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The Guardian interviews Blizzard’s Paul SamsA few bits that jump out:
Paul Sams of Blizzard says in the Guardian that
Globally, around 10% of WoW players are women whereas historically for this genre it was around 2%.
Whoa, that’s way off.
DFC answers the same WoW questionIs It Possible to Surpass World of Warcraft? on GameDaily BIZ is DFC Intelligence’s David Cole taking on the same topic as the “Warcrack panel.” He comes to largely the same conclusions:
Today’s Real Life nails the issue of modern convenience versus fun. 
Playing for funPeople play games to have fun, not to make the world a better place to live.
“People read books only for enjoyment, never to learn anything.”
Austin Game ConferenceSo, next week I will be at the Austin Game Conference. My schedule:
Giving them what they wantOver on the thread about the Worldcon panel on WoW, an anonymous poster engaged in a bit of sarcasm:
What?!?!?!?
This makes no sense!
Players apparently want to….. to play a game that’s…. that’s…. ‘fun’…?
They……. like……. combat????
They… don’t like waiting on other players in order to proceed in the game?
They… want to choose who they socialize with and when, rather than have it forced on them?
No no no, this is all wrong! These players must be wrong. Clearly they do not know what they want at all, because they cannot possibly want these things.
Of course, the sarcasm falls slightly flat, because it misses the point of the post, to my mind. But it does raise other questions.
ijji is hereijji – Live Games Online is NHN’s try at cracking the casual gamer market in the US. Of course, we’ve already got Shockwave.com and Pogo and any others — but what NHN brings to the table is the fact that their portal is #1 in most of the Pacific Rim. It’ll be interesting to see how it does here.
Games teaching pointless skillsHere’s a great example: someone who has more than mastered Tetris.
I know it’s hugely long, but you do need to stick with it to get to the double-sized blocks, the invisible segment, and so on.
Do classes suck?
The Sunday Poem: On the Carretera Panamericana, South of LimaThe billboards along the road, dry,
Sandblasted pink and pale,
Aren’t even markers of distance yet.
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