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Interview with Celestie, the abusive granny

Celestie is an avatar presenting as a granny, but one getting her kicks by verbally abusing and slapping newbies in the infamous Free Money for Newbies house. What’s up with that? In this interview we try to find out. Urizenus: Celestie, a newbie recently came by the newspaper headquarters saying that she had dropped into [...]

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Interview with Angelica/Isabella/???

Newly created sim Angelica at the Playboy Mansion claims to be identical to famed scammer Isabella and retired sims and scammers Granny and Fruitcake Lady. She insists she is not Evangeline/Voleur. Don’t believe? Well, following is her story…. Urizenus: Angelica, you claim you are not Evangeline?Angelica: lol, I’m not she live in usa and i [...]

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EA’s Indifference on Record Here & Now

It depresses me to have to put this down “on record” of sorts. If anyone has been following us here, you’re aware that there was a serious incident that happened a couple months ago involving a claim of possible child abuse reported to Maxis (See Below “Challenge Everything:” and comments). It bothered me greatly and [...]

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Interview with former SSG General, Master Bam

In this interview I talk with Master Bam, formerly SSG four star general BAMWhatsInANameBAM. He has recently left the SSG and is forming an anti-SSG organization called NSSG (for New SSG). In this interview we cover his activities in SSG, his reasons for leaving and his plans for NSSG. Urizenus: You used to be a [...]

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Games, World-Games Games-in-Worlds, Worlds and Realities, Part 1

Hi everybody, sorry to break from the gossip and muck-raking but I thought I would post the first part of my latest endeavor. It’s an attempt to codify exactly what it is that we’re doing here, are we playing games? Are we building virtual worlds? Both? Neither? Any attempt to answer this crucial question involves [...]

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Interview with SSG’s SnowWhite

In this post I interview SnowWhite of the Sims Shadow Government, asking her about her organization and its history, its conflicts with Evangeline/Voleur and the sim mafias, and the various operations of the organization. Urizenus: First of all, what is The Sims Shadow Government (SSG) and what is your capacity there?SnowWhite: Well…I’d like to direct [...]

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Re-visiting the Intellectual Property Rights Revolution in MMOGs: Examining the Second Life TOS

We’ve discussed this issue below but I wanted to refresh a little post on top here tonight (no disrespect to the now towering interview with Polie Bear). I’ve had a chance to peruse the terms of service posted at www.secondlife.com. It’s rather interesting, and I urge you all to check them out. Cory recently posted [...]

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Voleur part 3: The Bear that scammed Voleur

Polie Bear is an unassuming polar bear in aphaville, but he is also reputed to have scammed Voleur (now Evangeline) our of his/her property twice. In this interview I ask Polie if the rumors are true and how it happened. Urizenus: Hi PoliePolie Bear: hiUrizenus: So you scammed Evangeline back when she was Voleur?Polie Bear: [...]

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Voleur part 2: Interview with Voleur/Evangeline

Urizenus: Let’s start with whether you have anything to say about the article [“‘Voleur’means thief” published in the aphaville herald].Evangeline: i dont like the whole situation with granny, fruitcake lady etc. why do people think i am them?Urizenus: they are friends of yours?Evangeline: they are friends but so are many othersUrizenus: do you have any [...]

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