Comments on: Eyes Wide in South Africa http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/ art • games • change Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jason http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-35000 Jason Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:12:29 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-35000 <strong>African lover:</strong> I hope so, too. The situation is <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91404400" rel="nofollow">hugely complex</a> but I saw a great deal of promise when I was there as well. Such a beautiful place, such a beautiful people. The recent troubles certainly hit home for me. African lover: I hope so, too. The situation is hugely complex but I saw a great deal of promise when I was there as well. Such a beautiful place, such a beautiful people. The recent troubles certainly hit home for me.

]]> By: African lover http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-34923 African lover Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:56:50 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-34923 Really a nice shot. Reading all the news in the paers these days its hard to imagine to live peaceful in South Africa. I hope it will continue to improve, and not end in a terrible mess. Really a nice shot. Reading all the news in the paers these days its hard to imagine to live peaceful in South Africa. I hope it will continue to improve, and not end in a terrible mess.

]]> By: Jason http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31565 Jason Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:07:09 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31565 Thanks! I'm a big fan of co-op gaming, too. I was on the fence about 3d virtual worlds in general but I decided to take a risk and explore the possibilities with Second Life. Second Life certainly feels like the wild west but, once you learn some of the tricks, you can make it do pretty cool things. Concurrency isn't really as much of a problem as impoverished affordances for building UI in general. (For example, you can only get 6 or so keys from the keyboard programmatically.) It's pretty fun to be able to build things progressively in-world and get immediate feedback from folks along the way, though. P.S.: Apologies for the delayed response. I've been traveling in and around Johannesburg for a few days without internet access. O.o Thanks! I’m a big fan of co-op gaming, too. I was on the fence about 3d virtual worlds in general but I decided to take a risk and explore the possibilities with Second Life.

Second Life certainly feels like the wild west but, once you learn some of the tricks, you can make it do pretty cool things. Concurrency isn’t really as much of a problem as impoverished affordances for building UI in general. (For example, you can only get 6 or so keys from the keyboard programmatically.) It’s pretty fun to be able to build things progressively in-world and get immediate feedback from folks along the way, though.

P.S.: Apologies for the delayed response. I’ve been traveling in and around Johannesburg for a few days without internet access. O.o

]]> By: David Simon http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31288 David Simon Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:54:27 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31288 Hey, cool concept for the paper! I dig co-op gaming of all varieties. However, I was never able to get into Second Life like I was with Active Worlds back in the day... is it really flexible enough for doing the things you describe in the paper without UI or concurrency issues getting in the way? Hey, cool concept for the paper! I dig co-op gaming of all varieties. However, I was never able to get into Second Life like I was with Active Worlds back in the day… is it really flexible enough for doing the things you describe in the paper without UI or concurrency issues getting in the way?

]]> By: Jason http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31199 Jason Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:54:49 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31199 Thanks, man! Yeah, it really is quite the amazing place. It's too bad it takes 24 hours of travel to get here from the states. Still, if things continue as they have, I'm going to be back no matter what. Thanks, man! Yeah, it really is quite the amazing place. It’s too bad it takes 24 hours of travel to get here from the states. Still, if things continue as they have, I’m going to be back no matter what.

]]> By: Justin Ruckman http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31195 Justin Ruckman Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:38:36 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/2008/02/south-africa/#comment-31195 Wow, Cape Town looks beautiful in that shot. Be well dude, I am jealous. Wow, Cape Town looks beautiful in that shot. Be well dude, I am jealous.

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