http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/ Joystiq Comments for J Allard: "We're going to take on the Wikipedia model" http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/
On a side a note, every time I see J. Allard's picture, it fills me with the urge to kill. I think that if I ever met him, I would probably beat the crap out of him before he said a word. I'm sure he's a decent guy, he just has one of those faces.]]>Feb 6th 2006 6:54PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/FOREVER!!!!!!Muh-haha! Just one person to occasionally come a poke me and make sure I'm still alive. Any Volunteers?

KLind]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:03PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 7:03PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/
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Ditto on hating Allard's face.]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:13PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 7:14PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/
Oh and yes, I agree with #1 I would probably punch the guy in the throat if I ever met him in person and prolly Major Snelson too.. But mainly because of BS that comes out of their mouths.]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:21PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 7:25PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/
Honestly, other than making content (and by that, it sounds like customizing already modeled items, which is even more different than those two examples), how is this like Wikipedia or open source at all?

Sounds like racheted down There.com/Second Life to me. Neat, but... c'mon. Hyyyyyyyppeeeeee.]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:26PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/"[The Microsoft system has your] size, remembers your billing info, knows [your] home address--so you buy it. It's inevitable. It's just a matter of who's going to capitalize on it."

That Allard would specifically use Wikipedia to describe his goal sounds extremely underhanded. Wikipedia's idea--a free, user-created and maintained information database--is completely antithetical to Microsoft's game plan.

Be aware that any Wiki-esque setup that Microsoft puts in place will be under fierce control and will just put more money in the company's pockets.

Again, it's a brilliant business strategy, but to claim they're using the Wikipedia model as inspiration is deceitful.

They gotta get Seamus Blackley back.]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:32PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 7:40PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/I want to punch guys in the throat of the guys who want to punch guys in the throat...]]>Feb 6th 2006 7:58PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 7:59PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 8:02PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 8:41PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 8:43PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 8:48PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 6th 2006 9:23PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/
http://www.gamestudies.org/0102/pearce/"

Here's a sample quotation from that interview that is applicable: "So in fact you have the players kind of cross-pollinating their creativity with each other, but it’s transparently mediated by the computer. They don’t even know whether the computer came up with this, or some other player in Oklahoma, or what. They just know that the game is doing something different today than it did yesterday."]]>Feb 6th 2006 9:59PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/enslave gamers and harness their skills (and money) so that they could take
over the world.
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This is kinda like saying, "I'd be great if we could use the Internet to download updates to videogames, as long as developers don't use it as an excuse to ship unfinished and buggy games" hmmmmmmmmm.]]>Feb 7th 2006 2:19AMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 7th 2006 3:49AMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/Feb 7th 2006 10:07AMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/
Sony on the other hand, would rather make a load of ridiculous promises and never keep them. They are so busy pushing their product and it's so-called abilities that they don't have room for many new "useful" ideas about the next generation of gaming.

Personally, I'd like to see the open-source model availability for the 360. That would really expand the market. Sony is too proprietary to consider such a thing. We'll see how much open-source Microsoft goes in its other products; I wouldn't expect much though.

]]>Feb 7th 2006 11:27AMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/06/j-allard-were-going-to-take-on-the-wikipedia-model/http://www.wayoftherodent.com/bonus/my%20mate%20shigsy%20visitor.htm]]>Feb 8th 2006 7:25AM