Archive for 'Virtual Business, Finance and Economics'

Metaplace Now Coins Spacebux

Jump starting a virtual world economy by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk While real world economists attempt to unfreeze the global financial system with fiscal stimulus plans, handouts to the needy, and anything else that might stimulate demand, the game gods of Metaplace are in the process of stimulating their own virtual economy – and [...]

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WeeWorld WeeMee Wears Justin Timberlake’s Wardrobe

by Sigmund Leominster In my last excursion into the world of adolescents and ‘tweens, I became a new avatar, Pixeleen, and let loose my inner Barbie at the Barbie Girls™ virtual world. My latest trip was as a not-so-undercover reporter into WeeWorld, a virtual chat room populated by thousands of two-dimensional characters called WeeMees. Sigmund [...]

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Quarter 4 Results – Lowest QPC on Record

Growth rates slow, spending lags residents logged in – bots to blame? by Jessica Holyoke Linden Lab has released the economic statistics for the last quarter of 2008, while also claiming the advent of new land offerings – OpenSpace, Homestead and Full sims – are a response to the demands of the majority of the [...]

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LL Playing Gotcha With Land Baron?

IntLibber Brautigan's frozen accounts can’t sell L$ to pay bills by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk  A surprising note appeared on the Ancapistan Capital Exchange website tuesday evening – accord to the press release, IntLibber Brautigan’s virtual land business is having some difficulty covering land tier payments to Linden Lab due to the Lab’s L$ [...]

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SL In Deep Recession – Economic Indicators Implode!!!

Group creation and uploads drop 20% in December LL panics, “temporarily” disables land statistics? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The Linden Lab spinmeisters webmasters have chosen to “temporarily disable” convenient display of Islands owned and added on the  Economic Statistics page – perhaps hoping to draw attention away from the virtual economy that is [...]

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Microsoft’s Mundie: Photosynthetic World OK, User-Created — No Way!

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Speaking at MIT’s Emerging Technology conference, Microsoft egghead Craig Mundie said the 3D spatial web will be photorealistic and made by automatically creating models from pictures taken in the real world — according to Ian Lamont’s report in The Industry Standard. While there are certainly uses for a reality-based [...]

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SL Sexbed Industry’s Dirty Laundry — Part 2

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Corsi Mousehold’s content inside SexGen bed sold at Stroker Serpentine’s store In part 1 of this report, we heard from Stroker Serpentine – virtual sex entrepreneur and owner of the SexGen trademark – and learned he is now taking an active role in protecting the good name of SexGen. [...]

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SexGen Trademark Turmoil – SL Sexbed Industry’s Dirty Laundry

Trademark owner Stroker Serpentine goes after Corsi Mousehold by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk “I will be thrilled to talk at length about how he is selling my animations without permission and using Briggi’s scripts without permission… I have been using the name SexGen with his blessing for TWO YEARS.” – Corsi Mousehold “Briggi doesnt [...]

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SL SHOCK — Counterfeit Collar Killer Frees Submissive Slaves!!!

Outrage! – Nothing as degrading as a Master Code controlling content creator by Pixeleen Mistral, Subrealism Affairs desk An acute reader sent a note to the Herald offices pointing to Marx Dudek’s tale of woe – her beloved Amethyst obedience collar was intentionally broken by the creator Amethyst Rosencrans. A visit to Sensations sim confirmed [...]

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W-Hat Goon’s Land for Rent in Baku Sim

Intlibber Brautigan, Woodbury helping keep W-Hat afloat? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk rent where Plastic duck got his first ban – and the first mega prim was created Metaverse urban renewal experts and history fans may want to look up IntLibber Brautigan at the Woodbury University suite at the Tampa Marriot Waterside during the [...]

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