Ready for a virtual world of Legos?


Yup...

The manufacturer of the little plastic playing blocks wants to take them online to “Lego Universe,” a virtual world for fans of the ubiquitous toy…

To launch next year as a massively multiplayer online game, or MMOG to those in the gaming community, Lego Universe will let players create online versions of themselves and interact with each other.

Each player’s avatar, or online persona, will be a customizable digital version of Lego minifigures, the tiny characters included with most Lego kits that also feature in existing Lego video games such as Lego Star Wars.

“The more a child plays, they collect more coins and more bricks. The more you play, the more you get to build things,” Hansen said…

And just like with Lego Factory, users will also be able to order the physical versions of their online creations and have them delivered to their door.

This might be useful for some children. And for some who won’t admit to being children.

Posted: Fri - May 2, 2008 at 08:08 AM          

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