Since I have not written on my blog for a while, I would like to resume by sharing a great experience with you: my first public talk.
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to deliver my first public presentation. It took place at the Chamber of Commerce of Palma de Mallorca during the Digital Content Industry Innovation Conference. The topic was “The Minics Experience.”
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The mobile operating systems war has been one of the most defining technological battles of the 21st century. The evolution of mobile devices in recent years clearly demonstrates that technological progress is directly linked to mass adoption. Technological innovations rarely succeed unless they come with a maturation of the market and a shift in how people think about and use technology.
The undisputed leader and pioneer in changing how we think about mobile devices is Apple with its iPhone. This phenomenon has pushed all manufacturers to join the mobile operating systems war, which in my personal opinion has only just begun.
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This is one of the questions that many psychologists have been asking for years, due to the growing number of people who find it difficult to lead an ordered life because of the large amount of time they dedicate to the internet.
The internet is a social technology that improves and enriches communication and fosters social participation, but in some extreme cases, the way people use the internet can lead to compulsive behavior disorders for certain types of individuals.
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In this article, I would like to describe the categories we can use to classify types of players in multiplayer games, such as virtual worlds or MMORPGs, based on their behavior and motivations within the game, thanks to the psychological variables that influence multiplayer gaming environments.
First, it is important to mention that we can find hundreds of player types depending on the number of variables in the game. However, to narrow the scope, we will focus on the basic motivations that drive people in these types of games.
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The origins of role-playing games trace back to a simple concept: players take on the role of a character within a fictional story. The narrative evolves as players make decisions for their characters.
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When we create a virtual community, we must build a framework of trust and establish the means to guarantee compliance with at least the most basic behavioral norms. This ensures our community thrives over time. This framework of trust is what all users seek when joining a virtual community. We want assurance that other users cannot harm our personality, online reputation, or even our physical safety.
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Our way of using language on the internet is closely related to the social context we find ourselves in. Our way of speaking differs when we talk on the phone, address a child, present a report to our boss, write in our diary, or draft a speech.
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I would like to resume my blog by talking about Minics.com, a project I had been working on for almost two years and that had finally launched in its Beta version. My career in the video game industry took a new direction with this project.
Minics is a virtual world for children that represented a major challenge in my career. It pushed me not only at a technical and business level, but also guided me toward a largely unexplored niche: “the internet and children.”
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