Sudbrink and Whitebook work at Butterfly.net in downtown Shepherdstown. Last year, Ultraprise moved to Northern Virginia and Levine stayed in Shepherdstown to start Butterfly.net. While Sudbrink and Whitebook pushed the imaginary keg, Levine watched, writing notes about things that needed changing. Recently, Levine met with game publishers in California. By the end of this year, he hopes to sell his work to game developers all over the world.
Some people criticize Internet role-playing games for taking over people's lives.
They play for hours in a dazed, alternate reality at their computer. I've talked to friends who've gotten divorced because of it, lost their jobs. Levine predicts people will become even more obsessed. They'll play even when they're not at their computers. They'll type messages on cell phones or hand-held devices like PalmPilots.