Comparing MMOGs to other games Types
MMO role-playing game
MMO first-person shooter
MMO real-time strategy
MMO sports Game
MMO racing
MMO rhythm game
MMO management game
MMO text-based game
MMO social game
Real-world simulations
MMO first-person shooter
MMO real-time strategy
MMO sports Game
MMO racing
MMO rhythm game
MMO management game
MMO text-based game
MMO social game
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Keeping in Touch as Interns Head Out
2009-09-18
SOCIAL MEDIA
Keeping in Touch as Interns Head Out
This fall, Siemens (SI ) launched a secure social network open only to alumni of the Siemens Scholar program, which hosts college and graduate students who work on projects with the company.
The Siemens Scholar Network (alumni.siemens-foundation.org) solicited 2,500 alums to join in September. In the first two days, 277 signed up to build Facebook-style profiles.
The goal: to retain relationships with Generation Y talent after they graduate or move on to other corporations. Beyond posting bios and blog entries, members can peruse postings about Siemens job and internship opportunities.
By Reena Jana
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VIDEO GAMES
World of Warcraft, Watch Out: Lord of the Rings Is Advancing
Popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft (WOW) has serious competition. Lord of the Rings Online, based on J.R.R.Tolkien's books, is growing fast. In the six months since LOTRO's launch, 200,000 copi...
2009-09-18
SOCIAL MEDIA
Keeping in Touch as Interns Head Out
This fall, Siemens (SI ) launched a secure social network open only to alumni of the Siemens Scholar program, which hosts college and graduate students who work on projects with the company.
The Siemens Scholar Network (alumni.siemens-foundation.org) solicited 2,500 alums to join in September. In the first two days, 277 signed up to build Facebook-style profiles.
The goal: to retain relationships with Generation Y talent after they graduate or move on to other corporations. Beyond posting bios and blog entries, members can peruse postings about Siemens job and internship opportunities.
By Reena Jana
// //
VIDEO GAMES
World of Warcraft, Watch Out: Lord of the Rings Is Advancing
Popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft (WOW) has serious competition. Lord of the Rings Online, based on J.R.R.Tolkien's books, is growing fast. In the six months since LOTRO's launch, 200,000 copi...
Reporting From the Show Floor - Saturday
2009-09-08
PAX 2008 Show Floor Report - Saturday
10:35 - Get to the convention center. At first glance, seems to be less crowded than yesterday. Ended up being very wrong. Also ended up riding the escalator immediately in front of Felicia Day of The Guild and Dr. Horrible, got a chance to spend some time talking with her. Apparently, she's a fan of The Escapist. Very cool, and so is she.
10:40 - First glance was wrong. Very, very, wrong. The exhibitor floor is packed, way more than yesterday. The moment I cross the threshold I feel the ambient temperature rise at least ten degrees. Games that had ten-person lines yesterday have teeming throngs all around them now.
11:00 - Have an appointment with Meteor Games to check out Twin Skies. Much of the Meteor team actually worked on Neopets back in the day, and Twin Skies reflects this - it's a bizarre fusion between a casual MMOG and a series of browser-based Flash games that almost needs to be seen to really be understood. I'm not really sure what I was expecting, but what they showed me definitely wasn't it. More detail to come, because Twin Skies is one of the most interesting games I've seen at the show so far.
11:40 - Yesterday, a little bird happened to tip me off that at n...
2009-09-08
PAX 2008 Show Floor Report - Saturday
10:35 - Get to the convention center. At first glance, seems to be less crowded than yesterday. Ended up being very wrong. Also ended up riding the escalator immediately in front of Felicia Day of The Guild and Dr. Horrible, got a chance to spend some time talking with her. Apparently, she's a fan of The Escapist. Very cool, and so is she.
10:40 - First glance was wrong. Very, very, wrong. The exhibitor floor is packed, way more than yesterday. The moment I cross the threshold I feel the ambient temperature rise at least ten degrees. Games that had ten-person lines yesterday have teeming throngs all around them now.
11:00 - Have an appointment with Meteor Games to check out Twin Skies. Much of the Meteor team actually worked on Neopets back in the day, and Twin Skies reflects this - it's a bizarre fusion between a casual MMOG and a series of browser-based Flash games that almost needs to be seen to really be understood. I'm not really sure what I was expecting, but what they showed me definitely wasn't it. More detail to come, because Twin Skies is one of the most interesting games I've seen at the show so far.
11:40 - Yesterday, a little bird happened to tip me off that at n...