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Program for State of Play II: Reloaded
I was looking for a slow period to blog the program for the State of Play conference, and this looks like the time. The State of Play is a conference that brings together people from the game industry and academia to discuss legal and conceptual issues in the development of MMORPGs like TSO and Second [...]
Full StoryInterview with an 8 year old gamer grrrl.
In this interview with talk to 8 year old CTRL Key (pronounced, she informs me, ?control key?). She fills us in on her adventures in games both online and offline, including TSO and Second Life.
Full StorySir/Ian leaves TSO
Sir may only be 16 in r/l, but he has cast a long shadow over events in alphaville over the past year. He has been a simolean dealer, a temporary accounts broker, and a dealer of cannons and other rares. He was the PR officer for the Alphaville Government during the elections, a past reporter [...]
Full StoryChad Thomas found innocent.
A lot happened in the week I was offline, so again apologies for being slow to report all this. One of the bigger stories of the past week has to be the trial of Chad Thomas in the AVG election-fixing saga. Chad was found innocent, which is just as well IMHO — he was just [...]
Full StorySSU: “We are damn proud of trashing the Capitol”
In an official press release from Co-overlord Ian, the Simulated Soviet Union has taken credit for trashing the Alphaville Government Capitol. In addition, Ian attempts to explain the idiological basis of the SSU: “At SSU, we do roleplay as Soviets. However, a common misconception is we roleplay as Joseph Stalin and his contemporaries. WE DO [...]
Full StoryInterview with virtual erotica publisher, Marilyn Murphy
Marilyn Murphy is the publisher and force of nature behind Players Magazine in Second Life. After I contacted her about the possibility of an interview she summoned me to her mansion where I was greeted by a scripted message bot called ?son of man.? I found Ms. Murphy holding court, with two lovely and intelligent [...]
Full StoryWhy Friendster Sucks
Not sure how many of our readers use Friendster, but I really liked this rant by Amanda Egge detailing the idiocy that is Friendster (“My dog could build a better website than Friendster, granted my dog has an IQ of 130, but still he’s a fucking dog for crying out loud.” ) The interesting beef [...]
Full Storyi saw it: waiting for godot
–humdog last night i attended a performance of act 1 of waiting for godot at the diamond memorial theatre in Alphaville (TSO). if you haven’t got a ticket yet, see if you can get one because it is one of the most interesting theatre experiences i have had in a long time.
Full Storyop/ed: online lucid dreaming
–humdog it is true that art captivates, entertains, challenges, and explains. that is true. art also procides us with models for how to approach and negotiate the challenges that may appear in our lives from time to time. this ability that art has to work as a tool to assist us with the navigation of [...]
Full Storysoftware will teach computers to read lips
-humdog The MIT Technology Review reports that computer scientist Guangyou Xu of Tsinghua University in Beijing has developed software that enables a computer to learn to read facial movements, particularly those of the lips. It is hoped that this software will enable game avatars to become more expressive and vivid.
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