During the recent discussion here about “what’s new in MMOs“, evizaer raised an interesting point that I think merits further thought: aren’t all the “innovations” in MMOs really just small iterative steps along a fairly clearly illuminated preexisting path? That is to say, what truly new ideas could possibly exist in MMOs?
Also contains links to That’s a Terrible Idea, which is a very interesting site in itself, so you get twice the linkage for half the money! Or something.
More to the point, I only caught Foolsage’s article late Friday night — what’s up with that? Who posts interesting stuff on Friday nights?! — and this is by way of reminding myself it’s out there. And you lot. Good posts over there.
If you’re new to the discussion, this is roughly chronological:
Brian “Psychochild” Green starts it all. Don’t let him tell you it was like that when he found it.
Foolsage is inspired: “What’s ‘New’ in MMOs?”
Evizaer chips in: The Imitation Rut
If you don’t read those blogs, now’s a good time to start.
Stylish Corpse 
Now that is a lot of good stuff to read. 🙂
Thanks for the linkage.
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I never post articles on Friday nights; I wrote that during the day. ‘Course you’re a couple of hours East of here, so that pushed it back a bit. 😉
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Nice linkage! Will check out the blogs, thanks 🙂 Always on the prowl for fresh meat 😉
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