Archive for March, 2005
Al Qaeda, Tribes, and Virtual Mafias
by Peter Ludlow Ok, I know Uri posted on simulating terrorist networks just a few days ago, but there is now an interesting article in First Monday by David F. Ronfeldt, who is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. The headline idea of the paper – entitled Al Qaeda and its affiliates: A [...]
Full StoryUnreal:SL Reviewed
an in-game game review by Koden Farber Everyone has one of those days when you just want to shoot something. On days like this a good first person shooter comes in handy. Unreal: Second Life is the Bedazzle Team’s attempt at FPS in second life. The project itself is is reportedly coming to a close [...]
Full StorySL Ruined Again! This Week, Tringo did it.
Hammie Linden has a very nice piece, entitled THE TRAGICS OF TRINGO, which gives us the opening salvo in the inevitable handwringing war over Tringo. No doubt the phenomenon of Tringo represents a change of SL’s culture, but exactly what hasn’t? According to my notes, all of the following have killed SL: The arrival of [...]
Full StorySweatshop Discovered in Second Life Mieto Sim
Do not meddle in the affairs of Gnome Factory Owners, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Pictured: Owner Peter Guillaume. By Neal Stewart Mieto (Mature) (176, 6) — Second Life citizens have been shocked to discover that an illegal sweatshop has been operating for several weeks in the Mieto sim. The so-called ‘Gnome [...]
Full StoryBonnano vs. Bellini: Round 2
by Marsellus Wallace The Heads of the Bellini Family The discussion of family hoppers, traditional Mafia values and real life versus virtual life combine in this follow up to the battle between the Bellini family formally of The Sims Online and the Bonanno family.
Full StoryOff the Grid with Walker Spaight: Showdown in Street City
The Second Life Herald is pleased to announce the debut of a new column by Herald Editorial Director and Raving Correspondent Walker Spaight: Off the Grid will appear on a strictly irregular basis, featuring news, thoughts and varied offerings culled from Walker’s wanderings. Enjoy. To slap an eye on Louise, who has stolen my heart, [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Xae Withnail
We at the Herald are happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Xae Withnail. Xae is a relatively new resident who says she loves clubbing and is even an escort at one of SecondLife’s many clubs. The Herald would like to take this opportunity to thank Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine [...]
Full StorySimulating terror? You’re soaking in it!
In a very interesting recent post on Terra Nova entitled Simulating terror, Ren Reynolds digs up the following gem from an interview with Will Wright last September. We’ve been talking to people in homeland security that want to know if we could simulate a terrorist network. I keep telling them they don’t have to; they [...]
Full StoryEditorial: Simulating Free Speech In Virtual Lives
“If Peter Ludlow is a journalist,then I’m a railroad tycoon whenever I play Monopoly.”– Jeff Brown, Electronic Arts – Vice President for Corporate Communications Neal Stewart comments on Eric Goldman’s draft paper ‘Speech Showdowns at the Virtual Corral’, where under-age cyber-prostitutes, free-speech, corporate censorship – and our very own Urizenus Sklar – are the topic [...]
Full StoryTringo Star
Congratulations to SL resident Kermitt Quirk, inventor of Tringo, the game that’s swept Second Life over the last several months. After developing the game on his time off, Kermitt found Tringo becoming one of the grid’s most popular pastimes. Now it’s about to hit RL, as Kermitt has cut a licensing deal with SF’s Donnerwood [...]
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