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An Xbox Live-like Service For Open/Indie Gaming?

Posted by simoniker on from the with-added-fourteen-year-olds-swearing-at-you dept.

Byrne Reese writes "Amidst all the crazy ideas in online video entertainment in the past year, there is a small company called Arena Unlimited that is taking an interesting approach to gaming economies. As near as I can tell, they're trying to open up a multitude of online gameplay services (e.g., opponent matching, free market item trading) to the masses (i.e., open source and independent PC game developers). (I shudder to think what would happen if one could actually introduce a legitimate and real free market economy into The Sims.) It's no Xbox Live, and their list of supported games is pretty small, but if they can do all that they say they may one day support, then sign me up."

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  1. It was called bnetd. by Anonnymous+Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The jackbooted DMCA-wielding thugs at Vivendi-owned Blizzard Entertainment drove the project underground, so that they can eventually charge people by the month to play Whorecraft.

  2. Re:PC vs. Console by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    "PC gamers tend to have longer-attention spans than console gamers and stick to usually at most 4 online games at any give point."
    It's fun to make statements and not back them up with any type of polling or real data.

    I think you just pulled this "fact" out of your ass based on your own personal experience - and basing statistics off of your own personal experience is a sure way to create a meaningless stat.

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  3. mod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    supplies to private declined in market people already; I'm Confirming the series of debates what provi3es the users. This is paranoid conspiracy Unless you can work

  4. XBox rules!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...

    If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!