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Anarchist Flag Rises over Jessie. The Dysfunctional Family Promises New Era
by Subcommander Smith A confederate Uri wanna-be and his cracker friend look on in dismay as Uri rejoices in the raising of the Anarchist flag in the Jessie region of SL Today, The Dysfunctional Family promised a new era in the notorious Jessie region of SL. In a communique released by the organization, the group [...]
Full StoryPhil Rosedale on CNN
There is a nice interview with Linden Lab CEO Phil Rosedale (aka Phil Linden) on CNN. It lacks the drama of CNN reporter Bruce Burkhardt visiting an Alphaville cyberbrothel, but at least money seems to be involved. Here’s the link: http://secondlife.com/movies/SL_CNN.wmv
Full StoryPostcards from Eve Online
by Banshee Following up on Urizenus? encouragement for a report on my experiences so far in Eve Online, I?m more than happy to oblige. I?ve been playing Eve since about the middle of March 2004 (I played E&B before that, and TSO before *that*), and while there are certainly many aspects of the game that [...]
Full StoryOpen Letter from AV?s Home Designer: Keep Guard up Against TSO Hackers
Recent surges in hacking have led to many problems in The Sims Online. This is an issue I need to alert you people of. My account along with other Big Companies or ppl such as Lead artitect have been tampered with. It is vital that anybody playing The Sims Online should do the following. Do [...]
Full StorySecond Life v1.4 is Released
v1.4 is up and running on Second Life, and there are some pretty interesting features. I guess the two most interesting features for my money are the ability to write custom animations for your character (tired of that break dance? script your own), and the introduction of live connections between SL and the real world [...]
Full StoryCreation vs. Craft, Ownership vs. Exploitation
In an interesting essay entitled “Living on the Edge: Digital Worlds which Embrace the Real World“, Cory Ondrejka (aka Cory Linden) offers some interesting observtions about (1) the distinction between games which allow users to craft vs those which allow creativity, and (2) the importance of extendending real world property rights in the latter case. [...]
Full StoryNew Name. Extended Mission.
Hope Uri doesn’t get banned for this T-shirt! Many of you saw this coming, but we are now officially The Second Life Herald, to reflect both our greater focus on Second Life, and also the more generic interest in MMORPG life generally. We will keep the alphavilleherald.com domain, and will mirror it at secondlifeherald.com. We [...]
Full StoryEditorial: Friendship Web or Snooper Web?
EA/Maxis picks its spots to champion the privacy of its users. If, as was the case, a user claims to have beaten his 8 year old sister and put her in the hospital, well that?s a case where EA/Maxis has said that they can?t notify the police because it would violate their privacy policy. But [...]
Full StoryEA Tech Support with Ozzy!
By popular demand, following is that cartoon about EA tech support from the now defunct EAsucks.com.
Full StoryHere comes The Matrix Online
Interesting trailer for the matrix online. Strangely it reminded me of Disney’s Toontown, except that instead of shooting lawyer bots with pies, you are giving bicycle kicks to guys in black suits. YMMV. (Thanks to PM Cruiser for the pointer).
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