Archive for 'Media'
Online Gamers Anonymous
Thanks to humdog for bringing this one to my attention. A website is advertising an organization called Online Gamers Anonymous. For all I know this is a hoax, but if it is its a good one. From the site: Welcome fellow gamers to the page just for us. On-Line Gamers Anonymous is a fellowship of, [...]
Full StoryUri’s Predictions
Early in 2004, Cory Ondrejka (Linden) made some predictions which he recently graded in Terra Nova. Well, I guess you could call those predictions. But step aside son, and witness some true prognostication! Uri predicts that by the end of 2005…
Full StoryJob Opportunity: Editor in Chief of Second Life Herald
I’ve been both editor and publisher of the Alphaville/Second Life Herald since October of 2003, and I’m getting really burnt out (and have other projects I need to be working on). I’d like to hire a Chief Editor on a monthly basis. Basic idea is to average around a story a day. Editor would be [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Privacy in Second Life
Hiro Pendragon riffs on Privacy I ran across the following essay by Hiro Pendragon on the SL Forums, and thought it deserved some more consideration. Please check it out. (And thanks to Hiro for permission to republish.) –Uri
Full StoryAvatar of the Year, 2nd Place: Sir/Father Callahan
This choice might surprise some, but not after you hear the facts. Over the past year, Sir/FatherC/Ian has been all over tso, and SL, and usually in the middle of some dramma or other. Beginning the year as a small time simolean dealer, he made a name (and drammatically changed gameplay) by acquiring zillions of [...]
Full StoryThe Herald Made Me Do It: Interview with virtual gangbanger PrincessHoHo
In this interview we talk to legendary MMORPG gangster grrrl, PrincessHoHo. Banned multiple times in TSO, There, and Sociolotron, she has recently come to Second Life, seeking fame and glory. What kind of fame and glory? Why is she a scammer/griefer/gangbanger? Well, she claims the Herald made her do it…
Full StoryThe Top 5 Stories of 2004
There is room for debate about this list, but we think the clear #1 story of the year was our pursuit of corruption by Mr. President in the Alphaville Elections. After Mr-President received gushing coverage by lesser media outlets like the New York Times, NPR, and Wired News, it fell upon the Herald to tell [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Saw it Coming – anonymous gaming as a training ground for sociopathic behavior
In this essay, our reader DigitalGaia takes us back to the early days of virtual communitites and contends that griefing and predatory behavior (especially by teens) has always been with us and should come as no surprise now. Sample quote: “It was then that I began to observe the frighteningly real effect a life without [...]
Full StoryUO Death Watch Begins
Folks on Terra Nova are now speculating that the end may be near for Ultima Online, what with its declining user base, aging technology, and aborted attempts to upgrade. Well, we do know one thing: EA is excellent at wrecking MMORPGs. My question would be: which does EA pull the plug on first — UO [...]
Full StoryTreasure Island Sale Evokes Memories of Old Alphaville
A couple of days ago, someone paid the equivalent of $26,500 US for a virtual island on the European MMORPG Project Entropia. I didn’t cover this at the time because it was another MMORPG after all, and it seemed well covered by Terra Nova and Slashdot. But yesterday The Register published an article on the [...]
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