{"id":10621,"date":"2006-12-08T08:56:05","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/12\/08\/city-of-browncoats.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:29:46","slug":"city_of_browncoats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/08\/city_of_browncoats.html","title":{"rendered":"City of Browncoats?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Firefly <\/em>to be reborn as an MMORPG?<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Multiverse<\/a>, maker of a free MMO-creation platform, plans to announce Friday morning that it’s struck a deal with Fox Licensing to turn the show into an MMORPG in the fashion of Star Wars Galaxies<\/cite> or Eve Online.<\/cite> <\/p>\n

[…] “We see virtual worlds as an extraordinarily promising new entertainment medium,” said Adam Kline, Fox Licensing’s vice president of media enterprises in an e-mail. “We believe Multiverse can deliver an experience that will remain true to the original series, while enabling a whole new level of personal involvement for fans.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hmmmm. Feeling the skepticism here … <\/p>\n

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  1. \nNo comments from Joss or the other creative elements of the show. This looks like a Fox Licensing schtick.<\/li>\n
  2. \nMultiverse is a platform developer; they need to still gather a creative team.<\/li>\n
  3. \nFirefly is less about the ‘verse, and more about people and decisions and moral quandaries and the like. In a way, this is the problem with a Firefly RPG, but at least there you’re just trying to be one ship’s crew. In an MMORPG — well, how many different types of characters can you have (and how can you set up common goals to balance the setting)? It’s not like City of Heroes, where you can say, “We’re all out to beat the villains.” Creatively, I don’t see how it works as an MMORPG. (On the other hand,
    \nit seems to work in games like Star Wars Galaxies<\/em>, so what the hell do I know?)<\/li>\n
  4. \nLet me repeat: Fox Licensing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I will believe it, though, when I see it.<\/p>\n

    (via Ginny<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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