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Blood Fued: One Song and Tank Levy to settle their score in Second Life Boxing
By Gina Fatale Most Second Life veterans are already familiar with Second Life Boxing (SLB). Run by Tommy Rampal and David Jacobs, these two men combine boxing and WWE style matches, bringing some high octane entertainment to SL. With the nearing completion of their new arena/mall/amusement complex the two impresarios wanted to have a boxing [...]
Full StoryProgram 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 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 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 StoryWarning! First Sims Bank Scam returns to TSO
Thanks to Ian at the Alphaville Gazette for being right on top of this. The notorious scam operation, The First Sims Bank has returned to business on TSO. As reported earlier in The Herald, this is definitely an outfit to stay away from. Be sure to warn your friends about it.
Full StoryJason Sim to appear on Oprah Tonight!
Oprah Winfrey of Alphaville has informed us that her guest tonight at 10 PM Eastern will be Jason Sim, who has recently reignited the controversy over the Alphaville Presidential Elections with his claims that he had first-hand knowledge of election-fixing practices that led to Mr. President?s defeat of Ashley Richardson. Given the incendiary nature of [...]
Full StoryDavid Pierce Resigns PE Ltd
David Pierce, of Pierce Entertainment LTD (recently the production company for an in-TSO production Waiting for Godot) has resigned his post and handed the reigns over to Eliza Collins. We’lll try to get a exit interview from him. Press release follows.
Full StoryJohnny Lace Design Contest winner accounced
Sorry for the delay in getting this out. The winning property was by Henderson Designs. I didn’t see the inside of the prop, but I have to say that from the outside it looks plug ugly to me. I guess I just don’t get simarchitecture… Here is your link to the final rankings. Congrats to [...]
Full StoryHouse Designs Now Ranked in Johnny Lace Contest
The judges have come up with the rankings for the entries in the Johnny Lace House Design Contest. The exact ranking of the top 10 houses will be announced at an awards show on June 26th. The rankings (with screen shots of the properties) can be found at http://www.johnnylace.tk/.
Full StoryMiss Alphaville Contest Narrows Field to 6 Finalists
Sore loser Chastity’ complains after failing to make the cut. Our friend and former AVG presidential candidate Ashley Richardson has taken a sabbatical from politics but is back in Alphaville, helping to run the Miss Alphaville Competition. Last night the field of contenders was whittled down to the following 6: ‘Sugar, Nataleigh, DJ Lizziey Ray, [...]
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