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Meet Alphaville’s Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Interviews Viva T and Celestie (then Barbara Walters) In this interview we talk to sim Oprah Winfrey, who puts on the Oprah Winfrey show in Alphaville (although strictly adhering to a flexible — i.e. chaotic — programming schedule). We ask Oprah about some of her shows, and some of the obstacles that she has [...]
Full StoryHook Named New AVG Veep
According to a report in the Alphaville Gazette, Hook has been named the new Vice President of the Alphaville Government, replacing Paul Tully who resigned to serve as president of the Mount Fuji Government. Hook was formerly an officer in the Calvin’s Creek Government. Got that straight? Exam will be held Friday.
Full StoryJohnny Lace Design Contest claims 100+ entries
Based on the number of properties that have entered the JohnnyLace DesignContest neighborhood, there will be over 100 entries in this round of the contest. Way to go Johnny Lace!!!!
Full StorySecond Life Real Estate Sales Picked up by Press
Seems like the sales of “real estate” by the Lindens (and the “taxation of it) are catching a lot of attention, starting with this Reuters article, and this meta-discussion on Terra Nova. I wonder what MMORPG Reuters was referring to with this remark: “The Second Life world is a little over a year old, but [...]
Full StoryOpen Letter from Second Life CEO/Prophet, Phil Rosedale
Digital Worlds, Digital Lives, Digital Futures An Open Letter to Thereians and the Metaverse community Philip Rosedale, CEO and Founder, Second Life With the recent announcement that the There.com commercial service is to receive reduced support, I wanted to write a bit about how I (Philip Rosedale, AKA Philip Linden) and the Second Life team [...]
Full StoryNews From Dan?s Grove: LegolasTheGreat Wins DG Presidential Election
By Dana Grove The AVH wishes to congratulate LegolasTheGreat on winning the Dan?s Grove Presidential election this past Saturday, May 29th. Final Results:263 votes castJeremy- 111LegolasTheGreat 152
Full StoryAlpha Refugees Start with Clean Slate in Second Life
In TSO they were caught up in scam houses and drama, but sometimes the incorrigibly bad are really just painfully hungry for some form of intellectual stimulation and creative outlet. Hopefully, the ability to create custom content in Second Life will provide that for them. In this photo some former Alpha residents pause for a [...]
Full StorySL CEO Holds another town meeting
Seems like just last week we reported that the CEO of second life had held a town meeting. Well, here is another, and your intrepid reporter Uri, on vacation in SL, caught the whole thing. It was pretty impressive — especially given what we’ve seen from tso. Phil Linden (Phil Rosendale’s avatar) took questions for [...]
Full StoryThere there Thereians: There is History?
Looks like There is going to be the next boring MMORPG put out if its misery. According to this article in GameSpot, there could be an announcement about the consumer game going down within the next 90 days. Fpr now, Thereians should expect no further updates (hey, sounds like TSO!). Of course the real force [...]
Full StoryWe get Tigger. They get the CEO.
Well, if you are tired of camping out on Stratics and waiting for little nuggets of uninformative nothing from Tigger (aka Ms. I’ll Have to Get Back to You), this should give you something to think about. Following is a link to a Second Life Town Hall meeting with Second Life CEO and founder Phil [...]
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