A new chance to add to your game-related tome collection: TN friends Greg Boyd and Brian ("Psychochild") Green are the editors of the Business and Legal Primer for Game Development. The book is primarily advice for those working in the game industry (not working on MMORPGs specifically) but it features a chapter from James Grimmelmann that gives advice on the construction of EULAs for virtual worlds. More detail on Brian's blog. There's also a chapter with some "I wish I knew then" remarks by Richard Bartle, Jessica Mulligan, and other recognizable names.
Hooray for finishing the book! ;)
I think the book is absolutely wonderful. It's a book the industry sorely needs, with lots of great basic information about starting and running a business. Anyone that wants to understand what's really going on behind the scenes, or what issues they need to consider before running their own business, really should check out the book. The writers did a great job, in my absolutely biased opinion.
Anyway, the link to my blog above gives more detail about the book. Feel free to check it out and post any questions you have on my blog; I'll try to respond to them as I can.
Take care,
Posted by: Brian 'Psychochild' Green | Oct 29, 2006 at 04:49
Interesting book. So here's a question: why hasn't any game company developed a world where the players are actually given title to the objects they acquire in the game??
Posted by: tim | Nov 01, 2006 at 14:35