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Second Skin, part 5: Mistress Midnight
By Miravoir Psaltry Believe it or not this is the 5th SL skin artist we’ve talked to. Previously in this series of interviews we spoke with Chip Midnight, Santana Lumiere, and CherryBomb Hare and Kathmandu Gilman. In this installment we speak with Mistress Midnight, best known for her elegant and sensual goth skins.
Full StoryWTF Part II: Dragon’s Cove to be Wiped
by: Father Callahan With the out of hand situation of expolitation, reported in this article, where a sim bought a grass island within days of the city opening, EA has decided to wipe Dragon’s Cove. And no I am not insinuating that the article had anything to do with it, for any of you who [...]
Full StoryThe MOMI Team “Raids” Cheaters in TSO’s Dragon’s Cove
Earlier today, MaxisKyle released a press note that stated “MOMI” is cracking down on cheaters in the new “hardcore” Sims Online city known as Dragon’s Cove. He said an apparent exploit has entered the ‘fair’ city and players were able to accumulate a substantial amount of money in a small time frame. Kyle also noted [...]
Full StoryWTF: Rare Islands Purchased in TSO’s “hard core” Dragon’s Cove
Both islands are purchased, the one of the right is just empty at the moment. Update: Because the Dragon’s Cove Gazette (not www.dragonscovegazette.com , but dragonscove.tblog.com) has taken photos from this story without attribution, we would like to remind people of the License for use of thes materials. The Alphaville/Second Life Herald would like it [...]
Full StoryDragon’s Cove Opens with a Zap
Houses *zapping* It’s here, it’s finally here! After almost 1 month of waiting, delays, and other EA “natural” diasters, Dragon’s Cove is live. When the city opened (and still even happening while this story is being printed) there were “zaps” on the map of new houses being created. However, what comes with this [over] population, [...]
Full StoryThe Game within the Game, part 2: Virtual Barn Raising
As reported earlier, I recently bought a private sim and we are currently knitting it together with the simcast sim so we will have two sims dedicated to a medieval themed PvP Dungeons and Dragons type game with D&D-type combat elements, as well as crafting and quest elements. One of the really great things about [...]
Full StoryUri’s secret cyber logs, part 3: Bloodninja enters Second Life
The legendary chronicler of cyber, Bloodninja, has left his chat rooms to experience the fully immersive love fest that is Second Life. Following is his first SL chat log to be released on the internet. Who *is* this guy, anyway? HAAAARRRRR!
Full StoryCyber-escort as power gamer: Interview with Daphne Molinari
One thing that we?ve learned from observing social MMORPGs like TSO, There, and Second Life, is that power gaming is alive and well in these games, albeit in a different form than in EQ and SWG. In this interview we talk to an impressive example of this phenomenon ? Mistress Daphne Molinari. She tells us [...]
Full StorySecond Skin, part 1: Interview with Chip Midnight
by Miravoir Psaltry There is such an amalgamation of creative talent in SL… everywhere you look you can see the work of a myriad of geniuses. We have Coco Chanel, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Enzo echoed here, and we have modern day Michelangelos and Renoirs in the form of the SL skin artists… those who [...]
Full StoryJeff Brown to the TV Networks: We’re eating your lunch!
EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown That smack talkin’ mack daddy of corporate “we pwnz u”- speak was at it again last month, this time claiming that the TV networks were history, cuz giant game companies already pwn the eyeballs of young males, and soon they will get the advertising dollars as well. [...]
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