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Scott McCloud On Micropayments And Gaming

Posted by simoniker on from the he-likes-micropayments dept.

Thanks to Game Girl Advance for its discussion of a lecture by comic creator Scott McCloud at EA's Redwood Shores campus, during which he floated "the idea of using micro-payments for online gaming, which he analogizes to feeding quarters into the arcade machines of yore." The article's author muses: "Would you pay 25 cents for 100 credits of Bejeweled? What about a dollar for six hours on EverQuest? How about a virtual penny arcade that let you play multiplayer Joust or Gauntlet II online with people from around the world? No monthly subscriptions, just pure pay-to-play." We've previously covered McCloud's hands-on interest in micropayments on Slashdot.

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  1. Raising money for Evercrack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    What about a dollar for six hours on EverQuest?

    Don't cast that spell yet! I'm in the middle of auctioning off my kid's liver.

  2. Legally Required Penny Arcade Link by Jeff+Reed · · Score: 5, Funny
    Magic: It's What's For Dinner.

    Check the news post for that strip for more commentary.

  3. How To Make MicroPayments Work For Me by Dr.+Wu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every time Scott McCloud says the word 'micropayment', he has to pay me a quarter

    Every time Scott McCloud comes up with a 'uniquely inventive' way of using micropayments on the internet, he has to pay me a quarter

    Every time Scott McCloud tries to convince us that micropayments are the wave of the future and can work, he has to pay me a quarter

    Then, once I have few hundred thousand dollars, maybe I'll buy him a 'clue'.

    Micropayments are not feasible, micropayments will never work, micropayments are a buzzword of an internet bubble that burst nearly five years ago.

    Move along, nothing to see here.

    Dr. Wu