Archive for 'Mafias, Gangs and Virtual Governments'
Lindens Join W-Hats, Risk Self-Deletion
In a striking development, two employees of Linden Lab recently joined SL’s much-discussed W-Hat group, indicating that the roving band of refugees from Something Awful‘s forums may not, after all, be as dastardly as some have made out.
Full StoryAl Qaeda, Tribes, and Virtual Mafias
by Peter Ludlow Ok, I know Uri posted on simulating terrorist networks just a few days ago, but there is now an interesting article in First Monday by David F. Ronfeldt, who is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. The headline idea of the paper – entitled Al Qaeda and its affiliates: A [...]
Full StoryBonnano vs. Bellini: Round 2
by Marsellus Wallace The Heads of the Bellini Family The discussion of family hoppers, traditional Mafia values and real life versus virtual life combine in this follow up to the battle between the Bellini family formally of The Sims Online and the Bonanno family.
Full StoryOff the Grid with Walker Spaight: Showdown in Street City
The Second Life Herald is pleased to announce the debut of a new column by Herald Editorial Director and Raving Correspondent Walker Spaight: Off the Grid will appear on a strictly irregular basis, featuring news, thoughts and varied offerings culled from Walker’s wanderings. Enjoy. To slap an eye on Louise, who has stolen my heart, [...]
Full StorySimulating terror? You’re soaking in it!
In a very interesting recent post on Terra Nova entitled Simulating terror, Ren Reynolds digs up the following gem from an interview with Will Wright last September. We’ve been talking to people in homeland security that want to know if we could simulate a terrorist network. I keep telling them they don’t have to; they [...]
Full StoryEditorial: Simulating Free Speech In Virtual Lives
“If Peter Ludlow is a journalist,then I’m a railroad tycoon whenever I play Monopoly.”– Jeff Brown, Electronic Arts – Vice President for Corporate Communications Neal Stewart comments on Eric Goldman’s draft paper ‘Speech Showdowns at the Virtual Corral’, where under-age cyber-prostitutes, free-speech, corporate censorship – and our very own Urizenus Sklar – are the topic [...]
Full StoryBonnano vs. Bellini: Round 1
by Jackie Brown It seems a war is brewing between the Bonnano Family, ran by expert weapon maker Vincent Stravinsky and former Kingpin Mafia associate Carlo Platini, and the Bellini Family ran by Stacy Maracas. We got word of this war brewing and requested interviews on both sides of the fence. So far only the [...]
Full StoryNeualtenburg – SL`s Most Hated Project
“On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a democractic socialist republic.” At her blog, Gwyneth Llewellyn recently looked at some of the same virtual governance issues discussed in Urizenus’ State of Play discussion. The ever-misspelt Neultenburg projekt, of which Gwyneth is a key figure, has become something of a Bavarian [...]
Full StoryControversial German Designer Returns From Her 8th Suspension – Interview 2/2
Athel Richelieu’s screen-shot of the now-erased compound, moments before he abuse-reported it. SS logo in foreground. by Neal Stewart In part two of our interview with controversial designer Katja Eisenberg, Katja responds to allegations that she is a Neo-Nazi and connoisseur of racist humour. She explains her true views on Adolf Hitler, George Bush, the [...]
Full StoryDark Side Mafia pwned by Bio-satanic Herald Stringers
Herald Stringers Melody Moseley, Renee Marshall, Kyran Nyak, Apollo Case, Sami Suavage and Twitty pwn the DSM In the darkest corners of Jessie, where the toxic sludge oozes through walls and the residents positively glow from their daily dose of radiation, the Herald keeps a stable of stringers that are paid for information with virtual [...]
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