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SecretBuilders: Learn, play and create

In 2006, CEO Umair Khan hatched a concept for a virtual world that would expose kids to literature, music and fine art by encouraging them to explore their own creativity through drawing, writing, publishing and community participation. The result is SecretBuilders, a browser-based MMO where players have a direct impact on how the world evolves, looks and plays. (Read more.)

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Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

Back when PopCap was still synonymous with nothing more than Bejeweled, and long before Johnny Depp had perfected his Jack Sparrow swagger, a small development team of six were creating one of the most unique massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) on the market today.

Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates (Y!PP to those that love it) has the magic that all MMOGs are trying to capture: it appeals to and satisfies both the casual and hardcore player; it can be played - all of it - for free, or you can spend boatloads of money if that is your preference to really put on a show; and, get this... people actually role-play! Yar!!

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Gaming for Good in Elf Island

When Liz and Craig Kronenberger founded Good Egg Studios about a year ago, they saw a great opportunity to develop a virtual world with redeeming values that could instil social responsibility in a fun and entertaining way. Now, the husband and wife co-founders are seeing the fruits of their labors come to life in the recently launched Elf Island. Read more»
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zOMG!!! Gaia Online gets its own MMO

When it comes to online communities, few places can compete with Gaia Online. The Web site that began as a modest gathering place for anime geeks now averages more than 5.5 million unique users per month and 1 million posts per day - second only to Yahoo! Soon Gaia Online will come to life in a full-fledged massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game called zOMG!

Senior Producer Dave Georgeson was kind enough to walk Gamezebo through the key features of zOMG!, which is currently in closed beta.

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Ikariam

Ikariam is an online multiplayer empire building game based on ancient Greece that reminds me a lot of Civilization or Age of Empires - except that you can play it in your Web browser for free and you don't have to download any software to your computer. Read more»
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