Jun 26
Massive in the Morning
I feel like all I’ve done for the last week is link stuff I’ve written … but there you go.
Today the Escapist’s issue on Massively Multiplayer games went up, and I’m happy to have been a part of it. I got the chance to interview some of my favorite podcasters about that thang they do, and the result is a piece called Massive in the Morning.
Brent of the VirginWorlds podcast feels the podcasters themselves are ultimately the tie that binds. “I believe that podcasting builds community and trust better than any other medium online right now because of the personality involved. … Before the podcasting at Ziff [Davis] launched, most people wouldn’t have cared one lick if one of those people left the site. Now, though, if Jeff Green were to leave the magazine, people would be like, ‘Ahh!’ … It would be very disconcerting to the VirginWorlds listeners and browsers if Brent were not here tomorrow. There’s no replacement for that.”
All of the articles this week are good reads, though, and I suggest you check them out. Kwip talks about the first ‘M’ in MMOG, Dana Massey discusses the lessons learned from World of Warcraft, Allen Varney tackles a less contentious MMOG-related subject this week with a well-considered article on the eastern MMO invasion, and Darius Kazemi looks at what it takes to catch a farmer.
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This one’s a great issue! Loved your article.
A good issue, but once again I’m struck by the more-of-the-same nature of the content. That’s not a slight on Escapist, as long as they’re hitting an audience not living the usual veteran MMO blogosphere forums daily.
Just a note on the Podcasting piece though. And again, not a slight.
Is podcasting really that popular? Or is it just vocal blogging existing alongside the written kind?
I ask because I just don’t get it. I never really have. Why would I want to spend five times as much time to listen to something I can digest much faster by reading?
I appreciate the personal-radio broadcast. Hey, I grew up at a time when Christian Slater was talking to *me* in Pump Up the Volume. I just find it horribly inefficient.
Maybe I need a device that lets me dial into podcasts from my car in a low-impact (as in the moment I want to, not by dragging it to my iPod). XM support this sort of thing?