Category Archives: Friends

Happy E-Holidays!

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

To our customers, partners, and friends who have sent us Holiday E-Cards, thank you very much and Happy Holidays to you as well.  Here’s a collage of a few, along with some links to the magic.  Enjoy! Happy Holidays from … Continue reading →

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An Offline Weekend Spent With Online Friends

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Have you ever met anyone from inside your computer? Did it go as you expected? Sitting here thinking about my recent experiences, the one that stands out the most for me is a weekend spent in New York City with … Continue reading →

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We The Kings Reaches Fans in Hangout’s Superstar City

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

Metaverse client Hangout Industries, the creator of the Facebook virtual world Superstar City, has announced the initial results of a collaboration with the pop rock band We The Kings.  In Superstar City, fans of the group can outfit their avatars … Continue reading →

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Engaging Kids in Virtual Worlds – Engage! Conference NY

Posted on February 20, 2010 by

MMS moderated two panels at the Engage! Conference in New York last week, including “It’s the Activity, Stupid!, Keeping Kids and Tweens Engaged in Virtual Worlds.”  Panelists Jacques Panis (Webosaurs), Jim Bower (Whyville), and Josh Fisher (Brandissimo!/NFLRush Zone) knocked it … Continue reading →

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MMS’ Chase Straight Named to Ypulse’s Youth Advisory Board

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Youth Pulse, Inc. announced on Ypulse.com today that Metaverse Mod Squad’s Chase Straight has been selected to join its standing “Youth Advisory Board”. *** Youth Pulse studies the opinions and behavior of tweens, teens, collegians and young adults in order … Continue reading →

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Chat Log: Guest Lecture Series at Molaskey’s Pub

Posted on April 4, 2009 by

As everyone’s been asking how the guest lecture on “Staffing the Metaverse” at Molaskey’s Pub went last month – well, I’m sure everyone’s been wondering – here’s a link to the chat log.  In fact, the next week’s lecture was … Continue reading →

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The Computer’s View

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

Our friend Izzy Neis, posted this awesome video on her blog. It is a film of children’s faces as they play computer games. What a range of emotions. About half way through, one girl has a single tear come down … Continue reading →

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Woman Jailed for “Virtual Murder”

Posted on October 23, 2008 by

So just arrived back yesterday from the Virtual World Conference in London and I am catching up on email and blog posts (translation:  surfing Facebook and TMZ.com).  I tried to update via Twitter mostly, but unfortunately we were stuck manning … Continue reading →

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Spooky Fun in MinyanLand

Posted on September 30, 2008 by

On Wednesday, we’re teaming up with MinyanLand to host a month-long Halloween social. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, MinyanLand is a really fun virtual world that teaches kids and their families the basics of money and … Continue reading →

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Mike is at AGDC

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

Mike, our COO, is at the Austin Game Developers Conference this week assisting our friends and partners at Crisp Thinking distribute MMS materials from their booth.  Mike just called me and had just attended the session another MMS friend,  Rebecca … Continue reading →

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