Comments for Passively Multiplayer Online Gaming http://passivelymultiplayer.com Let's play together and write about it on our computers. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:13:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Playing with the Children of Flickr by Justin Hall http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2008/04/22/playing-with-the-children-of-flickr/#comment-262 Justin Hall Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:05:14 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2008/04/22/playing-with-the-children-of-flickr/#comment-262 <strong>Participants:</strong> RMBR's Zichermann On Gaming The Web With 'Funware' http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17465 NBC uses site engagement specialist Bunchball to keep Web users glued http://www.techconfidential.com/behind-the-money/blog/behind-the-money/as-anyone-trying-to-make.php Web-Based MMOGs http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/web-based-mmogs/ m3mnoch @ Metaplace.info http://www.mymetaplace.com/?p=7 <strong>Reinforcement Scheduling:</strong> Virtual Skinner Box by Nick Yee http://www.nickyee.com/eqt/skinner.html <blockquote>The most effective method is a random ratio schedule, and the rat is rewarded after it presses the lever a random number of times. Because the rat cannot predict precisely when it will be rewarded even though it knows it has to press the lever to get food, the rat presses the lever more consistently than in the other schedules.</blockquote> Participants:

RMBR’s Zichermann On Gaming The Web With ‘Funware’
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17465

NBC uses site engagement specialist Bunchball to keep Web users glued
http://www.techconfidential.com/behind-the-money/blog/behind-the-money/as-anyone-trying-to-make.php

Web-Based MMOGs
http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com/2006/03/09/web-based-mmogs/

m3mnoch @ Metaplace.info
http://www.mymetaplace.com/?p=7

Reinforcement Scheduling:

Virtual Skinner Box by Nick Yee
http://www.nickyee.com/eqt/skinner.html

The most effective method is a random ratio schedule, and the rat is rewarded after it presses the lever a random number of times. Because the rat cannot predict precisely when it will be rewarded even though it knows it has to press the lever to get food, the rat presses the lever more consistently than in the other schedules.

]]> Comment on Ruby on Rails: Using UUIDs and Having Functional Tests by heavysixer http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2008/03/11/ruby-on-rails-using-uuids-and-having-functional-tests/#comment-247 heavysixer Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:10:53 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2008/03/11/ruby-on-rails-using-uuids-and-having-functional-tests/#comment-247 First! First!

]]> Comment on Whither Questville? by Duncan Gough http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/11/19/whither-questville/#comment-126 Duncan Gough Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:02:39 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/11/19/whither-questville/#comment-126 Looks like Amazon have given people a place to spend their gold: http://askville.amazon.com/AskvilleStore.do T Shirts and Mugs! A bit of a let down, to be honest. Looks like Amazon have given people a place to spend their gold:

http://askville.amazon.com/AskvilleStore.do

T Shirts and Mugs! A bit of a let down, to be honest.

]]> Comment on Why so fantastical, virtual worlds? by Scott Hartsman - Off the Record » Why Fantasy? (I’d love to be wrong.) http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/12/17/why-so-fantastical-virtual-worlds/#comment-93 Scott Hartsman - Off the Record » Why Fantasy? (I’d love to be wrong.) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:48:22 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/12/17/why-so-fantastical-virtual-worlds/#comment-93 [...] prompted a number of replies and other posts that bring up some good [...] [...] prompted a number of replies and other posts that bring up some good [...]

]]> Comment on Ant Colony Optimization - From Google to Passive Gaming by rascunho » Blog Archive » links for 2007-12-15 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/12/14/ant-colony-optimization-from-google-to-passive-gaming/#comment-76 rascunho » Blog Archive » links for 2007-12-15 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:25:37 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/12/14/ant-colony-optimization-from-google-to-passive-gaming/#comment-76 [...] Passively Multiplayer Online Gaming » Blog Archive » Ant Colony Optimization - From Google to Pass... What tools provided outside these games will be used to enhance these trails - Twitter, GMail, Flickr, Facebook? (tags: passivelymultiplayer.com 2007 mes11 dia15 games passive_web_gaming PMOG) [...] [...] Passively Multiplayer Online Gaming » Blog Archive » Ant Colony Optimization - From Google to Pass… What tools provided outside these games will be used to enhance these trails - Twitter, GMail, Flickr, Facebook? (tags: passivelymultiplayer.com 2007 mes11 dia15 games passive_web_gaming PMOG) [...]

