Archive for June, 2004

I Love a Parade

Could it be…? Of course! Gotta be Prometheus… Second Life had a parade to celebrate its 1st anniversary today. The floats didn’t do much for me (and where were the Shriners!?! The Clowns? The free candy?), but the crowd was cool. Here are some snaps.

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GameSpot on SL v. 1.4

Nice little description of Second Life’s new version 1.4 in GameSpot. There are some new screen shots up today too. The part I found most telling was the summary, however: “This game is like The Sims Online but in 3D and with user creation built in and central to the gameplay.”

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House Designs Now Ranked in Johnny Lace Contest

The judges have come up with the rankings for the entries in the Johnny Lace House Design Contest. The exact ranking of the top 10 houses will be announced at an awards show on June 26th. The rankings (with screen shots of the properties) can be found at http://www.johnnylace.tk/.

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Gaming Open Market suspends trading after being defrauded

Our friends at Gaming Open Market have suspended trading in all game currencies except Second Life Lindens after being defrauded for $3K US by a buyer of ISK and SWG credits. As might be expected, it is the usual scam taking advantage of the fact that PayPal refuses to honor purchases of “virtual” goods. (Remember [...]

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Coming soon to an MMORPG near you! The Gambino Family.

In this interview, the Notorious TSO Godfather Tony Gambino takes us back to the founding of the Gambino family in TSO (the first Mafia in TSO, he insists). He talks about his disappointment with how his family has weakened during his sabbatical from online gaming, but promises big things for the family ? including big [...]

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Interview with Second Life CEO, Philip Rosedale

When Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden) stopped by Uri’s pad for an interview, little did Uri expect that Phil would be in drag, carrying a rose and a Seburo Compact Exploder automatic weapon. Phil quickly slipped into his Cowboy Roy avatar and the discussion got serious, as the bad boy CEO and bad boy cyber-journalist [...]

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This is what *I’m* talkin’ about

Well, while our friend Stella extoles the virtues (i.e. vices) of Sociolotron, and others are all about Red Light World, what I wanna know is: what’s wrong with Second Life — especially now that you can custom animate your character to do ANYTHING. Here is nice link in case you are short on ideas: http://www.slerotica.com/. [...]

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Of Mice and Roaches

Roaches plague the Miss Alphaville Pagent Well, in case you were wondering what that new monster download on TSO was about, we now know. In it’s continuing policy of customer abuse and humiliation, EA/Maxis has decided that what this game most needs are cockroaches, mice, and very ugly curtains. It’s funny: on Second Life, where [...]

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Miss Alphaville Contest Narrows Field to 6 Finalists

Sore loser Chastity’ complains after failing to make the cut. Our friend and former AVG presidential candidate Ashley Richardson has taken a sabbatical from politics but is back in Alphaville, helping to run the Miss Alphaville Competition. Last night the field of contenders was whittled down to the following 6: ‘Sugar, Nataleigh, DJ Lizziey Ray, [...]

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Anarchist Flag Rises over Jessie. The Dysfunctional Family Promises New Era

by Subcommander Smith A confederate Uri wanna-be and his cracker friend look on in dismay as Uri rejoices in the raising of the Anarchist flag in the Jessie region of SL Today, The Dysfunctional Family promised a new era in the notorious Jessie region of SL. In a communique released by the organization, the group [...]

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