Three-dimensional digital worlds and the world of William Shakespeare--it's hard to imagine two more disparate universes.
But bridging the gap between them is exactly what Edward Castronova, an associate professor of telecommunications at Indiana University and the leading expert on the economies of virtual worlds, is doing.
On Thursday, the MacArthur Foundation is expected to announce a $240,000 grant to Castronova and his team to build "Arden: The World of Shakespeare," a massively multiplayer online game, or MMO, built entirely around the plays of the Bard. click title for article
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Completely off topic here, dear, but I have a vague notion of you once saying you used to work as a lawyer? Or some such thing? You see, I've translated a piece about "lawyeristics" (or criminal law, as it were..), and would shamelessly abuse any bloglings I have to see if I've managed to render it into comprehensible English...
If you feel up to it, perhaps an email? Try "kathquadmum at gmail dot com" :)
And if not - fear not, I'll live, and I'll still come back here ;)
no, I am not a lawyer. I live with one.
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