Archive for December, 2006

Multiverse Platform Interview

December 19th, 2006 – 11:42 pm
Tagged as: News

Matt Mihaly has put up another interview with Corey Bridges. This one deals more with the Multiverse platform than anything else, but Firefly gets a look in at several points. Matt’s is an excellent blog if you’re interested in MMOs, by the way.

Interview with Corey Bridges

December 16th, 2006 – 1:04 am
Tagged as: News

Firefly MMO News recently had the opportunity to ask Corey Bridges a few questions about the game. Corey’s title is “Multiverse Co-Founder and Executive Producer”, so as you can imagine, he’s pretty close to the heart of things.
Did Multiverse approach Fox about the license, or did Fox approach Multiverse?
James Cameron, director of Titanic, the […]

MMORPG Column

December 13th, 2006 – 1:43 am
Tagged as: News

Jon Wood of MMORPG.com covers Firefly in his weekly column. He has a particularly interesting point to make with regard to the amount of information already known about the setting:
I think that one season was enough to give the audience a taste of what the universe was all about, but leaves enough of the lore […]

Coverage & Discussion

December 12th, 2006 – 5:18 am
Tagged as: News

More discussion happening in various parts of the ‘verse:
There’s a discussion on the Multiverse boards about where in the timeline the game should happen. The consensus there seems to be post-Miranda, but I’ve seen strong arguments put forward elsewhere for setting the game before or during the war.
The Wizard of Duke Street sets forth some […]

Penny Arcade Strip

December 11th, 2006 – 8:09 am
Tagged as: News

Penny Arcade has a strip about the Firefly MMO today.
(Thanks to Prakash for the tip!)

Ask Your Questions

December 11th, 2006 – 4:37 am
Tagged as: News

Gossi on fireflyfans.net is going to be interviewing “the people who have the rights to the Firefly MMORPG (Multiverse)” soon, and is looking for questions people want answered. Get over there and post what you want to know.
Also, Multiverse have now provided a Firefly MMO Forum.
From a post there by a Multiverse rep (Random):
We are […]

Even More Firefly Coverage

December 10th, 2006 – 6:44 am
Tagged as: News

We’re starting to see some more thoughtful writing about the Firefly MMO now, as people consider what could happen. Of course, it’s all speculation for now, but here’s the day’s set of news sites and blogs:
playfuls.com
Teev Blogger
One Stack Mind
Zen of Design

Firefly Discussion

December 9th, 2006 – 12:33 pm
Tagged as: News

Hopefully, this site will cover all your news needs. For discussion, might I recommend the excellent firefly-mmo.com forums?

Further Firefly Coverage

December 9th, 2006 – 7:59 am
Tagged as: News

Lots more coverage today, although there’s no further news, in:
Pro-G
Warcry Network’s Razorwire
1up.com (good article - if you’re only going to read one, make it this one)
Play.tm
Doombot compares Firefly MMO and SWG
Wonderland
… and a strip on Real Life Comics

Multiverse Firefly Press Release

December 8th, 2006 – 10:48 am
Tagged as: News

Multiverse have put out the press release.
There’s little in it that Wired didn’t cover earlier, but Bill Turpin, the CEO of Multiverse, had this to say:
“In addition to our world-class technology, developers choose Multiverse for our network, which lets them launch their games into a built-in market of consumers who are just one click away […]