I don't think you should be able to sell anything you acquire in the game. The user didn't create anything - none of the graphics, none of the sounds, none of the quests, etc. Verant/989 made it all and can do with it as they please.
In the "real world" model, users usually create few of the goods and services that they purchase. They do, however, work for the means to purchase such goods. Much like the players do in Everquest.
It's possible to purchase in-game supplies using in-game currency; why is translating in-game currency to real world currency such an imaginative stretch? Whichever world you're immersed in, you're still working for the good.
the salon article aside, it is difficult to be a woman and vote for a party that does not support abortion. But Gore is a censorship-frenzied, personality-less old monied prune who has spent so long kissing clinton's middle-of-the-road butt that he's not sure where to put his lips any more.
and voting for a third party candidate seems to mean so little when even if a third-party candidate was elected president, the republicrat house and senate would fight his legislation every step of the way.
the solution? write in Bill the Cat. at least his 'Ack' means something.
it would be terribly funny to combat stereotype with stereotype.
let's envision the female-pandering equivalent of lara croft: our character would be a huge, muscle-bound man clad only in a loin-cloth, whose various bits-and-pieces bounce whenever he jumps...
and hell, why not have a keyboard command that makes him kneel and say, 'yes, mistress!'
the advertisement for the game would have the man smiling enticingly, underneath the words, 'Bored at home? Come play with me!'
//the below is lighthearted teasing forgive a girl for pointing out the obvious, but it's hillarious to watch y'all turn the thought-provoking post above into a discussion of the origin of the word 'frag', complete with a smack-talking taunt involving anal rape by large weapon...
i know that people gravitate to the area of their comfort, and i also know that pissed-off women are hardly as fun or interesting as killing other men, but come on...
I am a webmaster at CNN.com. Do I fear AOLamers running rampant through CNN halls? Yes. Do I think that suddenly, there will be a huge shift in the CNN paradigm, away from TV broadcast content and toward web content? Yes. Do I suddenly see a huge increase in my workload? Yes. Should CNN start giving stock options to people like me? Grrrrrr -- Oh yes.
the new ibook, on the other hand, is terribly terribly cute. sadly, with it's colorful little handle, it looks like a teenaged girl's briefcase. As of this posting the http://www.apple.com/ibook/ page was swamped, but I'm certain that the traffic will die down in short order.
in the words of the press release on the apple page, the ibook is a 'hot little number' (tee hee). specs at http://www.apple.com/ibook/specs.html.
remember to match your ibook color to your new beatle!
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In the "real world" model, users usually create few of the goods and services that they purchase. They do, however, work for the means to purchase such goods. Much like the players do in Everquest.
It's possible to purchase in-game supplies using in-game currency; why is translating in-game currency to real world currency such an imaginative stretch? Whichever world you're immersed in, you're still working for the good.
and voting for a third party candidate seems to mean so little when even if a third-party candidate was elected president, the republicrat house and senate would fight his legislation every step of the way.
the solution? write in Bill the Cat. at least his 'Ack' means something.
FYI CNN has been doing online interviews for at least 2 years.
Men and women are DIFFERENT.
soy. i guess i'll sink my teeth into this one.
i like doritos. my s.o. does not. damn, it must be because i'm female and he's male! and let's not even get started on yogurt! (i hate the stuff.)
be very careful that you aren't assuming things when you start assigning secondary traits to the rubrics 'female' and 'male'.
it would be terribly funny to combat stereotype with stereotype.
let's envision the female-pandering equivalent of lara croft: our character would be a huge, muscle-bound man clad only in a loin-cloth, whose various bits-and-pieces bounce whenever he jumps...
and hell, why not have a keyboard command that makes him kneel and say, 'yes, mistress!'
the advertisement for the game would have the man smiling enticingly, underneath the words, 'Bored at home? Come play with me!'
ok, sorry, fantasizing over.
//the below is lighthearted teasing
forgive a girl for pointing out the obvious, but it's hillarious to watch y'all turn the thought-provoking post above into a discussion of the origin of the word 'frag', complete with a smack-talking taunt involving anal rape by large weapon...
i know that people gravitate to the area of their comfort, and i also know that pissed-off women are hardly as fun or interesting as killing other men, but come on...
//the above was lighthearted teasing
I am a webmaster at CNN.com. Do I fear AOLamers running rampant through CNN halls? Yes. Do I think that suddenly, there will be a huge shift in the CNN paradigm, away from TV broadcast content and toward web content? Yes. Do I suddenly see a huge increase in my workload? Yes. Should CNN start giving stock options to people like me? Grrrrrr -- Oh yes.
the new ibook, on the other hand, is terribly terribly cute. sadly, with it's colorful little handle, it looks like a teenaged girl's briefcase. As of this posting the http://www.apple.com/ibook/ page was swamped, but I'm certain that the traffic will die down in short order.
in the words of the press release on the apple page, the ibook is a 'hot little number' (tee hee). specs at http://www.apple.com/ibook/specs.html.
remember to match your ibook color to your new beatle!
Critics, for what it's worth, didn't like the original Star Wars either...