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Hammie ponders his independence
Hamlet Linden in a reflective mood In a recent entry in New World Notes, Hamlet Linden addresses the issue of his independence as an employee of Linden Lab. At State of Play he said it was analogous to writing for a newspaper in a company town. Now he isn’t so sure. I say he should [...]
Full StoryExploring Online Conflict Resolution
In an historic meeting at the State of Play, a group of game developers, lawyers, and conflict mediators met to discuss strategies for conflict resolution online. The headline idea emerging from the meeting was the thought that rather than impose uniform conflict resolution strategies in a top down manner, it might be more useful for [...]
Full StoryFree Speech for Avatars! And?like?Now!
Ludlow blasts Stratics. In a Session at The State of Play entitled Avatar Rights, Virtual Liberty, and Free Expression in Virtual Worlds, Peter Ludlow blasted the organized censorship policies of Stratics, while Fred Schauer of Harvard University suggested that the possibilities for free expression in virtual worlds should be used to explore alternative models of [...]
Full StoryViva Toivonen attempts denial of service attack against Herald
Former Alphaville griefer Viva Toivonen (aka Viva T, Angelica, Isabella, Fruitcake Lady) has initiated a feeble denial of service attack against the Herald because the Herald refused to remove comments that Viva posted several months ago and then wished to retract. Apparently the offending comments are in these two threads: http://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000206.htmlhttp://www.alphavilleherald.com/archives/000203.html Following is a complete [...]
Full StoryThe State of Debauchery: Herald Paparazzi Camp the Lindens
photos by Pat the Rat Well, they don’t call it the State of *Play* for nothing! Pat the Rat camped the Linden’s on their after-conference prowling on the Mean Streets of Manhattan, and may I just say: Move over Hollywood bad boys, cuz no one thows down like (or outmacks) a game dev! Read on [...]
Full StorySecond Life Boxing to Reopen
By Gina Fatale After all the drama from Boxingmania, SLB is once again opening its doors for Friday Night Fights only this time around Tommy Rampal is the one and only manager of the complex, leaving out his former business partner/drama queen, David Jacobs. I was able to catch Tommy while he was preparing for [...]
Full StoryAhh, the crazy hijinks of GM created sexist NPCs
I was waiting for the situation to clarify before I posted on this, but it is really only getting more murky, and I do think it is very important that dedicated Herald readers check out the situation. Near as I can tell, the GMs in A Tale in the Desert 2 constrtucted an NPC trader [...]
Full StoryThe Herald is One Year Old!
Tomorrow, Oct. 23, will mark the 1st Birthday of the Alphaville/Second Life Herald. A lot has happened in the past year, ranging from bannings, spammings, account hacks, clonings, and international media stardom (for 15 minutes). But what were the top stories over the past year? I’ve made two top 10 lists ? one for TSO [...]
Full StoryStratics bans anti-Kerry .sig
Ohhhh Stratics, you’ve done it again! Just when you think the Stratics Thought Police have run out of speech to ban, a stratics user now claims that the following .sig was banned by the Mods:I mean, I’ll be voting for Kerry too, but it would never occur to me to ban a siggy like that. [...]
Full StoryHamlet the Fashion Maven
Hamlet Linden has been busy on New World Notes reporting on the New World Notes Fashion Expo, so if this is something of interest to you I highly recommend u check it out. Included are some extended discussions with our friend Mistress Midnight and a brief chat with Cherry Bomb Hare, who gets an honorable [...]
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