Would like to give a shout out to Justin over at The Nethernet. He/they are doing a damn fine job of creating a game out of browsing the internet. I suggest that all MMO players get an account setup and give it a whirl. I’m curious to know your thoughts and such on the experience. Here are mine below.
Pros:
Definitely leads you into some interesting places. Missions (the good ones) give you a variety of interesting sites to check out and allow you to browse through content at your leisure.
Are a constructive or destructive person? The game allows you to pick an alignment with your character and helps create a fun atmosphere for the rest of the players.
Missions are pretty straightforward and allow for some scavenger hunt and trivia type questions. Most of these are simple enough to keep you playing.
Handy browser tool bar for Firefox eases playing.
Cons:
Not sure where the overall meta-game will lead me. I’m really not sure how much I care about it either yet.
Some of the missions involve a quiz or a scavenger hunt and that’s fine for a few things but gets old. I’d like to see what else could be done to make quests more interesting and hopefully not a “full blown academic test”. So far that hasn’t happened.
Well that’s about all I can write about for now, seeing as how I just got started. More as I delve deeper into the game.