Archive for 'Business'

Unconscionable!

CmdrSlack has a post on Grimwell Online, entitled “There’s Gold in Them Thar Pixels!: an examination of virtual chattels and property rights.” Of particular interest to denizens of SL, is the discussion of Linden Lab’s schizophrenic policy of simultaneously (i) saying they are not responsible for loss of property and (ii) advertising on their web [...]

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IGE in licensing agreements with MMOs?

It is being reported on UO Powergamers.com (and of course discussed on Terra Nova) that uber-virtual-currency-trader IGE has negotiated licensing agreements with at least five different MMOs. These agreements would presumably allow them to conduct their currency trading etc for a payment to the game companies. Which shows you that for once history is on [...]

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Off the Grid with Walker Spaight: Making the Virtual Market

Fed chairman Alan Greenspan ponders the Linden-dollar exchange rate With Linden Lab still considering hiring a virtual Alan Greenspan to manage Second Life‘s economy (as Philip mentioned in a Town hall meeting some time ago), we got to thinking: If game companies hate the trade in virtual items and currency so much, instead of trying [...]

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Fashion Show Review – Heart’s Desire (DoveVogue)

by Chipsen Queso My final fashion show of this four day fashion streak brings me to today’s fashion show at DoveVogue for Heart’s Desire, one of SecondLife’s most revered shoe makers. They are made by Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky. Dove Vogue, I guess, seemed like a logical choice for them because of Dove’s reputation [...]

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Fashion Show Review – Escade Athel (Percision)

by Chipsen Queso Well, here it is: yet another fashion show by me! Because of Matthias’ connection to the designer featured in this show, he asked me to review this one, as well. Why does it always seem that I get the bad assignments? *le sigh* Oh well. Escade Athel by Mex Thorn is one [...]

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Fashion Show Review: Canimal (SABORLATINO)

by Chipsen Queso So, following in tradition with the Herald’s fashion show reviews, I went to the SABORLATINO fashion show this past Friday that featured the designs of Canimal Zephyr. Honestly, I think the picture above says it all. Since he is a member of their agency, Matthias asked me to review this show for [...]

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Launching the SLInformation Revolution

by Walker Spaight Squagmire Stravinsky at the controls of the InfoNet R4 The information revolution comes to SL this evening when The Learning Center’s own Squagmire Stravinsky unveils her newest creation, the InfoNet R4 information network, in its new and more powerful laptop edition. Squag’s launch party starts at 9pm game-time (see Find for details). [...]

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The W-Hat Birthday: Cake, Ice Cream and Murdered-Hooker Bloodbath (2/2)

By Neal Stewart It’s the quick and the dead in Second Life. The murdered hooker I found at Baku today is not the murdered hooker she was yesterday. Yesterday’s corpse had character. A furry, she lay there with eyes closed and brows wrenched, as though her eternal sleep was wrought by nightmares. And who could [...]

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DoveVogue Drama?

by Chipsen Queso Those who follow the fashion scene in SecondLife undoubtably know about the DoveVogue Runway Studios owned and operated by Palomma Casanova in Davvi. Over the past year, they have become a strong and leading force in the arena of fashion shows and an icon of the fashion industry in their own respect. [...]

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‘R.I.P Ryan Dayton’ – Teenage ‘Air’ Profits (Part 2/2)

By Neal Stewart [Continued from Part I] Here is Part 2 of our interview with Ryan Dayton – the tech-savvy 14-year-old who claims to have made about $1000 US dollars in the 12 months he has been a Second Life resident. Ryan was banned 11 days ago when his mother revealed his real life age [...]

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