An occasional blog of news and developments of interest to virtual worlds, with particular emphasis on economic and public policy issues. Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Virtual Worlds and Pop Culture. I have just updated an old post, Virtual Worlds and Pop Culture. Thursday, March 26, 2009. Blizzard L00t, pt II. Just a quick follow up on my September 2008 post Blizzard L00t. Which discussed the profitability of World of Warcraft.

A space program for the rest of us. Project Persephone is a Tokyo-based society founded with the goal of bringing space development to the masses. Some of these projects emphasize biology. One proposes using magnetactic bacteria to change the orientation of a femtosatellite. Another aims at putting an extremophile ecosystem in a femtosatellite.

Follow me from my new blog. After a year and 216 days, Second Citizen Forums close down unexpectedly two days ago. How does that happen? Though I was merely a lurker at SC Forums, I kind of feel sad that they are taken down. An era ends with them. Second Life history of a year and a half suddenly disappeared with the forums closing down.

International Workshop on Blending Physical and Digital Spaces on the Internet. Third International Workshop on Blending Physical and Digital Spaces on the Internet. The Internet constantly challenges our notions of place and space, and we believe that a cross-domain exploration of this process is needed to understand its evolution. 2nd International Workshop on Blending Physical and Digital Spaces on the Internet.