State of Play II: Press & Blogs

SOP II: October 28-31, 2004

State of Play ON VIDEO. Link on the right.

The Buzz

(March 27, 2005) STATE OF PLAY PARTICIPANTS FEATURED IN EAST BAY EXPRESS STORY

(FEBRUARY 7, 2005) MSNBC NEWS ARTICLE BY TOM LOFTUS CONCERNING THE EMERGENCE OF VIRTUAL WORLDS ISSUES IN REAL WORLD COURTS.  SEE PROFESSOR B. NOVECK'S COMMENTS ON THE "LEGAL HOT BUTTONS" OF VIRTUAL WORLDS...

(FEBRUARY 6, 2005) WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE SWEATSHOPS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING VIRTUAL GOODS?  READ MORE ABOUT IT IN SLASHDOT'S THREAD...

STAY TUNED FOR IT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE STATE OF PLAY WITH ERNEST MILLER, JAMES GRIMMELMANN AND BETH NOVECK....

(NOVEMBER 16) WIRED NEWS REPORTS ON RECENT MARVEL SUIT AGAINST MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAME STUDIO WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE STATE OF PLAY RELOADED.

(NOVEMBER 9) BETSY BOOK BLOGS THE LAW ON THE SCREEN WORKSHOP

(NOVEMBER 3) WIRED NEWS POSTS STORY ABOUT VIRTUAL WORLDS DISPUTE RESOLUTION WORKSHOP

(NOVEMBER 2) WIRED NEWS POSTS STORY ABOUT FREE EXPRESSION PANEL BY DANIEL TERDIMAN. 

(OCTOBER 31) THE TERRANOVA BLOG GETS TOGETHER FACE-TO-FACE.  CLICK HERE TO SEE THOSE FACES.

(OCTOBER 30) DESIGN TECHNICA COVERS THE CONFERENCE.

(OCTOBER 29)  TERRANOVA MAY HAVE THE SUBSTANCE, BUT THE PAPARAZZI AT THE ALPHAVILLE SECOND LIFE HERALD HAVE THE PICS!

(OCTOBER 29)  TERRANOVA IS UP AT RUNNING AT STATE OF PLAY.  CHECK OUT FIRST POSTINGS BY REN REYNOLDS AND TIMOTHY BURKE.  THE ENTIRE TERRANOVA GANG IS HERE BLOGGING LIVE.

(OCTOBER 28) SUSAN CRAWFORD IS ALSO WRITING ABOUT THE EVENT.  HER LATEST ON PETER LUDLOW'S PRESENTATION.

(OCTOBER 28) JAMES AU, EMBEDDED REPORTER FOR SECOND LIFE, HAS BLOGGED HIS OWN TALK HERE.

(OCTOBER 28) JACK BALKIN HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONFERENCE ON HIS BLOG...MORE TO COME.

(OCTOBER 28) LINDEN LAB ANNOUNCES MAJOR FUNDING FROM BENCHMARK CAPITAL AND THE OMIDYAR NETWORK

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The Buzz

(JUNE 10)  PROFESSOR NOVECK QUOTES ON VIRTUAL WORLDS IN THE LATEST ARTICLE BY MEDIA DAILY NEWS.  Read more...

(MAY 27) CLAY SHIRKY'S ARTICLE ENTITLED "NOMIC WORLD: BY THE PLAYERS, FOR THE PLAYER" HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND SUMMERIZES THE TALK THAT WAS DELIVERED AT THE STATE OF PLAY LAST YEAR.  Read more...

(MAR 15) SAP INFO HAS JUST PUBLISHED AN INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR BETH NOVECK ON HER EXPERIENCE WITH STATE OF PLAY AND THE ISSUES UNCOVERED WHEN REAL WORLDS COLLIDE WITH VIRTUAL WORLDS.  Read more...

(FEB 11) CORY ONDREJKA FROM LINDEN LAB POSTS SYNOPSIS OF THE ERULEMAKING SESSION ENTITLED "U.S. GOVERNMENT POWNED!"

(FEB 11) SLASHDOT - READ THE LATEST THREAD ON THE COLLABORATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND GAME DESIGNERS SPAWNED BY THE STATE OF PLAY.

(FEB 9): VILLAGE VOICE MR. ROBOTICS GIVES A SHOUT OUT TO THE STATE OF PLAY, SEE BRENDAN KOERNER'S COMMENT.

(FEB 9): WIRED NEWS FEATURES STORY ENTITLED "LAWMAKERS GAME THE SYSTEM" ON THE DEMOCRACY: THE VIDEOGAME WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE DEMOCRACY DESIGN WORKSHOP AT THE STATE OF PLAY.  ARTICLE BY DANIEL TERDIMAN AND AVAILABLE HERE.(JAN 1): THE STATE OF PLAY IN THE AMERICAN LAWYER - CARLYN KOLKER RECAPS ON THE CONFERENCE IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE.  CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE ENTITLED "GAME SHOW."

(DEC 29): DRAWING FROM THE STATE OF PLAY, FINANCIAL TIMES ARTICLE  EXPLORES THE ECONOMIC COMPLEXITIES OF VIRTUAL GOODS.  LOG ON TO FINANCIAL TIMES ONLINE FOR MORE.

(DEC 5): JAMES GRIMMELMAN POSTS CONFERENCE REPORT AND CORY ONDREJKA POSTS PAPER. 

(NOV 15): PICKING UP DATES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS?  READ BLOG POSTING ON DISCOURSE.NET ENTITLED "HOW NOT TO PICK UP WOMEN ONLINE"