I was on a panel at South by Southwest Interactive: The State of the Game Nation, with Sheri Graner Ray and Wagner James Au.

There are some notes from Joho the blog and from Molly Steenson.

The panel discussed three question, rather broadly. First, how do game designers shape communities and societies in online communities? Second, how do players or users respond to developer's programmatic guidance? And finally, what's in the future for virtual societies?

We only had a hour, so we glossed over these questions, but I think it went well and a surprising number of people were there for a Tuesday morning session!

Thanks again to James and Sheri for being so generous with their time and expertise.