December 29, 2003
Mapping Will Wright
"But the bigger thought in my mind is the fact that we're inventing and adapting to these alternate topologies--social topologies, basically. It used to be that you knew your neighbors and maybe your coworkers--the people in your physical vicinity. In some sense our phone network is kind of pretty closely mapped to that physical topology. As we move onto the Net, we have an entirely different set of topologies that are based around special interests and forums and bulletin boards, chat rooms. And online games are their own kind of form of topology. And so we can have groups of friends that I know in the office, and my neighbors, and also ones that are playing this online game with me, or ones that hang out with at this particular website that reflects my hobby, and that I interact with over a bulletin board."
from Q&A: Mappping Will Wright on Gamespot.com
Posted by kurt at December 29, 2003 06:54 PM
