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Interview with former SSG General, Master Bam
In this interview I talk with Master Bam, formerly SSG four star general BAMWhatsInANameBAM. He has recently left the SSG and is forming an anti-SSG organization called NSSG (for New SSG). In this interview we cover his activities in SSG, his reasons for leaving and his plans for NSSG. Urizenus: You used to be a [...]
Full StoryInterview with SSG’s SnowWhite
In this post I interview SnowWhite of the Sims Shadow Government, asking her about her organization and its history, its conflicts with Evangeline/Voleur and the sim mafias, and the various operations of the organization. Urizenus: First of all, what is The Sims Shadow Government (SSG) and what is your capacity there?SnowWhite: Well…I’d like to direct [...]
Full StoryVoleur part 3: The Bear that scammed Voleur
Polie Bear is an unassuming polar bear in aphaville, but he is also reputed to have scammed Voleur (now Evangeline) our of his/her property twice. In this interview I ask Polie if the rumors are true and how it happened. Urizenus: Hi PoliePolie Bear: hiUrizenus: So you scammed Evangeline back when she was Voleur?Polie Bear: [...]
Full StoryVoleur part 2: Interview with Voleur/Evangeline
Urizenus: Let’s start with whether you have anything to say about the article [“‘Voleur’means thief” published in the aphaville herald].Evangeline: i dont like the whole situation with granny, fruitcake lady etc. why do people think i am them?Urizenus: they are friends of yours?Evangeline: they are friends but so are many othersUrizenus: do you have any [...]
Full Story‘Voleur’ means “thief”, Part 1
I had originally intended to write a single comprehensive article on Alphaville’s most infamous scammer, but I decided that given time constraints and the blog format it might be better for the staff of the Herald to write this story piecemeal. For those of you who don’t know, there is an individual or group of [...]
Full StoryIntroducing Pat the Rat
Pat the Rat: Gossip Columnist for the Alphaville Herald With this post the Alphaville Herald Introduces our new contributor and dirt-disher, Pat the Rat. Deep under cover in Alpha, Pat dishes on the virtual sins of our fair city’s virtual simlebrities. This week, Pat rats out Fueled Radio. Item: Fueled Radio DJ and badboy Itzno [...]
Full StoryBack to the Robot Factory
A couple weeks ago I posted a complaint about the new jobs on TSO. In particular, my utility sim, Doctor Legion took a job in a robot factory and suffered the mind numbing boredom of it for one shift, and was appalled by some of the slogans that are streamed at us while we worked: [...]
Full StoryHalloween in Alphaville
Lot’s to complain about wrt TSO, as with any other MMORPG, but I thought I’d weigh in with some happy on the party we had on Halloween night at our home, The Church of Mephistopheles, in Alphaville. I think it shows something about the potential for the medium once one gets away from all the [...]
Full StoryHow Inane can these Jobs Be?
One of my sims (Doctor Legion) foolishly took a job in a robot factory. Now he/she/it is hounded by M.O.M.I. for absenteeism. And there is no obvious way for Doc to quit. Today was the last straw; Doc was standing outside Doc’s store relishing a 50 grand sale of goth items, when the car pool [...]
Full StoryEven Worse than I Imagined
Well, the pets and jobs have come to Alpha, and the transition has been an absolute technical nightmare. I’d have to guess that Alpha has been down half of the time (just a guess). The problem is that people are unable to enter the city and or properties. Alpha is down again as I write, [...]
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