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Warning! First Sims Bank Scam returns to TSO
Thanks to Ian at the Alphaville Gazette for being right on top of this. The notorious scam operation, The First Sims Bank has returned to business on TSO. As reported earlier in The Herald, this is definitely an outfit to stay away from. Be sure to warn your friends about it.
Full StoryJason Sim on Oprah: AVG Elections were rigged!
In the latest round of charges and countercharges on the scandal that will not die but which manages to get murkier by the day, Jason Sim has taken his charges of election-rigging to the Oprah Show in Alphaville. Following is a transcript from the show, which we have received courtesy of Ian at the Alphaville [...]
Full StoryMr. President Bradley Officially Announces Departure from TSO
Noted scammer and foe of in-game governmental agencies, Mr. President Bradley, has issued a press release announcing his departure from TSO. In it, he admits (takes credit?) for hacking the accounts of Seth Galloway, Fans, Eve, and the Lead Architect clone “Lead Archetict” among others. He also claims that he has made a donation of [...]
Full StoryEditorial: Ashley?s Stroke of Genius
While there is much gnashing of teeth about this over on The Alphaville Gazette, the Second Life Herald can only but praise Ashley Richardson for enlisting Eve and Mr. President Bradley (along with anisette) as judges in the finals of her recent beauty contest. Although both Eve (formerly many of the Merrill sisters, Voleur, and [...]
Full StoryLead Architect begins liquidating holdings on TSO, plans operations in other MMORPGs
In this interview we talk to Lead Architect, a big player on TSO as seller of simoleans and rares, and (as his name suggests) home design. But the buzz on TSO is that he is liquidating his holdings of simoleans. What are Lead?s plans? It looks like he is going to stake out territory as [...]
Full StoryJason Sim to appear on Oprah Tonight!
Oprah Winfrey of Alphaville has informed us that her guest tonight at 10 PM Eastern will be Jason Sim, who has recently reignited the controversy over the Alphaville Presidential Elections with his claims that he had first-hand knowledge of election-fixing practices that led to Mr. President?s defeat of Ashley Richardson. Given the incendiary nature of [...]
Full StoryAre Social MMORPGs Doomed to Fail?
Well, are they? The answer given by Randy Farmer in this very interesting paper appears to be …well…maybe. Not good news. This is coming from someone with development and gaming background in The Palace, TSO, Second Life, and Habitat. Among his comments about Second Life: “I loved it when I was unemployed.” There is also [...]
Full StoryWired News Investigates EA’s Ineptitude with MMOs
Daniel Terdiman, who broke the story of the Alphaville Elections into the infosphere not long ago has recently written a story on the string of failures that EA is racking up with online games. Casualties now include Motor City Online, Earth and Beyond, Ultima X, a scrubbed plan for a Harry Potter Game, and of [...]
Full StoryBombshell! JC Soprano retires from TSO, but confesses ALL on the way out.
In a resignation letter released to the Second Life Herald, Mafia Boss JC Soprano has announced his resignation from TSO (speculating that EA will shut it down after racking up some Christmas sales) and has begun to form a guild in Star Wars Galaxies. Of particular interest will be the purported full confession which JC [...]
Full Storyinterview with david pierce
- by montserrat tovar llewlyn david pierce, alphaville’s answer to lord richard attenborough, took some time out of his hectic schedule to discuss recent changes to the diamond theatre. he also shared some of his ideas about the future of the arts in alphaville.
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