Archive for June, 2004
Mass Bannings in Sociolotron! Is it political???
There have been mass bannings from Sociolotron in recent days (over 50 gamers banned), and once again it appears that an overly restrictive TOS has been used to execute the bannings. What makes the banning particularly interesting is that the banned players are all leading players in the most powerful gangs/guilds in Sociolotron. What, you [...]
Full StorySecond Life Magazine Launched
A new monthly magazine, called Second LIFE Magazine just lanched in SL. The cool thing about it (apart from the content) is that not only is it available on the web, but it is also distributed in game (as bundled notecards — nice). The first issue has an interview with Phil Rosedale, and some nice [...]
Full StoryFree Will! Viva La Liberation!
I was gonna save this one for Bastille Day, but it looks like I’ll be in Geneva pondering the reformation wall and who knows if I’ll have a chance to post this. Several months ago CNN tried to interview Will Wright about the Alphaville Herald Incident, but they were DENIED by that lovable gladhanding shill, [...]
Full StoryJohnny Lace Design Contest winner accounced
Sorry for the delay in getting this out. The winning property was by Henderson Designs. I didn’t see the inside of the prop, but I have to say that from the outside it looks plug ugly to me. I guess I just don’t get simarchitecture… Here is your link to the final rankings. Congrats to [...]
Full Storydiary of a 2nd life newbie. part 1
– by montserrat tovar llewelyn one day i more or less gave up on tso because it was boring and because the wall tool was apparently buggy and my joy in building was greatly diminished because of that. walls are an issue for me now. it is part of the pain that tso created in [...]
Full StoryAangell, Uri, Jeff and Jack in Italy’s La Stampa
What can I say except . The Italian newspaper La Stampa recently ran an article on events in Alphaville, which, though more or less incoherent, did have lots to say about Alphaville denizen Aangell and Urizenus (the termination again), woven in with quotes from EA’s Jeff Brown and Yale law prof Jack Balkin. The depth [...]
Full StoryProfanity no longer a reportable offense in tso, but what does it mean?
Most of you know that TSO has announced (well, Tigger has announced) that profanity is no longer a reportable offense. RB has editorialzed on his blog that this shows an outbreak of sanity at EA, since profanity reporting was principally just a tool used by griefers to ban citicisms that get fed up with their [...]
Full StoryYikes! Warhammer Online cancelled
Announcement is here. MMORPGDOT analysis is here. Expect interesting discussion here.MMORPEGs be a tough biz to crack.
Full StoryGaming Open Market dumps PayPal for YowCow
As reported earlier, GOM has ceased transactions in all markets except Second Life. As of July 9, they are also dumping PayPal for the payment service YowCow. Apparently YowCow is being more helpful about payments for virtual goods.Meanwhile, this issue has generated a lot of heat on Terra Nova. Jamie Hale’s latest press release follows.
Full StoryIntroducing SL?s first mafia: The Valentino Family
Don Cinda Valentino with two Mac-10s and a tiara In this interview we talk to TSO refugees Pino and Cinda Valentino, who talk about their formation of the Valentino family, give us a rundown of the current families at play in SL, and explain what the SL Mafia game is all about. Oh, and uh, [...]
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