Archive for the year 2004
For the Truth…
For almost a year now, the Alphaville/Second Life Herald has resisted persistent calls for us to jump into the national political fray (frey?). But times have changed, and what with the Herald now widely recognized as perhaps the most important blog ever (and because Bloodninja has goon awol), we can no longer sit on the [...]
Full StorySecond Skin, part 5: Mistress Midnight
By Miravoir Psaltry Believe it or not this is the 5th SL skin artist we’ve talked to. Previously in this series of interviews we spoke with Chip Midnight, Santana Lumiere, and CherryBomb Hare and Kathmandu Gilman. In this installment we speak with Mistress Midnight, best known for her elegant and sensual goth skins.
Full StorySims 2 Marketing Campaign: sex sex sex sex sex
Faithful readers of the Herald know that we don’t like to discuss s-e-x, and only do so under duress, but the new advertising campaign by EA for the Sims 2 begs, pleads and grovels for attention and blogging. What we find fascinating is the conjunction of the new advertising campaign with EAs insistance that there [...]
Full StoryWTF Part II: Dragon’s Cove to be Wiped
by: Father Callahan With the out of hand situation of expolitation, reported in this article, where a sim bought a grass island within days of the city opening, EA has decided to wipe Dragon’s Cove. And no I am not insinuating that the article had anything to do with it, for any of you who [...]
Full StoryClub Elite moves to Private Sim
Big John Jade flies over Elite Island Long at or near the top property for dwell, and an important site for entertainment ranging from lap dancing to parties for SL gang leaders, Club Elite has also long been plagued with hellish lag. With the recent move to a private island — Elite Island– all that [...]
Full StoryThe MOMI Team “Raids” Cheaters in TSO’s Dragon’s Cove
Earlier today, MaxisKyle released a press note that stated “MOMI” is cracking down on cheaters in the new “hardcore” Sims Online city known as Dragon’s Cove. He said an apparent exploit has entered the ‘fair’ city and players were able to accumulate a substantial amount of money in a small time frame. Kyle also noted [...]
Full StoryEssay: A History of the Second Jessie War
Stanford is an old, laggy simulator/server, strategically situated between the Jessie combat sim and the Federal sim, which until just days ago was home to Club Elite, the most popular destination in Second Life. Stanford was nevertheless a fairly sleepy sim until last month when a Second Life gang named ?The Associates? bought up two [...]
Full StoryCaptain Will on BBC Online
We’re going to see a lot of Will Wright as the Sims 2 release approaches, but this intereview in BBC Online is special because…well because Doc Pete is mentioned too! What does Will think about the shady side of virtual life?: “it makes the game more interesting.” We couldn’t agree more. Don’t miss the audio [...]
Full StoryWTF: Rare Islands Purchased in TSO’s “hard core” Dragon’s Cove
Both islands are purchased, the one of the right is just empty at the moment. Update: Because the Dragon’s Cove Gazette (not www.dragonscovegazette.com , but dragonscove.tblog.com) has taken photos from this story without attribution, we would like to remind people of the License for use of thes materials. The Alphaville/Second Life Herald would like it [...]
Full StoryHerr Doktor Professor Ludlow on German Public Radio
Well, our very own nutty professor and resident media ho, Doc Pete, has resurfaced in the infosphere — this time on German Public Radio. Since our German ist sehr schlect we don’t really know what he’s talking about (hell, we don’t know what he’s talking about when he speaks English), but we think it has [...]
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