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He?s baaaack! Twitty: Satan?s Servant in TSO
In this interview we talk to the infamous Twitty, baddest of TSO?s bad boys, back after a brief stay in jail for drug running (or so he says, and who are we to disagree?). Twitty fills us in on Texas jails, bootcamp, his past wars agains Christians in TSO (including a church demo job) and [...]
Full StoryAlphaville Election Scandal Won’t go Away
The Alphaville Gazette, which is edited by SLH contributor and former AVG Press Secretary Ian is running a story to the effect that Jason Sim had posted an election-rigging confession in his user profile (since removed). Supposedly there was a Perl script that allowed one person to vote for Mr. President 264 time. Did this [...]
Full StoryUri meets The Thinkers
A couple weeks ago Hamlet Linden organized a meeting between me and The Thinkers — a group of 100+ Second Lifers that like to cogitate/discourse/ruminate about deep things etc. It was a fun time, but it does raise questions about exactly how far one can get with discussions in an online setting (at least one [...]
Full StoryDavid Pierce Resigns PE Ltd
David Pierce, of Pierce Entertainment LTD (recently the production company for an in-TSO production Waiting for Godot) has resigned his post and handed the reigns over to Eliza Collins. We’lll try to get a exit interview from him. Press release follows.
Full StoryWhy Friendster Sucks
Not sure how many of our readers use Friendster, but I really liked this rant by Amanda Egge detailing the idiocy that is Friendster (“My dog could build a better website than Friendster, granted my dog has an IQ of 130, but still he’s a fucking dog for crying out loud.” ) The interesting beef [...]
Full Storyi saw it: waiting for godot
–humdog last night i attended a performance of act 1 of waiting for godot at the diamond memorial theatre in Alphaville (TSO). if you haven’t got a ticket yet, see if you can get one because it is one of the most interesting theatre experiences i have had in a long time.
Full Storyop/ed: RULES
–humdog rules seem easy enough for people to talk about — at first. everybody thinks they know what rules the rules are for a given game, and how they work. but rules are not that easy. the superficial simplicity of rules for gaming is a lie.
Full Storyop/ed: online lucid dreaming
–humdog it is true that art captivates, entertains, challenges, and explains. that is true. art also procides us with models for how to approach and negotiate the challenges that may appear in our lives from time to time. this ability that art has to work as a tool to assist us with the navigation of [...]
Full StoryEssay: On Online Artistic Expression
David Pierce recently posted the following essay on Stratics and invited us to repost it here. It’s q good read in prep for his upcoming in world production of Waiting for Godot (in tso).
Full StoryOMFG! EA Pulls plug on Ultima X
Wowzers! In news releases issued by EA after they pulled the plug on Earth and Beyond, EA said it was sending its E&B dev team to work on Ultima X — the much hyped 3D successor to Ultima Online. But now they have announced they are pulling the plug on Ultima X. Informed sources say [...]
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