The Alphaville Herald

Shuless – Episode Five

On the Day That We Were Born by Iona Nikolaidis [21:02] Iona Nikolaidis: I have a little photo album[21:02] Iona Nikolaidis: hold on[21:02] hehe…a butt shot![21:02] Iona Nikolaidis: yeah![21:02] Iona Nikolaidis: I am Annie fucking Leibovitz[21:04] Colona castle….hmmm….one of those sex dungeons?[21:04] Iona Nikolaidis: yeah![21:04] That we used to frequent?[21:04] Iona Nikolaidis: That was the [...]

Sex and the SL Mermaid

Shuless – Episode Four

I left her in the dust of my tp by Iona Nikolaidis [20:04] This girl comes up, says hi, and then offers friendship.[20:04] Iona Nikolaidis: Oh, did that just happen to you?[20:04] I left her in the dust of my tp.[20:04] Iona Nikolaidis: haha![20:05] Iona Nikolaidis: That’s awesome[20:05] Iona Nikolaidis: You broke her avie heart![20:05] [...]

Shuless – Episode Three

Music, Poetry and Tasteful Vulgarity by Iona Nikolaidis I am not a novelist. I am not even a creative person. When I tell a story at a party, and I do, it has a logical beginning, middle, end. Prologue, Epilogue. There is an order to things. People need to be able to follow the lines. [...]

Network Culture Challenge

by Jessica Holyoke Cory Ondrejka and Doctor Ludovico recently announced the Network Culture Challenge from the International Island sim.  The University of Southern California’s Network Culture Project, in conjunction with the MacArthur Foundation, is inviting the residents of Second Life to imagine new ways that virtual worlds can be used to make contributions to the [...]

Shuless – Episode Two

Iona finds a home by Iona Nikolaidis When I created Iona as my avatar in Second Life, I only had a vague idea of the effort and real work required to explore the metaverse. So, after leaving Orientation Island (for you non-Second Lifers, Orientation Island is where you go to learn a few basic things [...]

Shuless – Episode One

How It Began by Iona Nikolaidis Hello, dear reader. My name is Iona Nikolaidis. I am an avatar in Second Life, and this is the story of how I came to meet a fellow avatar named Alexandra Shu. This blog is an effort to get her out of my head. This is not my choice, [...]

La Vida Linden

Jenn Villota: The Artist as a Young Av

Interview with a new and upcoming artist by Kris Dibou When I saw the pics for Jenn Villota’s gallery opening, I could not turn my head, nor scroll away. The thought passed through my head that I was in Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, X-rated editor’s cut. Indeed, it appeared that there were demons here, now [...]

Leveling Up In The Game of Second Life

Is Plexus Linden hoping for a new griefing flava while protecting SL residents from those who would do them harm? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk “SL combat groups fight each other in their bases…who does that? I want to design a combat system that will work in non-combat areas – real armies and groups [...]