{"id":501,"date":"2011-02-10T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T19:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2011-02-10T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T19:51:10","slug":"rod-humble-in-villa-fan-shocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Rod Humble in Villa Fan Shocker"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a rather spiffing interview with Rod Humble over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun<\/a>. However, before you head over, a word of warning, it’s a general gaming site, they’re very cynical about Second Life and the comments are particularly cynical, but that cynical nature actually makes the interview somewhat interesting as you get questions from a different perspective to that of the average Second Life user.<\/p>\n

There’s the shocking revelation that Rod Humble is an Aston Villa fan, so that’s Rod Humble, Prad Prathivi <\/a>and me… of course, I’m more suave, sophisitcated, better looking, wittier and conceited than those two, they may have a headstart in the success stakes though, but you can’t have everything! Where was I? Oh yes, the Rock Paper, Shotgun interview, this gives a good sense of Rod being enthusiastic about Second Life.<\/p>\n

The good points from this interview are that Rod embraces Second Life being a place where people create what they want, that this reflects a wide and diverse choice and that this includes some warts and all creations, but Rod doesn’t seem to be afraid of that, indeed whereas he sidesteps the adult issue to a degree, he acknowledges that Second Life’s open ended nature leads to content that is popular with humans.<\/p>\n

Rod admits that Second Life’s hard to define nature makes it intriguing, and this is something I wholeheartedly agree with, although there are plenty of people who don’t, to me that’s one of Second Life’s greatest plus points.<\/p>\n

One interesting angle is that they ask Rod about Entropia Style licensing or unique worlds as spin offs, Rod indicates this could be a consideration, which could lead to some very interesting possibilities but that’s something to be seen in the months ahead.<\/p>\n

The interview was yet again refreshing, I’ve liked most of the public interviews and comments from Rod so far, he’s shown enthusiasm, a zest for growth but at the same time he doesn’t seem to be on a headlong rush to turn the world upside down. The interview at Rock, Paper, Shotgun has an element of fun but as I said, take caution, it’s an interview that thinks its funny to say “Cocks<\/em>” …that’s gaming publications for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a rather spiffing interview with Rod Humble over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. However, before you head over, a word of warning, it’s a general gaming site, they’re very cynical about Second Life and the comments are particularly cynical, but that cynical nature actually makes the interview somewhat interesting as you get questions from a … <\/p>\n

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