Archive for 'Virtual Business, Finance and Economics'
SecondCast #29: zzzzz . . .
Second Cast Episode #29 is out, and it’s a real snoozer! Actually, I haven’t listened to it yet (I missed the taping yet again, unfortunately), but as Johnny Ming puts it in his show notes, “The show was so riveting that Cristiano fell asleep.” The crew also interviews SL resident Tony Tigereye, owner of the [...]
Full StoryLand Lawsuit Lands on Linden Lab
SL resident Marc Woebegone is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. According to a press release, Marc’s typist, Marc Bragg, has filed suit against Linden Lab for a few land deals gone sour. While comments on this Clickable Culture post indicate an exploit may be involved, it should be interesting [...]
Full StoryAnshe Ties Up in the Rivers Run Red
Two of the biggest names in Second Life corporate life announced a strategic alliance last week, according to this press release from AnsheChung.com. That’s right, Anshe is steering her land baron’s boat down Fizik Baskerville’s Rivers Run Red virtual world branding and marketing concern. Is there a wave of VW consolidation on the way? Isn’t [...]
Full StoryPicking the Picks People Pick: Does Dwell’s End Mean A New Face For Popular Places?
by Prokofy Neva The impending end of dwell by June 13 has left the SL business and entertainment community wondering how the virtual world’s most popular destinations will fare. Though traffic payments were often gamed, they had become a reliable source of income for many virtual proprietors. Will there be a way to draw attention [...]
Full StorySL Econ Data on it Way
The Herald had the chance to speak briefly with SL headmaster Philip Linden this morning, who tells us that Linden Lab will soon start regular releases of economic data. A first look at some select figures is due for today. (More information at Herald affiliate 3pointD.com.) This couldn’t be better news for content creators, as [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Kills Dwell Payments
It wasn’t much of a surprise, since the idea has been bandied about by the Lindens quite a bit in recent weeks, but Philip Linden, benevolent despot of Second Life, announced yesterday on the SL forums that LL will discontinue traffic payments to SL residents. Down wiht camping chairs! Full text of King Philip’s announcement [...]
Full StoryCapital Punishment for RMT in RF Online
Banning, crucifixion and cornfields are too good for gold-traders in the new MMO RF Online. Though the company recently banned more than 150 accounts for botting currency, a couple of game-masters also treated the transgressors to some in-game punishment, climbing into some pimped-out mechsuits to deliver swift one-shots to the criminal characters. Not only that, [...]
Full StoryProkofyCast on the Air
The SecondCast cast had a nice chat with Prokofy Neva the other night, which is now available for your listening. The episode covers some pretty interesting and thoughtful ground — including the trials and tribulations of landlording in SL — though it did get more lively at a couple of moments than most of our [...]
Full StoryAnshe Returns
An update in the developing story of land baron Anshe Chung’s suspension from Second Life: Anshe reports that around 11:30 am SLT, about an hour ago, her account was taken off hold by a Linden concierge. No explanation has yet been forthcoming, though, and the Herald awaits news from Linden Lab of just what was [...]
Full StoryDid Anshe’s Anshe$ Strike Fear in the Wallets of LL?
by Dow Jonas (with additional reporting by Walker Spaight) Even before today’s suspension of Second Life land baron Anshe Chung’s account, SL forum-watchers had been riveted to a thread started by Anshe two days ago, entitled “Second Life Needs Stable Currency.” In the thread, Anshe toys with the idea of releasing her own currency if [...]
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