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Up-coming MMORPG Based on Shakespeare's Works
Linnen writes "Edward Castronova has received a MacArthur Foundation grant to build a MMOG based on Shakespeare's plays." "Castronova said 'Arden' will launch — it's unclear when, as the game is still in the early design stage — built around the theme of 'Richard III.' That's because the play, set during the War of the Roses, offers historical context, as well as enough political intrigue, secret conniving, deal-making and war to delight any gamer, he said. 'It's a historical Shakespeare play, so that means it's really easy for us to take all the sort of fantasy stuff like knights in shining armor and peasants and woodworkers...and we can just really fit right into 'Richard III' right away.'"
Wouldn't that be for the Melville MMORPG?
On the other hand, I can see that game devolving into one long Moby Dick joke.
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What if the entire Universe were a chrooted environment with everything symlinked from the host?
The grandparent was commenting on the fact that many of Shakespeare's plays contain female characters disguising themselves as men. The fact that these female characters were, in the playwright's lifetime, played by men, was not relevant to his or her comment.