was faked.
Also, they are running a game in SL where you get to be a virtual CSI in virtual New York:
There are video tutorials that may be useful for other SL users, although all of the crime-scene tape and dead bodies may be off-putting (or not).
You can watch the CSI: New York "Down the Rabbit Hole" episode here.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Work at Video Games
Okay, so here's a different take on video games.
Sony enters the Rat Race
By way of its PlayStation Blog, Sony has announced Rat Race, a new episodic game series coming to the PlayStation 3 this winter. The game is in development by Super-Ego Games, a relatively upstart studio whose former credits include The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery for the PC.
So, instead of taking a break from your job and real-life responsibilities to play a game of puzzles and shoot-em-ups, you take a break from your job and real-life responsibilities to play a game of a job and real-life responsibilities. ?
I can't imagine anyone (with a job) thinking that this is fun.
Sony enters the Rat Race
By way of its PlayStation Blog, Sony has announced Rat Race, a new episodic game series coming to the PlayStation 3 this winter. The game is in development by Super-Ego Games, a relatively upstart studio whose former credits include The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery for the PC.
So, instead of taking a break from your job and real-life responsibilities to play a game of puzzles and shoot-em-ups, you take a break from your job and real-life responsibilities to play a game of a job and real-life responsibilities. ?
I can't imagine anyone (with a job) thinking that this is fun.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Ning and Facebook
How Is A Social Network on Ning Different from a Facebook Group?
"People want different identities depending on the context. So, for any social network on Ning, your profile is completely customizable and specific to that social network."
I think the big difference in how I use them is that, on Ning, I have as many profile pages as I am a member of different groups. On Facebook, I have exactly one profile page. In my case, on Ning I have the following profile pages:
OSG PM group: info on my group work activity, list of other OSG PM sub-teams I'm on, photos I've uploaded to this group, a feed from my external blog, a comment wall just with comments from other team members, and a few other work related stuff.
GECCO group: not much here as I mostly lurk in this group, but again a comment wall just from other group members
my flyball club's Wii group: all kinds of info on Wii games I'm playing or need help on, game stats, a blog I keep on my games (specific to this group), and videos & other info I've shared with the group.
On Facebook, I'm a member of the following groups, a variety of work & play, but they all point back to my identical profile:
Women@Sun
Facebook for Business
Web 2.0 (Entrepreneurs)
Flyball
Calling All Dogster Dogs!
Cross functional collaboration team
The Tour de France Dominates my month of July
Facebook Developers
Social Tools
Note that on Facebook, my Comment Wall gets posts from work friends, flyball friends, and just random people leaving comments, all mixed.
This is the big difference for me, that Ning is all about the context of my profile in that group, but in Facebook, there is no context, it's all just me. Two almost opposite approaches, I'd say.
"People want different identities depending on the context. So, for any social network on Ning, your profile is completely customizable and specific to that social network."
I think the big difference in how I use them is that, on Ning, I have as many profile pages as I am a member of different groups. On Facebook, I have exactly one profile page. In my case, on Ning I have the following profile pages:
OSG PM group: info on my group work activity, list of other OSG PM sub-teams I'm on, photos I've uploaded to this group, a feed from my external blog, a comment wall just with comments from other team members, and a few other work related stuff.
GECCO group: not much here as I mostly lurk in this group, but again a comment wall just from other group members
my flyball club's Wii group: all kinds of info on Wii games I'm playing or need help on, game stats, a blog I keep on my games (specific to this group), and videos & other info I've shared with the group.
On Facebook, I'm a member of the following groups, a variety of work & play, but they all point back to my identical profile:
Note that on Facebook, my Comment Wall gets posts from work friends, flyball friends, and just random people leaving comments, all mixed.
This is the big difference for me, that Ning is all about the context of my profile in that group, but in Facebook, there is no context, it's all just me. Two almost opposite approaches, I'd say.
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