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Bing Gordon on MMORPG Growth Prospects
Judging from EA’s lack of support for TSO, one might get the impression that EA has given up on MMORPGs. However in a recent talk at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Vegas, EA’s Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon has argued that multiplayer games (customizable like the sims) will be key to winning over future generations of [...]
Full StoryInterview with Mick, from Online Game Bucks
In The Alphaville Herald we have met some small currency dealers and some fairly large ones (six figures), but by comparison Online Game Bucks is just huge. Having started exclusively as Simolean dealers, they now sell currency in nine games, and they currently have 32 employees. By some outside estimates their annual sales revenues are [...]
Full StorySecrets of the Top Props, part 1: Wild Nights
In this new feature, our intrepid reporter Snoopy Magoofee checks out the top ranked properties armed with questions about what it takes to have a top prop ? the strategies employed and the problems encountered. We begin by interviewing the sim Wild Nights, who owns the Wild Nights store in Alphaville. If you are a [...]
Full StoryDiary of a Newbie, part 2
by m.tovar in thinking about my infancy as a sim, it has been hard for me to express myself about it, even to myself. i go to the sims place and i see so many things. it is hard to know what to write down first. right now i am most tempted to use the [...]
Full StorySeth Galloway and Ashley Richardson advance
The first round of the Alphaville Government Primaries are now complete, and in a very close election, Ashley Richardson and Seth Galloway have advanced to the second round of the primaries. Next Friday, March 12 the two candidates will debate. On Saturday March 13 they will face each other in a the second round of [...]
Full StoryAVG Primary Election Today!
Sorry folks, this election snuck up on me. Today is the day for the first primary election for the presidency of the Alphaville Government. This election will narrow the field of contestants to two, and they will compete in a second primary. The winner of that second primary will face Mr-President for election in April. [...]
Full StoryMeet the Candidates 4: Jason Sim for President
In this interview we talk to Jason Sim, who is running for President of the http://www.avgov.com/home Alphaville Government. (Primary election today!)
Full StoryMeet the Candidates 3: Ashley Richardson for President
In this interview we meet Ashley Richardson who is running for the Alphaville Government presidency, loxee as her running mate. Her campaign website is at http://www.freewebs.com/voterichardson.
Full StoryOp/Ed: Grudges, Trashing , And Tagging Oh my!
By Kahuna12 I?m sure by now you?ve all heard of the Armone and X-Mafia families, which are currently allied in Alphaville, and the Black Hand Mafia in Alphaville, which is allied with the Blazing Falls Syndicate. If you read The Alphaville Herald, they you probably also know that there has been longstanding tension between X-Mafia [...]
Full StoryInterview with Ian, from SimoleansPlus
In this interview we talk with high school student and TSO entrepreneur Ian, who, through his SimoleansPlus site carries on a brisk trade in simoleans, rare pets, other rare objects ranging from dead Christmas trees to TSO anniversary cakes, and last but not least: his business selling 14 day trial account codes. He talks about [...]
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