LEGO Universe
November 23, 2007 by Rachel
Filed under Fun and Games
This time next year you should be able to take your LEGO obsession online. They’re developing a Massively Multiplayer Online Game for you to get play with the toy virtually. Through the message boards and through their new LEGO Universe Game site they are inviting you to follow the progress and add to the discussion about what you want to do on the site. The boards look to be really active and the site has potential, although it is currently very new and contentless. However, you can vote on the name of their monthly newsletter and start setting the tone. This development appears to be the latest in a long term online engagement of fans, with a site that has exclusive news, lots and lots of games and plenty of chance to interact with follow fans and with the brand
Many of us LEGO fans have already taken our LEGO obsession online. In fact the idea of an online LEGO game is not original to LEGO. In fact there has been a fan game for some time now. I interviewed the creator:
http://radio.laml.org/lamlradio-13-blockland/