Archive for the year 2005
Tringo 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 [...]
Full StoryBonnano vs. Bellini: Round 1
by Jackie Brown It seems a war is brewing between the Bonnano Family, ran by expert weapon maker Vincent Stravinsky and former Kingpin Mafia associate Carlo Platini, and the Bellini Family ran by Stacy Maracas. We got word of this war brewing and requested interviews on both sides of the fence. So far only the [...]
Full StoryInvisible Man, or teh Peeping Tom?
by Gina Fatale I was in between getting dressed the other day when I noticed on the mini-map a green dot beside me, yet I could not see this person. Next thing I know, I was being pushed around the room by this “invisible man.” Thinking on my feet, I asked for an interview for [...]
Full StoryBada Bing! EA Exec gets EA endowed Chair At USC
EA Founder and CEO, Bada Bing Gordon Wowzers, no sooner do I post the story about 7 EA execs suddenly dumping stock in EA (NOT insider trading, we are assured), but a friend points me to this article — Wire: Bing Takes A Chair At USC! It seems that EA has endowed a chair in [...]
Full StoryEA Execs Dumping Stock. Insider Trading or … what?
EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown says “it’s diversification!” In a recent report by Mercury News — see MercuryNews.com | 02/28/2005 | Burst of selling by EA executives — it appears that 7 EA execs have unloaded stock positions ranging from 1 million to 10 million dollars US. A coincidence? Are they all [...]
Full StoryNeualtenburg – SL`s Most Hated Project
“On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a democractic socialist republic.” At her blog, Gwyneth Llewellyn recently looked at some of the same virtual governance issues discussed in Urizenus’ State of Play discussion. The ever-misspelt Neultenburg projekt, of which Gwyneth is a key figure, has become something of a Bavarian [...]
Full StorySoP Time Capsules Opened, and…
NY Law’s Beth Noveck (swoon) interviews some gamedev that clearly needs a bathroom break. At State of Play 2, last October or whenever, a series of interviews were taped with the grand poobahs and pointy heads of gaming. These “video time capsules” were to allow future generations to marvel over the bleeding edge sophistication of [...]
Full StoryControversial German Designer Returns From Her 8th Suspension – Interview 2/2
Athel Richelieu’s screen-shot of the now-erased compound, moments before he abuse-reported it. SS logo in foreground. by Neal Stewart In part two of our interview with controversial designer Katja Eisenberg, Katja responds to allegations that she is a Neo-Nazi and connoisseur of racist humour. She explains her true views on Adolf Hitler, George Bush, the [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Nim Liu
The Herald is happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Nim Liu. Nim is a long-time member of Second Life who recalls a time before most had even heard of it, making her not only beautiful but knowledgable of the world that we all play in. The Herald would like to take this [...]
Full StoryDark Side Mafia pwned by Bio-satanic Herald Stringers
Herald Stringers Melody Moseley, Renee Marshall, Kyran Nyak, Apollo Case, Sami Suavage and Twitty pwn the DSM In the darkest corners of Jessie, where the toxic sludge oozes through walls and the residents positively glow from their daily dose of radiation, the Herald keeps a stable of stringers that are paid for information with virtual [...]
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