Wednesday, March 27
GameSpy.com - Game Developers Conference 2002 Coverage
A Controlled Environment
Star Wars Galaxies: a meticulously crafted environment in a galaxy far far away...
Everyone at the conference was intimately familiar with the Disneyland analogy: the school of thought that says a massively multiplayer, online world should be just like Disneyland, a "controlled environment," built for the entertainment of guests and with all unsavory elements removed. Others referred to this as "a fascist state," and not always in jest.
