Archive for the year 2010
Viewer 2.2 Released, Interim CEO Departs, Metaverse Yawns
A few Second Life players were distracted from an announced update to the controversial new Second Life viewer 2 by news that Philip Linden – Linden Lab founder, CEO, former CEO, and for the last 4 months acting CEO – will be spending more time starting up his LoveMachine, effective immediately. While most players carefully [...]
Full StoryPhilip Linden’s Shocking New Avatar
A character from the Blue Oyster bar more interested in playtime than business? Shocked players across the grid struggled to come to terms with game god Philip Linden’s new look reacting with disbelief, facepalms, and sqeee shrieks. Informed of Philip’s new style, performance artist Vaneeesa Blaylock said, "wow – out of all his SLCC promises… [...]
Full StoryMPAA’s Copyprotected.com p0wned by Anonymous
Hactivists use MPAA web site to spread anti-copyright message The cyberwar between the Anonymous hactivists and recording and motion picture industry interests heated up earlier today when the www.copyprotected.com site was hijacked to display an anti-MPAA message in support of the embattled Pirate Bay bittorrent tracker site, then redirected viewers to the piratebay.org site. As [...]
Full StoryVatican to Launch Virtual World
New-Media Strategy Makes Catholicism Hip Again By Journey Yellowlist, Herald Religion Pew Desk Even as His Holiness Pope Benedict launched a frontal assault against media in general and virtual worlds in particular, the Church has rolled out its own competitor to soon to collapse once-heralded Second Life. Ex Cathedratm will soon launch using a dedicated [...]
Full StoryHAWLY Fang — Post 6 Grrrrrl
[HAWLY Fang IM'd me ages ago about appearing as a Post 6 Grrrl, and I responded with something that I've long since forgotten but we never got around to meeting for a shoot. Eons passed, I had forgotten her, and then the other day, just as I was looking for a Post 6 Grrrl, HAWLY [...]
Full StoryOperation Payback is a Bitch: Hactivism at the dawn of Copyright Controversies
As operation Payback is a Bitch finished up its second week, things seem to be winding down. For those unaware of what went down, here’s a recap: The operation is launched by Anonymous against the entertainment companies, in particular MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of America) and their [...]
Full StoryHistory of Star Wars Roleplay in Second Life
Mandalorian sects unite to war against the Galactic Dominion by Cayce Urriah The first major Star Wars Roleplay was Korriban, created by the Dark Lords of The Sith, the first Sith group in Second Life. Shortly after, The Jedi Alliance formed the sim New Holstice. In this era, late 2005, combat was fairly primitive. Using [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Screws .Edu and Non-Profits: The Silver Lining
Second Life just gets better and better by Doc Egghead, Dept. of American Decline, Big American U Now that Linden Lab has, in the midst of an academic and fiscal year, ended discounts on tier for education and nonprofits in SL, the gnashing of teeth has been so profound that dentists everywhere are eyeing the [...]
Full StoryCode Slacker — Post 6 Pokémon
[Several people IM'd me simultaneously the other day and said I needed to meet Code Slacker. Code then expressed an interest in posing for Post 6 and the rest is cartoon history. I have to say that Code is the nicest Pokémon I've ever had the privilege to work with, and that it is truly [...]
Full StoryGameCrush – Hawt Online PlayDates for Basement Dwellers
Gamers have been frequently stereotyped as having poor social skills. Consider, for example, Felicia Day’s Web series The Guild that relates the stories of a group of dysfunctional World of Warcrafters who are good at looting and farming, but not at interacting with one another or maintaining a relationship. But help is on the way [...]
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