Star Trek Online has seen two developers mark their calendars with a figure resignation, both Geoff “Heretic” Tuffli and Dan “Gozer” Griffis have signaled their departure from Cryptic Studio’s MMORPG game with future resignations and left behind their notes on the forums. Developers have a lot of social context and currency with the virtual worlds that they develop for. They’re, in a way, the architects of the aesthetic and the code that governs how the community interacts with that virtuosity and within themselves; as a result, they’re often the target of adulation and scorn in turn depending on the cycle of development. Not often do they work directly with the community–but sometimes they do become part of the very worlds that they develop and design.
Link, via MMO Anthropology.
Recent Comments