By Matthew Bleicher, on July 7th, 2009
Imagine if the CEO of the bank that you use was caught stealing billions of dollars from your bank. Imagine further that there is no recourse – once the money was stolen, it is gone. If the money was, in part, yours – well, that is also gone.
In the game Eve Online that scenario just [...]
By Matthew Bleicher, on August 6th, 2008
McDonald’s has recently launched a virtual world aimed at kids that enjoy their Happy Meals. Located at happymeal.com this world is built for kids to interact in.
It is currently still in Beta – so it is a touch buggy. However, if you want your kids to have a good time in a virtual world while [...]
By Matthew Bleicher, on July 15th, 2008
f you visit Google Labs on a regular basis (and really, who doesn’t?) you might have noticed a recent addition: Lively.
Lively is Google’s answer to Second Life: A virtual world where people can interact on-line in rooms that are already created or created by themselves. The rooms hold up to 20 people at a time. [...]