The Daily Recap

by Krystalle Voecks on Mar 14th 2008 6:00PM

	SL art and architecture sells for US$100,000? Notable Second Life artist, China Tracy, has apparently sold an installation in the virtual world for US$100,000, according to the New York Times - other sources suggest that the purchase price may be 100,000 Euros, not US dollars.
	Tabula Rasa's PAUs make appearance on PTS Personal Armor Units, or PAUs, are one of the most highly anticipated features coming down the track for Tabula Rasa. In lieu of a mount, Destination Games is looking to give higher level players a boost in prestige by letting them tramp around and scare the newbies in giant mechanical robots.
	LotRO expansion announced: "Mines of Moria" Speaking at Connect08 today, Lord of the Rings Online executive producer Jeffrey Steefel announced the long-awaited news of the game's first expansion. Titled Mines of Moria, it should hit your PC before the end of the year, and is the first of a planned series of annual expansions.
	Philip Rosedale stepping down as Linden Lab CEO No, this isn't an April Fool's gag, before you ask. Philip Rosedale, founder and visionary of Linden Lab is stepping down as CEO and becoming board chairman as soon as a replacement can be found. Kapor, the current chairman and Linden Lab's largest investor will remain on Linden Lab's board of directors.
	The top ten features of MMOs A great article over at the Time Well Wasted site about 'spiffy' MMO features made me stop and think. What are the back-of-the-box bullet points that make MMOs great? The field of Massively Multiplayer games is so large now that there's no one feature we can point to that shows up in every single game. Which ones stand out?