Archive for November, 2004
Free Speech for Avatars! And?like?Now!
Ludlow blasts Stratics. In a Session at The State of Play entitled Avatar Rights, Virtual Liberty, and Free Expression in Virtual Worlds, Peter Ludlow blasted the organized censorship policies of Stratics, while Fred Schauer of Harvard University suggested that the possibilities for free expression in virtual worlds should be used to explore alternative models of [...]
Full StoryThe burning question at SoP II: Is anyone listening?
by Pat the Rat While I’m not much on talks, I took time out on my drama reporting to sit through a couple at the recent State of Play. What did I learn? Well, in the land of laptops, and with a conference sponsored wireless network, the speakers didn’t have a prayer. As always, the [...]
Full Story100 million? 880 million? More?
Ok, the market in Simoleans, Linden Dollars, Hammers of Kick Ass, and whatnot are big — we knew that — but just how big. Just a couple days ago The New Scientist ran an article quoting Ted Castronova as putting the world wide sales of game currency etc. at 100 million (and also quoting some [...]
Full StoryStreaming Waggie, Teppie, and Uri
Whew, a week in detox has *almost* helped me to recover from my night with the gamedevs, and I can (belatedly) get back to blogging The State of Play. These posts will dribble out as I have time. First thing you might want to check out (if you haven’t already) is the streamcast of the [...]
Full StoryViva Toivonen attempts denial of service attack against Herald
Former Alphaville griefer Viva Toivonen (aka Viva T, Angelica, Isabella, Fruitcake Lady) has initiated a feeble denial of service attack against the Herald because the Herald refused to remove comments that Viva posted several months ago and then wished to retract. Apparently the offending comments are in these two threads: http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000206.htmlhttp://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000203.html Following is a complete [...]
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