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The burning question at SoP II: Is anyone listening?
by Pat the Rat While I’m not much on talks, I took time out on my drama reporting to sit through a couple at the recent State of Play. What did I learn? Well, in the land of laptops, and with a conference sponsored wireless network, the speakers didn’t have a prayer. As always, the [...]
Full Story100 million? 880 million? More?
Ok, the market in Simoleans, Linden Dollars, Hammers of Kick Ass, and whatnot are big — we knew that — but just how big. Just a couple days ago The New Scientist ran an article quoting Ted Castronova as putting the world wide sales of game currency etc. at 100 million (and also quoting some [...]
Full StoryStreaming Waggie, Teppie, and Uri
Whew, a week in detox has *almost* helped me to recover from my night with the gamedevs, and I can (belatedly) get back to blogging The State of Play. These posts will dribble out as I have time. First thing you might want to check out (if you haven’t already) is the streamcast of the [...]
Full StoryViva Toivonen attempts denial of service attack against Herald
Former Alphaville griefer Viva Toivonen (aka Viva T, Angelica, Isabella, Fruitcake Lady) has initiated a feeble denial of service attack against the Herald because the Herald refused to remove comments that Viva posted several months ago and then wished to retract. Apparently the offending comments are in these two threads: http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000206.htmlhttp://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000203.html Following is a complete [...]
Full StoryThe State of Debauchery: Herald Paparazzi Camp the Lindens
photos by Pat the Rat Well, they don’t call it the State of *Play* for nothing! Pat the Rat camped the Linden’s on their after-conference prowling on the Mean Streets of Manhattan, and may I just say: Move over Hollywood bad boys, cuz no one thows down like (or outmacks) a game dev! Read on [...]
Full StoryOctober Census of Dragon’s Cove vs. Alphaville
By: Father Callahan In this census, I calculated the top 10 houses of each category. I will also show the results of this months Alphaville census, so you can draw your own conclusions. Some interesting trends that I noticed were, most categories in Alphaville had half the number of hours than Dragon’s Cove. However, Alphaville [...]
Full StoryPat the Rat Rats the State of Play
We turned Pat the Rat loose on The State of Play with his/her camera. The candid shots follow. What, you wanted content? Go to Terra Nova. We’re all about the eye candy!
Full StorySecond Life Boxing to Reopen
By Gina Fatale After all the drama from Boxingmania, SLB is once again opening its doors for Friday Night Fights only this time around Tommy Rampal is the one and only manager of the complex, leaving out his former business partner/drama queen, David Jacobs. I was able to catch Tommy while he was preparing for [...]
Full StoryAhh, the crazy hijinks of GM created sexist NPCs
I was waiting for the situation to clarify before I posted on this, but it is really only getting more murky, and I do think it is very important that dedicated Herald readers check out the situation. Near as I can tell, the GMs in A Tale in the Desert 2 constrtucted an NPC trader [...]
Full StoryThe Herald is One Year Old!
Tomorrow, Oct. 23, will mark the 1st Birthday of the Alphaville/Second Life Herald. A lot has happened in the past year, ranging from bannings, spammings, account hacks, clonings, and international media stardom (for 15 minutes). But what were the top stories over the past year? I’ve made two top 10 lists ? one for TSO [...]
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