Author: Jack Slater
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Online Communities are not Doomed to Fail
Martin Belam: What I’ve seen again and again is that a hardcore knot of the community become hyperactive on the board, and this begins to inhibit new users from posting. A classic example, from the Points Of View boards, would be that someone would post saying they think Bruno was being a bit harsh on…
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Fees for Comments, Never Mind the Source
The Verge’s Chris Plante has an article about an online magazine (The Tablet) that has decided to charge their own community money for the ability to comment. The rates seem kind of outrageous at $2 (a day), $18 (for a month) or $180 (for a year,) but that will work itself out. If it isn’t…
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End of the Line
I cannot believe how talented some of the people making short animated films with Valve’s Source Film Maker are. The tools are great but they still have to make these films and tell a story without having access to the original voice actors behind these characters, which is why most are “silent.” Hats off to James McVinnie…
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Is Godus Dead?
John Walker, writing about the lack of progress on the kickstarter-funded Peter Molyneux god-game, Godus: As for those Kickstarter promises, it’s not looking good. The silliest claim made was that it would be finished in “seven to nine months”. That wasn’t even true of the money-raking mobile versions, and with the PC game in Early…
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Cannon Brawl Review & nuclearmonster.com live
Join NuclearMonster as he gets in his airship to reign fire and smite his foes. Do you like strategically shooting cannons, flying airships, and earning experience points as you crush your enemies? Maybe you’d like to take the ground right out from underneath them and send their castle falling into oblivion while you laugh. Cannon…