Metaplace developer chat open to the public

Raph Koster

's getting some attention for his highly-anticipated Metaplace app, but it's all still so new and confusing. Fortunately, Metaplace's very first developer chat will help answer some questions. On the agenda so far:

• When can we expect Metaplace to reach beta phase?

• Will there by ways to advertise on the Metaplace portal and have some kind of "favorite games dashboard" or maybe the "Top 5 Games" being played?

• Any hints on what stylesheets/modules will be included at launch?

• Will Metaplace support sprite or map scaling/zooming to allow for a user to literally zoom out the camera?

The answers to these questions and many others will be revealed on January 31st, at 5 PM PST. I guess my only question is 'Why did you call it "Metaplace"?' I mean, I get it, but it's kinda clunky and uninspired. But the 'meta' prefix is a hot commodity these days, so why not? The app itself looks like it'll be a hoot and a holler, in that order!