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Comparing the MMO Industry With the Silver Screen

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the talkies-will-never-take-off dept.

Karen Hertzberg writes "With video gaming — specifically the massively multiplayer online titles — quickly surpassing Hollywood's cash flow, it seems logical that the silver suits at Tinsel Town would begin paying attention to their digital brethren. On the same line of thought, Hollywood provides the MMO industry with a history in the entertainment medium that we simply don't have. Ten Ton Hammer's Cody Bye sat down with four industry experts to draw together some similarities between MMOs and films, and he attempted to use those points to draw out some predictions for the future of the MMO gaming industry."

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  1. JWSmythe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post lol

    1. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      first fail lol

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