Game Developer magazine has an interesting news item online about Mytopia: a new massively multiplayer gaming service that integrates with social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. You log on to Facebook, say, then boot up Mytopia and play a few rounds of backgammon or chess with your friends. There's also a "My Home" feature that lets you establish a fort in Mytopia's world.
Pretty cool. But what's even more interesting to me is the idea of using games to link communities like MySpace and Facebook together. Metaverse anyone?
