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Rumors of our Death are Greatly Exaggerated. Interview with Acting SSG Overlord Greg-
When the history of Alphaville is written, the Simulated Shadow Government (SSG) will figure prominently. In recent months, most of the original officers of the SSG (Mia Wallace, Snow White, etc) have moved on to other MMORPGs (SWG, City of Heroes, etc.) and the SSG has become a kind of ?Uberguild? that operates across games [...]
Full StoryWinners of Alphaville Awards Announced. Same Ol’ Same Ol’?
Winners of the 9th annual (i.e. monthly) Alphaville Awards have been announced (see below for winners), but the event has been overshadowed by charges on the Stratics boards that the event has become an exercise in cronyism. Were the winners merely the same old FOOs? (Friends Of Organizers.) Coming in the wake of controversies over [...]
Full StoryMr-President misses state of union address. Is the end near?
In two important recent stories, the Alphaville Gazette reports that Mr-President missed his scheduled state of the union address. No explanation was given by his office. Meanwhile, in an interview with Marcus Forlourne, conducted by Ian, we learn that Mr-President was in fact present when discussion of the election rigging took place. Was he AFK? [...]
Full StoryThe D&D Game within the Game: Simcast?s Secret Project
The other day I checked the events list in SL, and found the usual fare: naked bingo, scripting classes, sales on fetishware. Tired of this action I decided to fly around aimlessly. A couple minutes later I came across a large castle, with what looked like a gigantic spoon out front ? no it was [...]
Full StoryInterview with Opfor founder Jack Orlowski (aka bicycle maker William Bukowski)
Jack Orlowski (Jacko) is kind of legend around Jessie, both for founding Opfor, and also for the exquisite detail on his guns. He?s been away for a bit, and is now trying to scrape together some cash to reactivate his Jacko account (too much land can put you in hock to the Lindens, it seems), [...]
Full StoryAnother Day in Jessie
Jack Dayton: the little man with BIG plans So the other day I?m in my Jessie bunker catching up on back issues of Players (just the articles, honest), when fighting breaks out up top. Soon people are shooting at me with bunker piercing ammo (time to harden those walls), so I teleport up to my [...]
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 StorySSU Trashes AVG Capitol, AVG is crumbling
Photo courtesy of the Simulated Soviet Union In a shocking development, the Capitol Building of the Alphaville Government (AVG) has been trashed by operatives of the Simulated Soviet Union (SSU). Meanwhile we have received unconfirmed reports of widespread defections from the AVG to the SSU. By some accounts the military branch of the AVG is [...]
Full StoryOprah Retires from TSO
In this surprising and sad development, Alphaville’s Oprah Winfrey has announced that she has cancelled her farewell show, uninstalled TSO, and cancelled her subscription. She will be missed. Her retirement letter follows.
Full StorySpecial: Granny Celestie meets Grimmy Moonflower
What sort of newspaper would yield its front page to two notorious griefers? Why the Second Life Herald of course! In this ill-advised article, notorious tso grieferGranny Celestie takes the reporter?s notebook and interviews notorious (and banned) Second Life grieferGrimmy Moonflower. The results are electric! Well, actually, they are what they are?
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