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Opinion - Trading & Reselling: Parallels in HistoryOne of my favourite books is by the author Tim Parks entitled Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence. Granted slightly grandiose title, but its a cracking read which explains in some sense the rise of the merchant banks and what we perhaps take for granted when it c... Harry Speller | April 4, 2009 read more... |
WIN 1000 PED - just tell us why you deserve it!In celebration of the official launch of mindhive we're giving away over 1500 PED in prizes! To be entered into the contest simply give us a reason why you should be the big winner! The grand prize? A 1000 PED Starter Pack valued at over 100 USD!HONORABLE MENTION (3 chosen) 50 PED Starter Pack SECON... Nate Randall | October 24, 2008 read more... |
LMAO Today I discovered the best swag site in the known universe. No, seriously, these guys are genious. SplitReason.com "gear for geeks and gamers" is the best thing since sliced bread...Witness the following exhibit:Comment on this article... Nate Randall | October 16, 2008 read more... |
Live From Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo LAAs I sit here on my Airbus A320 scheduled for LAX and the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo, still at the gate, waiting for another plane to arrive as our pilots don't like ours, I reflect. It has been a busy few months for Bonnie and I here at mindhive.We have been lucky to have seen each corner o... Nate Randall | September 2, 2008 read more... |
PAX08: From Game to GameWith an expectation of some 50,000 people attending, and an estimated 100,000 that actually are in Seattle this weekend to attend the much anticipated Penny Arcade Expo (at least according to the morning tele news), this expo is mega. huge. phenomenal. Call it what you will, but I've only just begun... Bonnie Boglioli Randall | August 30, 2008 read more... |
Web Based WorldsEasy. A little word with big implications, particularly when we apply it to the virtual worlds industry. Whereas traditional mmog's and virtual worlds have fallen short of a significant mass-appeal thanks in part to computer requirements and large downloads, there are a great many online worlds whic... Bonnie Boglioli Randall | August 24, 2008 read more... |
Casual Connect: Graphics Really Don't Matter....,Graphics schmaphics. Or so they say in the casual games industry. While the mmog and virtual worlds audience demand the most exceptional graphics that dev teams can muster, the casual gaming industry has gone about producing their games with rapid development and minimal attention paid to graphics. ... Bonnie Boglioli Randall | July 25, 2008 read more... |
Lively is LIVE as Google Enters the Virtual AtmosphereGet your news here! Google is in.'In', of course, refers to the widening industry centered around virtual, 3d space, though I needn't tell you all that. And 'Google' hardly needs any introduction.Today, Google announced their latest beta effort, and it could prove quite exciting. Lively by Google pr... Bonnie Boglioli Randall | July 8, 2008 read more... |
EA Embraces RCEEA has taken The Sims Online (TSO), rebranded it EA-Land and put in a Real Cash Economy. A truly exciting development that has my mind swirling. Free to play, EA-Land, based on a rehashed The Sims Online architecture, seems to be poised to become the Club Penguin for Adults. Boasting weekly updates ... Nate Randall | February 26, 2008 read more... |
Kwari First LookRCE Universe was recently invited to the Launch Party for Kwari, a first person shooter with an unique twist. Held in Birmingham at Omega Sektor, it was a chance to play with state of the art computers and give Kwari a good run for its money.Kwari combines the extremely popular first person shooter ... Harry Speller | December 13, 2007 read more... |
Fragging with Kwari Founder Eddie GillWhat follows are excerpts from an interview I conducted with Kwari founder and creator Eddie Gill. Eddie and the Kwari team are in the process of creating the first Real Cash Economy First-Person Shooter. Based upon the no-subscription free download concept and a sort of "arms dealer" business model... Nate Randall | September 17, 2007 read more... |
VastPark: Worlds CollideVastPark, Worlds Collide. Sounds interesting already doesn't it? Today when I received an email stating that the first wave of new users will be given access to the beta tools shortly, I was very excited.Described by VastPark as "a virtual content platform featuring free tools, revolutionary distrib... Nate Randall | September 6, 2007 read more... |
VWFall: A.I. & Pet ProjectsWeeks ago, as I perused the extensive list of panels to attend to at the Virtual Worlds Fall in San Jose and planned accordingly, one track immediately caught my attention. As it’s a topic that we’ve been known to discuss here on RCE Universe before, I scheduled my morning interviews so that I w... Bonnie Boglioli Randall | August 12, 2007 read more... |
Interview with Cindy Jiang of HiPiHiThere has been a fair amount of buzz in Virtual World circles around a product in beta called HiPiHi. Dubbed "The Chinese Second Life", I wanted to get a taste for what this thing is all about, is it a Real Cash Economy (RCE), what they are attempting to accomplish and how they intend to grow the Vi... Nate Randall | August 10, 2007 read more... |
The CRD, Dotman, Entropia and My SpaceshipAn article on the Sydney Morning Herald site has linked the Cyber Recreation District (CRD) project Dotman to the recent deal involving MindArk and its Entropia Universe platform. According to the article, the CRD plans to create a virtual world based on the Entropia Universe platform for conducting... Nate Randall | August 6, 2007 read more... |
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