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Games Within Games So Successful They Leave The Game
from the figured-it-out-yet? dept
Clive Thompson points out how a developer created an amazingly popular game within the virtual world of Second Life called Tringo. That, alone, isn't all that interesting. However, the game became so successful within Second Life that the developer was able to have the game made outside of Second Life, and back here in... um... First Life the real world. Anyway, it's interesting to see that he was basically able to not just prototype the game within the virtual world, but also build up a big enough following that there was clear demand outside the virtual world for a more traditional version of the game.
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Virtual Lawyers & Police...LOL
Way to go Clive... watch out for the virtual lawyers in Second Life they may try to claim that because you made it in their game they own it... I read an article on here a while back about how someone hacked the game to gain property and they killed his account and he sued them or something. Watch out they may kill your account and try to claim original copyright to it... J/K But does sound like something they would try to do since I heard that last article... You would think the people at Second Life would want to make it more like real life and build virtual police to try and enforce the rules...LOL
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Re: Virtual Lawyers & Police...LOL
One of the main points of Second Life however is that anything you create is YOUR own intellectual property and the scenario you mentioned above. Though, based on what you said didn't they enforce the rules by deleting the hacker's account? :)
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Re: Virtual Lawyers & Police...LOL
Bah, your full of crap. Second Life expelled a hacker, not a content creator. Get your facts straight before post this kind of crap.
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I believe it
Dude, that's addictive...
Tell me when they make the offline version
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I've heard lots of good things about Second Life recently, I'm going to give it a try soon.
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GTA:SA, anyone?
Now all I want to see is a Duality machine in the quarter arcade.
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Duality from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? That game was great!! It should be made as a game outside of the game.
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super turbo turkey puncher!
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Game developing.
My mother and I have been game developers for a few years now. I've learned a lot from different games I've played along the way. We've learned from software what is capable and are always continuing in development of any and all aspects of gaming. This is something my mother has devoted her life to through wanting to create a gaming environment for the blind. We learn from everywhere we go. She's currently taking more college courses to try to learn more about it.
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Re: Game developing.
Dont you mean your "Roomate"?
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Game Within A Game?
How come no one has ever released "Ship Chip Lander"??
Now THAT'S a game within a game. (Myst, or was it Cosmic Osmo?)
LM
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um
Thanks for keeping us up to date Andrew.
Now when are they going to make a standalone version of blitzball?
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Re: um
i played more blitzball then the actual FFX
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Blitzball?
Blitzball? Bah. That was nothing on Tetra Master from FFIX. Of all games within games that was by far the BEST ever!
H**l I played that more than any other "Main" game out there.
well there's my two cents
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Tringo GBA is already out
The GBA version of Tringo has been on sale for a couple of weeks. Here's a link to it on Amazon.com... Tringo GBA at Amazon
In regards to that laywer thing mentioned at the top... the guy actually found a backdoor that let him circumvent the land aution system and he was able to pick up a heap of land for next to nothing. So apparently LL banned his account and recovered the land. Still ongoing AFAIK.
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Tringo
If you create something within a virtual world, what is the fuss about reproducing it in the real world. I saw this on Google, and don't understand what the big deal. If if is a big deal, the article did not explain it so that non technically savvy people like me comprehend why.
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Re: Tringo
The fuss is that apparently this is the first time an original game was created in a virtual world, and then moved to the real world. Plus the fact that it was only possible because content creators in SL retain the IP to their work, which is something no other MMO has allowed to happen.
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Will you suck my dick for a cheeseburger? Pretty please?
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duuude
the arcade game in project gotham racing 2 was sooo addictive, I need to get a stand alone of it...
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games within games
Space Quest III: Astrochicken.
-Paul
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question for the online role-playing gamers:
are your online characters overwieght, sweaty-palmed virgins losers too?
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