Archive for September, 2010

Caete Chevalier — Post 6 Grrrrrl

[I was wandering around the grid one day and bumped into a petite and gorgeous gothy avie named Caete Chevalier. I snooped her profile, struck up a conversation and convinced her that she would make a great Post 6 grrrrl. It was a pleasure to work with, and is an honor to introduce the lovely [...]

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More Errors Found in WSJ WikiLeaks Article

Wall Street Journal’s Jeanne Whalen busted for more journalistic FAIL by Urizenus Sklar – Contributing Editor and Interwebs Legend The Alphaville Herald Editors have asked that I come out of retirement to investigate this WikiLeaks matter, and I have to say that I am more than a little peeved by the whole thing. Is there [...]

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Urizenus Sklar’s Real Life Avatar Appears on The Aloyna Show

Hactivism hard to stop — chances of Lakers / Celtics rematch unclear Earlier this week, Herald founder Urizenus Sklar sent his real life avatar – Peter Ludlow – into the television studio to chat up Alyona Minkovski on RT. Ms. Minkovski – who was born in Moscow but raised in California – took time away [...]

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Hacktivism, Governance, and Copyright Debates 4chan Style

Operation Payback follows The Wrong Hands vs Justice League Unlimited script Terra Nova is the term used to describe our weird existence in the digital realm that we call virtual worlds. Edward Castronova claims that we are in the process of exodus to these worlds. Equally interesting to note is that, as new worlds, our [...]

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Linden Lab Has No Apparent Business Plan

by Ron T Blechner (Hiro Pendragon on SL) How does Linden Lab, creators of the most popular non-game virtual world, Second Life, make their money? Easy: land and a cut of the marketplace. How are they going to ensure that they continue to have this revenue stream? Easy: Stick their fingers in their ears and [...]

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The Hall of Mirrors and The Real World

A note from the Alphaville Herald Editors Since the Alphaville Herald’s inception in 2003, we have covered the news of online worlds and societies like no one else. You’ve enjoyed tales of griefers, scammers, virtual mafias, virtual paramilitary organizations, epic trolls, perverts, furries, babyfurs, baby unicorns, goreans, elves, online Nazis, anti-Nazis, virtual communists, dirty dealing [...]

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Why is Jeanne Whalen Stonewalling Me on Her WikiLeaks Story?

Urizenus Sklar unretires (again) and explains!!! Picture this. It was Sept. 17 and I was kicking back with a glass of Ransom Gin on ice while celebrating the publication of my article on WikiLeaks in The Nation, when the mojo wire crackled to life. I had incoming email via an anonymous remailer routed through Belgium. [...]

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Linden Lab’s Missing Statistics

Fat Men, Fapping, and Graft Offer Hope For Linden Lab by Journey Yellowlist This reporter, after breaking and entering an undercover assignment at Linden Lab, discovered a veritable trove of statistics that the company had chosen to suppress when they recently revealed a complete stagnation steady-state model of player activity in Second Life. Given that [...]

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“Punk Ass Pranksta” p0wns Digital Worlds Sim

Prokofy Neva Suspended – The Wrong Hands Banned – Rancor Sim Trashed By Linden Lab? Friday afternoon, all homes in the Digital Worlds sim were destroyed, the Digital Worlds group membership was decimated, and Chainsword Audion gifted  L$103,000 – his entire account balance – to the ever-popular Prokofy Neva. How was this possible? According to [...]

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Palmindan Whybrow — Post 6 Model

[I was somewhere on the grid and noticed Palmindan Whybrow standing near me. He's a good looking avie, so I snooped his profile to see if he might be someone for Post 6. His profile is brilliant, and as you'll see in a minute, he is too. Without further ado, this week's Post 6 Model, [...]

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