the one hundred and seventy-fourth episode of ventriloquy was inspired by the question-statement "You are the GM".
not referring to 'genetically modified', nor to 'General Motors', nor even to 'General Manager', it's a phrase that i'm beginning to hear with increasingly regularity at the SS Galaxy Community Gateway, which i volunteer at.
please do join me in this 2.0 MB download, as i consider with some excitement the new cohort of avatars in Second Life coming over with prior experience in, and expectations from, Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft. i also try to tease out some preliminary links between Gamemasters and teachers, and - most importantly, in my opinion - the unique and powerful affordance of MMORPGs and Virtual Worlds to facilitate the adoption of the performative identity of Gamemaster, by the learners themselves.
Additional reading:
- Gamemaster (wikipedia entry)
- the Field Studies Centre at Praxis (under construction)
- Dark Isle - mythical Celtic roleplay (comprising Phoenix Prime and Phoenix Secondus; closed on 17 April 2009)
- Dark Isle (as featured in Hamlet Au's New World Tableau, 30 December 2008)
- Dark Isle (as featured in Orange Island's Metaverse Explorers, 14 January 2009)
- Koinup photo gallery of Praxis (formerly Phoenix Prime)
- Koinup photo gallery of Praxis Prime (formerly Phoenix Secondus)
