Archive for 'Op/Ed'
Op-Ed: Avatars United – A Social Network Too Far?
by Sigmund Leominster If you’re becoming jaded by the tales of the inconsequential status and activity of the Justice League Unlimited, which, as a group, must now hold some sort of record in terms of column inches in the Herald (inversely proportional to the inches of their primmy penises), and fapping to Post 6 Grrrlz [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Second Life Resident Comments on JLU Superpowers
Have you taken a look in a mirror lately? You're a walking infringement… AnnOTooleInSL's Xtranormal.com video commentary on the Second Life Justice League Unlimited situation:
Full StoryOp/Ed: Facebook, IslandLife, Second Life, Lively, Metaplace – Why Worlds Fail
by Jessica Holyoke As previously reported, IslandLife, which looks a lot like Metaplace, has opened on Facebook. Metaplace is a virtual world that closed at the end of 2009. Metaplace looked a lot like Google's Lively, which also closed. What does IslandLife in Facebook and the failure of Lively and Metaplace mean? Consider one world that hasn't [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: It’s the Avatar, Stupid.
Magic ingredients for a compelling metaverse by Tizzers Foxchase Since the dawn of online gaming, the driving force which has kept players glued to their computer for hours has been the advancement of one's character by means of levels and better items. Many of you can probably the recall the satisfying feeling of accomplishment when [...]
Full StoryOpinion: Public Spaces
by Jessica Holyoke The Swiss recently passed a referendum that banned the building of minarets in their country. As discussed on Slate, part of this is because the Swiss, like most European countries, are worried about Islamic extremism. Especially as Muslims in Europe do not integrate to the same extent as Muslims in the United [...]
Full StoryOpinion: I’m a PG
by Jessica Holyoke When the creation of an Adult Content policy first started being discussed by the Lindens, a campaign started saying "I am Adult Content." Residents were up in arms about losing their access to Adult Content. And it has happened more than once since I have become a resident here. But if everyone [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: What Does Winning Look Like for Eros?
The real point of the class-action complaint against Linden Research by Jessica Holyoke Linden Research is due shortly to file something in response to Eros, LLC v. Linden Research. It could be an answer where the Lab states their response to the claims made by Stroker as a class representative or it could be preliminary [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Virtual Pirate Faces Real Life – The Next Level
by Kris Dibou For years now, I have enjoyed a virtual life in paradise. I have been the poet, the pirate, the writer, the builder, graphic artist, programmer, cowboy, musician, editor, and game designer of sorts. All this and more; yet, in the outside world (which we refer to as 'rl') I have not been successful at [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Property Rights, Advertising, and Freedom in Second Life
by IntLibber Brautigan Advertising is a necessary part of Second Life, just like it is a necessary part of the internet. Advertising monetizes (i.e. makes profitable) an investment in a website or sim parcel that otherwise could not be. Why else does Linden Lab charge us to list classified ads in search? Why else do [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Second Life Needs Ad Farmers
Falling land prices – Donut & Reverse Donut Hole Traps – The Arbor Project – ROBO Marx permaban by IntLibber Brautigan For years there has been an ongoing conflict between two mainland commercial forces: the landbot runner and the ad farmer. The land bot runner makes his money by hedging low land prices and selling [...]
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