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Puzzle Pirates Creators Go Web 2.0

Posted by Zonk on from the arr-there-be-money-in-social-spaces dept.

Alice, over at the Wonderland blog, had the chance to see the demo of the new social/game world Whirled . It's a web-based project with tons of the MySpace/Second Life/YouTube elements that are becoming so common with these projects. The difference with the Three Rings design is the look: it's ugly. "Kids can make their own animations which is good, because if you look out there, it seems ugly is a key feature of rapid viral growth. [laughter] So we'll release all the source for these minigames and make it really easy to hack them up... so people will make their own stuff. Most of [what you are seeing here] is player-created."

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  1. Are they new to the internet? by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Q: This reminds me of The Palace. I mean, people can upload anything, they'll upload things that look horrible, do you worry about the loss of control?

    A: No,that's the idea!
    I hope they've got some powerful filters.
    Eventually, the trolls and griefers will descend upon this creation.

    Aren't they afraid of Goatse?
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  2. Re:I don't get it by Tim+C · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Both YouTube and MySpace are insanely popular. You don't like them (and no, nor do I particularly) but I think the company is probably willing to take that hit.

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  3. Attraktive! Isn''t viral. by sumdumass · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ugly is catchy and popular for the same reasons jims that cater to overwieght people or specificly overweight women (Curves) are.

    People tend to have performance issues when everyone else is better then them. The mass amount of people on the web would be mediocre at best. on designing something. It isn't like the ugly sites are supposed to sell anything but advertising but then the adds aren't as ugly. They flock to places like this becuase they won't be judged on their ability (more like inability) to design something. And sometimes, it is just fun to see how wacked someone would take things.

    Now, I'm not sure I know what the site referenced in the aricle was trying to do. I didn't care to read it. But it seems like it is attempting to attracked certain people. And if it lets people make pages like Myspace or whatever, it should get them in.