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Yale Law Prof Ponders Uri’s Plight
This draft law review article — entitled “VIRTUAL LIBERTY: FREEDOM TO DESIGN AND FREEDOM TO PLAY IN VIRTUAL WORLDS” is a must read. Written by Jack Balkin, who is the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment and Director, The Information Society Project at Yale Law School. The article covers a lot of [...]
Full StoryThe rise of Ted Castronova and the study of Virtual Economies
Good to see our friend Ted Castronova featured in this article from Walrus Magazine. It is a really nice piece about how Ted resurrected his academic career when he started to think about virtual economies as real economies. Of course, I can’t resist pointing out that Ted was an interview subject in the AVH before [...]
Full StoryNew Edition of Gir Out
Well I understand that the first incarnation of this post generated some controversy. If you have issues with this post please feel free to contact Peter J. Ludlow: ludlow@umich.edu. Leave the Phantom out of it. And just to show you all how well it works to try and bully the AVH into dropping a story, [...]
Full StoryGAMING OPEN MARKET leaves TSO, continues in 2L, There, etc.
By Atlantis Several months ago we interviewed Jamie Hale of Gaming Open Market. Since then, GOM has left TSO because of lack of interest. Its business on There and Second Life appears to be growing, however. In this story, our reporter Atlantis checks in on GOM for an update, and for our new readers, an [...]
Full StoryPayPal Phishin? in Alphaville
By Atlantis Love phishing? Well let me assure you from a first hand perspective that you won?t like this kind! I had never heard of this latest scamming phenomenon until I was a victim myself! Let me bring you back to the day not so long ago?
Full StoryPierce Entertainment LTD: Alphaville’s Media/Entertainment Conglomerate
In this interview we talk to Eliza Collins, Executive Director of Operations for Pierce Entertainment LTD. Eliza tells us about plans for the Diamond Memorial Theater and the Pierce Entertainment Network, which are both under the umbrella of Pierce Entertainment LTD. She talks about the obstacles they face in producing plays and televisions programs on [...]
Full StoryInterview with EA’s Jeff Brown
EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown, recently agreed to answer questions from a reporter from the Michigan Daily. Following is an excerpt from the interview that was prepared for publication in the Daily and leaked to the AVH. We will call the reporter “Woverine.” The interview is pretty remarkable given that Mr. Brown [...]
Full StoryMaze is back! But Maxis Fumbles the Fix
by Ian Many of you have heard about the reintroduction of The Tomb Hunters of the Lost Llama aka “The Maze”. The Maze was taken out of service in the holiday season of 2003 because of exploitation by 3rd party mazebot programs. Before that sims could literally make ten’s of millions of simoleans a day, [...]
Full StoryAlphaville is *not* big in Japan
Big in Japan-alright, pay! Then I’ll sleep by your side Things are easy when you’re big in Japan–Alphaville, “Big in Japan” Well, for weeks we’ve been told that the Japanese players would be here soon. And a week or so ago the game opened to the Japanese market with its Japanese language chat interface. The [...]
Full Story2 & 1/2 Months later ESRB responds to J: Get Lost!
Some time ago our contributor J published an Op/Ed piece arguing that the ESRB rating system for MMORPGs was broken. This was part of a research project that he was doing on the ESRB Rating system. As the comments following that essay show, most readers found his analysis thoughtful and careful. When he was doing [...]
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