Phil Elliot over at Gamesindustry.biz was able to score a very in depth interview with SOE President John Smedley. They cover a variety of topics including gaming trends, past mistakes, and upcoming titles.

Q: What have you learned about the community aspect - Star Wars: Galaxies, for example, went through a difficult transition period.
John Smedley: The lessons we've learned from our community have just been extraordinary. For years now we've been running something called the Influencer Summit, where we pull 100 people, and 50 of those people will be our worst critics.

Smedley shares a lot of interesting thoughts about SOE and the MMOG genre that are worth reading! Please visit Gamesindustry.biz to read more of this telling interview.