<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] RE: UO in Wired, was OT: Birth announcement --> <!--X-From-R13: "Ybfgre, Dncu" <exbfgreNbevtva.rn.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:05:21 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199804301802.LAA13724#ea,com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] RE: UO in Wired, was OT: Birth announcement</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00272.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00274.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00277.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00270.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00273">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00273">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00273">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] RE: UO in Wired, was OT: Birth announcement</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] RE: UO in Wired, was OT: Birth announcement </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 19:03:45 +0100</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Thu Apr 30 11:05:22 1998</LI> <LI><em>Delivery-date</em>: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:05:22 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Envelope-to</em>: claw#kanga,nu</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent,,,," <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Thursday, April 30, 1998 12:45 AM John Bertoglio [SMTP:alexb#internetcds,com] said: > >> On Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:05:05 -0500 Koster, > >> Raph<rkoster#origin,ea.com> wrote: > > > >>> I suspect the lengthy article in this month's WIRED magazine about > >>> social ills in UO might pertain to the topic as well... > > Being a great reporter is hard work. Being an average one is pretty easy. > This is the direction the Wired article went. The went on and on about > Richard Garriot (aka Lord British) who is goofy enough in his personal life > to allow a writer to generate a lot of paragraphs without saying much. > (Perhaps I chose the wrong profession...) Another story followed with a > reporter keeping a diary of his adventures in UO. More balanced in some > respects, but still full of the "pack journalism" stuff you see elsewhere. > I really expected more from Wired. For what it's worth, the person who wrote the article, Amy Jo Kim, is actually a very thoughtful and interesting person, whose article was DRASTICALLY cut and slanted by the editors (I know, because I read the original version). She's writing a forthcoming book called "Building Communities on the Web" which should be out from Peachpit Press later this year. UO has a chapter in it as a case study alongside E*Bay, Amazon.com, and a few others. Having talked at length with her, I know that her take on things is usually very academically-oriented (she was teaching at Stanford on virtual communities earlier this year, in fact). So don't take the article as a representation of her normal work. I urge all of you to seek out anything she's done, it's VERY interesting. I might be able to dig up some references, I think I have copies of some of her other articles at home. Her website is at <A HREF="http://www.naima.com">http://www.naima.com</A> and may have samples as well. -Raph -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00272.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Supporting articles found for UOL play style</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00274.html">[MUD-Dev] DOOM Gets a Storyline?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00277.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: DOOM Gets a Storyline?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00270.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! 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Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 17:31 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00262" HREF="msg00262.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Supporting articles found for UOL play style</A></strong>, John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 05:34 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00312" HREF="msg00312.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Supporting articles found for UOL play style</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 02 May 1998, 00:36 GMT </LI> </UL> <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00272" HREF="msg00272.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Supporting articles found for UOL play style</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 18:01 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>