Comments on: PMOG Launches – Go Lay Some Mines On Your Friend’s MySpace Page

By: PERSONALIZE MEDIA» Innovation Last Post Media Personalizing Transformation Virtual Worlds Web 3.0 » The Avatars Take Over the Asylum - Layered ‘Social’ Virtual Worlds

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:49:55 +0000

[...] ‘layered’ gaming saying that they already had 15 000 players back in May of this year – PMOG Launches – Go Lay Some Mines On Your Friend’s MySpace Page. Here is a quick screenshot of a quest just about to happen with players on a mission for Content [...]

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RocketOn Layers A Virtual World Onto The Web — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:10:38 +0000

[...] on the bottom of your browser that can be used to chat with other visitors to a webpage, PMOG turns web surfing into a game with mine laying and loot [...]

By: KillerStartups.com - PMOG.com - The Passively Multiplayer Online Game

KillerStartups.com - PMOG.com - The Passively Multiplayer Online Game — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:36:46 +0000

PMOG.com – The Passively Multiplayer Online Game…

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog …

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:34:30 +0000

@Josh:

Says the guy whose web site link leads to:

https://veamon....lfip.com/forgr/

*eyeroll* Apparently ANY retard CAN make a web site.

By: Neyma Jahansooz

Neyma Jahansooz — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:25:51 +0000

I signed up today and it is actually quite entertaining and has interesting futures. Ie…turning the landscape of the web into a MMORPG

Once real people start to use it – the potential for spam and abuse will be incredible – but I suppose that is why new players have limited resources and there is a rep system.

By: ZiZi

ZiZi — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:46:10 +0000

Stupid or not. these guys have a good amount of traffic for a startup.
not to mention a valid idea.

By: ctrlshiftの日記

ctrlshiftの日記 — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:28:58 +0000

ホームページに地雷をしかけるゲームサイト「PMOG」…

様々なホームページに地雷をしかけて遊ぶゲームサイト「PMOG」が新たにローンチしました。 PMOG Launches – Go Lay Some Mines On Your Friend’s MySpace Page いろいろなサイトを訪問していくと、それだ…

By: DaveS

DaveS — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:49:51 +0000

Wow… if this is not the stupidest thing I’ve seen all week, I don’t know what is.

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PMOG News » PMOG Launch Go! — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:16:55 +0000

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By: josh

josh — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:41:35 +0000

for the love of god…i guess any retard can make a site now…

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:43:39 +0000

Looks like they’ve already been overwhelmed with traffic today.. Error 500… How am I going to loot that crate of beleam’s?

By: Trae

Trae — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:53:30 +0000

And cue the massive amount of portals that will go to porn sites…

By: Jono

Jono — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:53:28 +0000

So what happens when I get lots of points? Do I cash them in or win a (real life) prize, or is this just a way to waste time?

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:21:53 +0000

Ok, so I misunderstood where missions came from. But that still doesn’t mean a player can’t create missions for the purpose of traffic boosting. I still can see how the system can be gamed.

I still don’t like the idea of a company tracking every site I visit. YMMV.

By: chris_st

chris_st — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:56:43 +0000

@Brent — that’s why I use Safari for the important stuff, and PMOG-enhanced FireFox for fun

Interestingly, the Missions appear to be the compelling bit. People can (and some even do!) create missions taking you interesting places, or showing several pages of (say) a webcomic to show _why_ it’s a good webcomic. And once you’ve done a mission on a particular topic, you get to see other missions on the same topic; and they’re rated, so you can get an idea of whether a mission is worth it, etc., etc.

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Mon, 12 May 2008 13:30:17 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:11:38 +0000

@Brent,

Just an FYI: Every mission on PMOG is player created. The only traffic it would be boosting is traffic to sites other players have wanted to include in their mission.

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:11:57 +0000

Having some company track every web page I visit in exchange for “points” does sound like fun. Now if there was only a game that would track every purchase I made, that would be _really_ fun.

Maybe I’m cynical but “missions” sound like a source of traffic boosting schemes. Need more traffic? Buy a mission.

Sorry, but I think I’m going to have to pass on this one.

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게임문화연구회 » Blog Archive » 웹 서핑을 게임으로 — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:05:00 +0000

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By: muse carmona

muse carmona — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:40:52 +0000

Binaryday: mines can be left on any webpage, but it’s particularly irritating “quasi-griefing” behavior if someone leaves them on your personal homepage. the mines explode for anyone with their toolbar (a firefox extension) turned on.

Chris: your character profile is not determined by what pages you visit, but rather by whether you tend to make missions, leave mines, leave st nicks, leave crates full of gifts, etc.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:34:07 +0000

I’m a little worried by the phrase in the video, “Watch your character profile change to reflect who you are online.” Just how much information are they collecting about their users through the FF plugin?

By: Binaryday

Binaryday — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:07:45 +0000

From your description it looks like mines can be left on any webpage on the web. What is the significance of myspace in the post title?

The mines explode only for your friends or anyone who visits these pages? How does the script identify friends?