Archive for 'Virtual Business, Finance and Economics'
SCANDAL!!! SL’s Next Top Model… Has a Twin?
Copycat drama in the SL fashion world – SHOCK! by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista models from the “tilde” group BooBooKittie Haight, proprieter and brains behind Catwalk City, has a problem. Her brainchild, the “SL Next Top Model” (SLNTM) contest, has a competitor with exactly the same name plus a tilde: “ ~SL Next Top Model~”. [...]
Full StoryResidents of 8 Sims Homeless – Is Land Scamming or Illness to Blame?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk What appears to be one of the largest virtual land business failures ever threw residents of at least 8 sims out of their homes today – as the Azure Islands land company did a repo-man job on sims owned by Azure Islands but managed by lilly Margretts. Sources claim [...]
Full StorySamwer Brothers of Germany take 10% Stake in Anshe Chung Studios
The Samwer hotties brothers The German newspaper Frankfurther Allgemeine is reporting that the Samwer brothers of Germany have acquired a 10% stake in the virtual real estate and metaverse development company Anshe Chung Studios. The Samwer brothers — Oliver, Alexander and Marc — gained their claim to fame when they started an online auction site [...]
Full StoryIs Ginko’s Alleged Ponzi Game About to Implode? Will Linden Lab be Held Liable?
The Journal of the Business Law Society at the University of Illinois College of Law is running a well documented article on Second Life’s Ginko corporation, which claims to have the equivalent of $475,000 US invested in it but which some have called a ponzi scheme, Meanwhile, Philip Linden has comparedGinko to the Grameen Bank [...]
Full StoryHell is Other People: The LA Times Gets to the Bottom of SL’s Growing Pains
If you are coming from the Feb. 22 LA Times article… I dunno…just know that we really really hate the Lakers. Or as we call them, the Hollywood Fakers. If you already read the article, then let me save you some trouble, and suggest that you use this link for sex, cybersex, and beyond. If [...]
Full StorySecond Life Economics Puffery
The Register hating on Second Life by Curious Rousselot, virtual correspondent Shaun Rolph at The Register dissects the phony economics of Second Life and how the mainstream media has latched onto SL as “The Next Big Thing”(tm). Rolph concludes that based on churn rate statistics provided by Linden Lab, the population of returning residents is [...]
Full StorySecond Land Only in Second Life – First Land Banned
Mainland land market may be flooded soon by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Jack Linden took time from an important search and rescue mission today to announce that the Lab has discontinued – without any advance notice – the subsidized “first land” purchase program for Premium account holders. First Land allowed Second Life subscription account [...]
Full StoryIsland Land Scamming, Anyone?
Former residents claim Valentines day eviction massacre in “The Tropicana” sim, hire SL/RL lawyer to arbitrate island land dispute by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I met one of a rare breed Saturday. Joshua Sao is a 5 month metaverse resident who owns “The Tropicana” island sim yet cannot recall when he bought his island, [...]
Full StoryPontiac G8 – Metaverse Spy Shots!
Feel the Pontiac Excitement Tingle in SL – sometime this summer by Tenshi Vielle – Fabulous Fashionista Pontiac G8, as viewed in the psychedellic shadow box on the Pontiac sim Tonight, at about 6pm SLT, Pontiac gave the SL world the very first look at their new car – the Pontiac G8.The G8 is a [...]
Full StoryWhat the Hell, Buy a Car
The grand opening of Mororati Island today also coincided with a broadcast on Michigan Radio (an NPR affiliate) about the meatspace car biz in second life. Apart from the velvety Barry White voice talents of Professor Ludlow demonstrating his Scion and his Francis Chung Dominus Shadow, there is some interesting commentary from people that actually [...]
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