Archive for the year 2004
SL Escorts: Good Times or Virtual Sex Slavery?
In a topic recently opened on the Second Life Forums, Hiro Pendragon has raised the issue of whether the escorts in second life are not being exploited by club owners. As Hiro framed the problem: ?I think there are many clubs that exploit players, most of them new players, many female, that are “escorts”. Let’s [...]
Full StoryMiravoir Meets the Furries
By Miravoir PsaltryReprinted from Players Magazine, vol. 8 Crocodile Jack would be proud. After seeing many Lions, Tigers, and Bears, (Oh My), Mira put on her pith helmet and khaki shorts and braved the forest and jungles (and sl User groups) of the Furry kingdom and came back to tell you all about their wild [...]
Full StorySL Boxing Partnership Implodes. David Jacobs demos complex.
By Gina Fatale After the success of SLB’s Boxingmania it comes as somewhat of a shock to learn that one half of the partnership that owns Second Life Boxing has become a traitor and demolished the boxing complex. David Jacobs (for whatever reason we cannot confirm yet) has backed out of SLB cursing his long [...]
Full StoryViolence erupts at Park/Fatale Wedding Reception
Seems Pat the Rat was busy covering Elite drama before and after the wedding and hence missed the big shootouts. Ms. Fatale, the reporter/mobster/bride was kind enough to file the unbiased report herself. -Uri By Gina Fatale Before the grand ceremony at the home of Bad-Boy Don Reno Parks and crew, the Bad-Boys received a [...]
Full StoryThe game within the game III: Simcast gets crafty
In previous posts we have covered the development of the simcast project — a medieval themed D&D type PvP game being built on two sims (Simcast and Bedford) within Second Life. In addition to the ususal beating on players and monsters with weapons there is going to be a fairly robust crafting system that includes [...]
Full StoryE-L-I-T-E spells DRAMA! As dancers defect to The Deck, Big John vows: “I will burn u down!”
By Pat the Rat Well kids, sorry for being soooo slow in reporting on this, but what with the Fatale/Parks wedding and the carping in Centreville this gossip columnist has had his/her plate full. For those of you who don’t know, the tight-knit social fabric of Club Elite has imploded, with several dancers and escorts [...]
Full StoryItem Farming is Big Big Business. Is it Good for the Game too?
We know about the dealers in rare pets and cannons on tso, and we know that some dealers make a pretty penny at it, but what of games with lots of players like Lineage (with over a million subscribers)? Well, a recent article in Newsweek International, puts the revenue generated by sales of game objects [...]
Full StoryBob Busch: Triads pwn Dragon’s Cove
Since Liz Montana moved to SL, became Gina Fatale, and went to work for One Song, life has gotten better for the Triad Mafia. Not only do they claim to pwn Dragon’s Cove on their web site, but Bob Busch has recently published a dissertation on the virtual Mafia life in Mick Lite’s new forums. [...]
Full StoryBob Busch: Triads pwn Dragon’s Cove
Since Liz Montana moved to SL, became Gina Fatale, and went to work for One Song, life has gotten better for the Triad Mafia. Not only do they claim to pwn Dragon’s Cove on their web site, but Bob Busch has recently published a dissertation on the virtual Mafia life in Mick Lite’s new forums. [...]
Full StoryStreaming the Prez Debate in SL — sort of
Hamlet Linden has a story in New World Notes about tonight’s presidential debate that is catching air time in the blogosphere. Some folks are gonna stream the debate into the game via NPR, hang out, yak about it, and in Hamlet’s case blog it (yes another Linden sucked into the blogspace vortex). I guess that’s [...]
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