Over at Gamasutra you may have seen the rest of the interview I did with John Smedley back at SOE’s Gamers Day. People seemed to enjoy the first one, and I’ve seen this one mentioned all over as well.

Probably because of stuff like this:

“Those games don’t have that kind of mass level of accessibility, I think, even World of Warcraft notwithstanding. We’re not aiming for those kinds of numbers with FreeRealms, we’re aiming for a lot bigger. I think that bringing something that I can play with my kids to the market is a big deal.”

I don’t think FreeRealms is going to be my thing; indeed, it’s not “for” me. Just the same, it’s crazy interesting to see the company hanging its hat on something so completely different. Add The Agency into the mix, and you’ve got a lot of newness.

In celebration of the Agency’s coming out party, I’ve changed my banner. Something about that piece of concept art really gets to me. The seekrit reason? The Agency is the closest thing to a Shadowrun MMOG I’m going to get for a very, very long time. I’ll tell you right now: assuming I can get some friends to pony up with me, I am going to play the crap out of that game. Both UNITE and PARAGON sound like a kick in the pants, though I’m probably more of a tux-and-silencer type.