EA Surpasses Activision in Value
“EA has officially surpassed Activision in value. EA now has a market capitalization of 14.40 billion, higher than rival Activision’s market cap of 14.21 billion. As market cap is the total value of the...
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Richard Garriott and Starr Long Discuss MMO Communities
Massively takes a look at Shroud of the Avatar, and also features some commentary on player communities in MMORPGs. Quotes from Richard Garriott and Starr Long are peppered throughout the piece.
Lunar Mission One: A Crowdfunded Lunar Probe
I like how Lunar Mission One — a Kickstarter campaign to send a probe to drill at the Moon’s South Pole — has a lower crowdfunding goal than most gaming Kickstarters I could name....
Richard Garriott on How Traveling to Space Changes You
It’s all about a sense of scale: “‘The Earth changes scale,’ says entrepreneur Richard Garriott, a self-funded astronaut on the ISS in 2008. ‘It goes from being infinite in your mind’s eye to now…...
Of Course Richard Garriott Sent a Message to Mars
Our liege is a well-known proponent of all things space-related, so sending a message to Mars would of course be the sort of thing Richard Garriott would be involved with.
Richard Garriott on The Moth: Since NASA Wouldn’t Send Me
Richard Garriott’s presentation for The Moth, in which he discusses his lifelong desire to journey to space.
Frisco, Texas Will Get a Videogame History Museum
So it looks like the Videogame History Museum finally has a place to call home. Or will…soon: “The Frisco Community Development Corporation board voted unanimously Thursday to approve the terms of an agreement to...
Former EA CEO John Riccitiello Is Now the CEO of Unity
There really isn’t much more to say than that: John Riccitiello, formerly the CEO of Electronic Arts (and the COO thereof before that) has taken on the CEO role at Unity Technologies. For his...
Shroud of the Avatar: Release 11 Preview at MMORPG.com
The eleventh pre-alpha test release — colloquially: Release 11 — of Shroud of the Avatar is underway as of this morning. But if, like me, you haven’t yet had a chance to pop in...
