Archive for September, 2004

Uri’s secret cyber logs, part 3: Bloodninja enters Second Life

The legendary chronicler of cyber, Bloodninja, has left his chat rooms to experience the fully immersive love fest that is Second Life. Following is his first SL chat log to be released on the internet. Who *is* this guy, anyway? HAAAARRRRR!

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Cyber-escort as power gamer: Interview with Daphne Molinari

One thing that we?ve learned from observing social MMORPGs like TSO, There, and Second Life, is that power gaming is alive and well in these games, albeit in a different form than in EQ and SWG. In this interview we talk to an impressive example of this phenomenon ? Mistress Daphne Molinari. She tells us [...]

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Revenge of the Stratics Mods

Still master of his domain: A Stratics mod fondles his sensual red Swingline stapler while contemplating the next SLH writer to ban from his domain. Well, in the 5 days that have passed since the Second Life Herald published The Story on how links to links to the Second Life Herald have been prohibited on [...]

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SL Political Correctness Standards Updated

Well, we?ve got new Community Standards (aka Political Correctness Standards). First thing I noticed is that there are some new rules which appear to be inspired by the Second Jessie War and the lag bombing of Jessie by One Song and the lag bombing and sim crashing of the Baku sim by the TechSols and [...]

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Second Skin, part 1: Interview with Chip Midnight

by Miravoir Psaltry There is such an amalgamation of creative talent in SL… everywhere you look you can see the work of a myriad of geniuses. We have Coco Chanel, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Enzo echoed here, and we have modern day Michelangelos and Renoirs in the form of the SL skin artists… those who [...]

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Jeff Brown to the TV Networks: We’re eating your lunch!

EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown That smack talkin’ mack daddy of corporate “we pwnz u”- speak was at it again last month, this time claiming that the TV networks were history, cuz giant game companies already pwn the eyeballs of young males, and soon they will get the advertising dollars as well. [...]

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Jeff Brown to the TV Networks: We’re eating your lunch!

EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown That smack talkin’ mack daddy of corporate “we pwnz u”- speak was at it again last month, this time claiming that the TV networks were history, cuz giant game companies already pwn the eyeballs of young males, and soon they will get the advertising dollars as well. [...]

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Entertainment Jessie Style: The Ultimate Dive Bar

After a rough day of working on the Bedford Sim, I decided to go to Jessie and relax at my shipyard — recently acquired at auction when the Lindens booted Falcon and seized all his property. I was pleasantly surpised to see that my neighbor Davvy Knox had opened a classic dive bar named “Dirty [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA, OMFG! Stratics Thought Police decree that links to sites that link to The Second Life Herald violate Stratics ROC!!!

Those wacky little thought police at Stratics have done it again! Dyerbrook was recently charged with a violation of the Stratics Rules of Conduct (ROC), because in his profile he has a link to his ?Sims Out of Line? page, which in turn has a link the Second Life/Alphaville Herald. Never mind that Dyerbrook (a [...]

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The TSO Task Squad: Stasi-styled group promises to rat out fellow players

In a disturbing and shocking development on TSO, several plays have formed a group “devoted to seeking out and reporting sims that violate the EA Terms of Service.” Called the “TSO Task Squad” the stated motive of the group is to “help restore TSO to an enjoyable and challenging game for all”. But let’s be [...]

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