Archive for 'Announcements'

Maxis: Scammers Masquerading as EA Employees

There a series of important new announcements from EA Rep Tigger, posted on the Stratics Board, which all players in TSO should be alert to. One involves a player masquerading as a Maxis employee, the other involves a web site which players are being directed to, and which contains a Trojan Horse virus which will [...]

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International Simcon Cancelled: Informal Gathering to Take Place

Organizers have issued a press release announcing that the International Simcon will not be held as a formal gathering as originally planned. Persons who paid have reportedly already had their paypay accounts refunded. The news is not totally gloomy, however, as an informal gathering will still take place in Dearborn. Naturally, questions have been raised [...]

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Just a Hop Skip and a Jump

Hi, not many of you will even recognize me, but I along with Prof. Ludlow started this blog. We had an idea that it would be pretty neat to be on the front lines of VR evolution, chronicling the social growths and trends, examining the linchpin personalities that spark VR wide debate. It can certainly [...]

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Obituary: Censorship Dies, victim of The Blog

Censorship passed away at home yesterday, killed by The Blog. Censorship will be remembered as a trusted friend of despots, tyrannical leaders, and large profit hungry corporations hiding unethical practices and inferior products. Friends say that in recent years Censorship has been less and less effective and useful, but they continued to employ him anyway, [...]

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Salon.com picks up story

For those of you who didn’t come via the story itself, salon.com had just posted a story on recent events that we have been reporting in The Alphaville Herald. I highly recommend this story, since it sythesizes everything in a comprehensible way. Here’s the link: Raking Muck in “The Sims Online” Dec. 14 addition: A [...]

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International SimCon tix go on Sale

Tickets for the International Sim Con have gone on sale. Click “continue reading” to see the press release.

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