]]> Comment on I wouldn’t fuck Janet Iverson’s boyfriend, either. by Cap http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/12/05/i-wouldnt-fuck-janet-iversons-boyfriend-either/#comment-61 Cap Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:38:12 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/12/05/i-wouldnt-fuck-janet-iversons-boyfriend-either/#comment-61 Not only all that, but those cheats don't even work! What a crock of crap! You should definitely post more, this was a great read :) Not only all that, but those cheats don’t even work! What a crock of crap!

You should definitely post more, this was a great read :)

]]> Comment on Whither Questville? by Duncan Gough http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/11/19/whither-questville/#comment-45 Duncan Gough Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:16:57 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/11/19/whither-questville/#comment-45 So how about this: Amazon launches the Kindle book reader, which includes a service called NowNow. Owners of the Kindle can ask simple Twitter style questions via NowNow and receive the answers relatively quickly. Given that NowNow actually exists (http://nownow.com/nownow/) then where does this leave Askville? Turns out plenty of people over on Askville are asking that very question themselves. http://askville.amazon.com/Kindle-rollout-reveal-true-purpose-askville-suggest-nature-Questville/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=5751615&nc=0 It would seem that the Kindle NowNow feature seeds the NowNow website which in turns uses humans and Mturk to answer questions. I wonder why they haven't thrown Askville into the mix, too? Taking it a step further, Askville is the perfect place to send these questions. The peope there are looking to answer question in return for a virtual reward, and what better device to have them spend those coins on than a Kindle and its accompanying virtual book store? It closes the circle quite impressively, but Amazon have chosen NowNow over Askville. So how about this:

Amazon launches the Kindle book reader, which includes a service called NowNow. Owners of the Kindle can ask simple Twitter style questions via NowNow and receive the answers relatively quickly.

Given that NowNow actually exists (http://nownow.com/nownow/) then where does this leave Askville? Turns out plenty of people over on Askville are asking that very question themselves.

http://askville.amazon.com/Kindle-rollout-reveal-true-purpose-askville-suggest-nature-Questville/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=5751615&nc=0

It would seem that the Kindle NowNow feature seeds the NowNow website which in turns uses humans and Mturk to answer questions. I wonder why they haven’t thrown Askville into the mix, too?

Taking it a step further, Askville is the perfect place to send these questions. The peope there are looking to answer question in return for a virtual reward, and what better device to have them spend those coins on than a Kindle and its accompanying virtual book store? It closes the circle quite impressively, but Amazon have chosen NowNow over Askville.

]]> Comment on Flock - Not-so-social web browsing by igbyjones http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/11/16/flock-not-so-social-web-browsing/#comment-27 igbyjones Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:40:52 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/11/16/flock-not-so-social-web-browsing/#comment-27 I send enough links to my friends to make the browser you're imaging something I would actually use (unlike Flock, which quickly disappointed). The problem is getting your friends to join. I send enough links to my friends to make the browser you’re imaging something I would actually use (unlike Flock, which quickly disappointed). The problem is getting your friends to join.

]]> Comment on Web games and in-browser games. by Duncan Gough http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/10/25/web-games-and-in-browser-games/#comment-21 Duncan Gough Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:16:52 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/10/25/web-games-and-in-browser-games/#comment-21 I'd forgotten all about Phospor, too: http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/11/phosphor-from-r.html I’d forgotten all about Phospor, too:

http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/11/phosphor-from-r.html

]]> Comment on Web games and in-browser games. by Justin Hall http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/10/25/web-games-and-in-browser-games/#comment-7 Justin Hall Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:37:25 +0000 http://passivelymultiplayer.com/2007/10/25/web-games-and-in-browser-games/#comment-7 Canvascape is hugely inspiring! But like over a year old already, and I haven't seen anyone take Benjamin Joffe's experiment and make anything interactive out of it yet. Hmmm! I actually emailed him to see what he was working on now, but no word back. Canvascape is hugely inspiring! But like over a year old already, and I haven’t seen anyone take Benjamin Joffe’s experiment and make anything interactive out of it yet. Hmmm! I actually emailed him to see what he was working on now, but no word back.

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