I also like that once you buy the full version you can use your saved games from the demo. Especially since the demo seems rather long so far. Once I get to the end I’m positive I’ll get this one.

In single player mode from what they say you play as the guy, if you die the girl will bring you back to life with a “kiss of life”. This seems fairly typical gender roles wise, but I wonder if they’ll let you play as the girl and have the guy be the one to give you the nurturing kisses. I’m guessing no. The thing I really want to know is, in multiplayer do they have the same dynamic? Can you play coop? Do the characters kiss after each level in coop? Honestly I think that would be awesome. It would provide many sexy moments of awkwardness in lounge rooms around the world. Would two boys fight over who gets to play as the guy?

Personally I’d want to play as the gal. She’s a redhead! Though from the screenshot her outfit does look a bit out of sorts with the time period. It’s supposed to set during the great depression. If I play this with a gal, I’m positive we’ll both play the opposite sex. I’m not even sure this has multi player. This is the first time I’ve heard of the game and I may never play it, but it’s certainly added a spark to my day. Just think of the teenage boys squirming as their characters kiss each other, while they secret enjoy it. I’m sure it would happen with two girls playing too, but I get the impression boys are extra squirmy and reactionary at highschool age.

I’ll be buying it tonight

There’ll be people dedicated to making mmo templates that are specifically designed for being borrowed by website communities.

As an example, it’s pretty inevitable that Penny Arcade will be forced to make one filled with Gabe’s art. I think they even mentioned that in a post once.

Currently MMO’s usually need to create communities from scratch. Web 2 has given us extremely deep and numerous social networks in many different forms. It’s a huge market really. I think metaplace will succeed because it is trying to fit in snugly along side the current web concepts. It will complement existing frameworks and communities, not try to take advantage of them. I think it’s more of a tool than a gaming space.

Think of building a site.. Hmm now we need a blog, we need forum, we need a flickr page, we need a metaplace. If it works it wont be the only option, others will eventually compete, but it will definitely be the first.