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03 June 2009 @ 04:11 pm
Not Drowning, Waving  

If you've been paying attention to the Internet for the past 48 hours, you've probably heard about Google's upcoming Wave project. Wow! What a breakthrough.

I'm utterly in love with the creative ethic that the internet has fostered over its comparatively short life. While I certainly don't profess to be a fan of every bit of art, fiction, or other expression published to the web, the fact that it's encouraged people to make is magnificent. Now, with Wave on the horizon, the limits of asynchronous communication aren't going to be a barrier any longer.

The challenge is this, people: Let's do something together. Let's pick a night of the week to all get together and bang out an idea for a game. Then, when we're done, let's play it. No more of the developer in his ivory tower, trickling games down to the plebes below him in a one-way pipeline of you'll-play-what-I-give-you. Let's do this together, and let's have a blast doing it.

This'll probably be a good place to dust off One Hundred Kingdoms, which is as good a place to start as any. I'll post more here as Wave becomes available, so if this sounds like something you'd be interested in, consider yourself invited. 
 
 
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[info]loke_dogg on June 3rd, 2009 08:24 pm (UTC)
I'm definitely interested in being a part of 100 Kingdoms
Scarletboi[info]scarletboi on June 3rd, 2009 08:26 pm (UTC)
Wave looks amazing. I'm angling for a beta invite wherever I can.

If it works like gmail and I get one, I'll drop one your way as soon as I can.
Doc Blue[info]bluelang on June 3rd, 2009 08:33 pm (UTC)
I love this idea!!
Eddy Webb[info]eddyfate on June 3rd, 2009 08:55 pm (UTC)
I'm for this plan.
Chuck Wendig[info]weaver42 on June 3rd, 2009 09:03 pm (UTC)
I'm on board, Skip.

-- c.
machineiv[info]machineiv on June 3rd, 2009 10:47 pm (UTC)
Very interesting. I'd love to see this in action/collaborate.
Caias[info]caias on June 4th, 2009 12:48 am (UTC)
I'm a fan of this as well.
The Previous Grand Mufti (aka Max Brooks)[info]sexualcabinetry on June 4th, 2009 02:40 am (UTC)
I'll throw into that, sirrah.
Justin Achilli[info]jachilli on June 4th, 2009 03:13 am (UTC)
Good, good. This is going to be exciting.
djhive[info]djhive on June 4th, 2009 06:44 am (UTC)
I was pretty amazed at some of the stuff they showed in that Wave demo. This will be such a great tool.
Would definitely be interested in participating in your project.