The latest news about entertainment artificial life, especially web-based massive multiplayer games. You can use the search feature to find games that have not yet been added to the main list.
The BBC and
Gameware Development (the company that currently owns the
Creatures games, although it's several permutations past Cyberlife) have created a children's television show called
BAMZOOKi in which children design artificial creatures and pit them against one another.
The first season is now complete, and was re-run during the summer at 8am, one of the most coveted timeslots in children's television. It seems to be gaining popularity --- there are even
Bamzooki clubs at British elementary schools. Most of the other artificial life games where animal creations fight have been self-contained, but this one offers the best "zooks" the opportunity to be featured on the website and on telvision. This seems to support one of my theories that competition with others is a key factor in making an artificial life product succeed.
