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op/ed: RULES
–humdog rules seem easy enough for people to talk about — at first. everybody thinks they know what rules the rules are for a given game, and how they work. but rules are not that easy. the superficial simplicity of rules for gaming is a lie.
Full Storyop/ed: online lucid dreaming
–humdog it is true that art captivates, entertains, challenges, and explains. that is true. art also procides us with models for how to approach and negotiate the challenges that may appear in our lives from time to time. this ability that art has to work as a tool to assist us with the navigation of [...]
Full StoryEssay: On Online Artistic Expression
David Pierce recently posted the following essay on Stratics and invited us to repost it here. It’s q good read in prep for his upcoming in world production of Waiting for Godot (in tso).
Full StoryFundies as griefers?
Kudos to Betsy Book for breaking this story on Terra Nova. It appears that a Christian fundie is getting VERY zealous about advertising his faith in There. To quote Betsy: “a born-again Christian is ruffling feathers by using There as an advertising vehicle for his particular denomination. Specifically, he’s set up a large ?Sacred Place? [...]
Full StoryInterview with Second Life CEO, Philip Rosedale
When Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden) stopped by Uri’s pad for an interview, little did Uri expect that Phil would be in drag, carrying a rose and a Seburo Compact Exploder automatic weapon. Phil quickly slipped into his Cowboy Roy avatar and the discussion got serious, as the bad boy CEO and bad boy cyber-journalist [...]
Full StoryOpen Letter from AV?s Home Designer: Keep Guard up Against TSO Hackers
Recent surges in hacking have led to many problems in The Sims Online. This is an issue I need to alert you people of. My account along with other Big Companies or ppl such as Lead artitect have been tampered with. It is vital that anybody playing The Sims Online should do the following. Do [...]
Full StoryCreation vs. Craft, Ownership vs. Exploitation
In an interesting essay entitled “Living on the Edge: Digital Worlds which Embrace the Real World“, Cory Ondrejka (aka Cory Linden) offers some interesting observtions about (1) the distinction between games which allow users to craft vs those which allow creativity, and (2) the importance of extendending real world property rights in the latter case. [...]
Full StoryEditorial: Friendship Web or Snooper Web?
EA/Maxis picks its spots to champion the privacy of its users. If, as was the case, a user claims to have beaten his 8 year old sister and put her in the hospital, well that?s a case where EA/Maxis has said that they can?t notify the police because it would violate their privacy policy. But [...]
Full StoryHow about saying what they really mean for a change?
by Kiss ?What we have here, is a failure to communicate?Captain, Road Prison 36, as played by Strother Martin in Cool Hand Luke There really should be a modern day remake of the 1967 classic that this quote is taken from ? Cool Hand Luke. I absolutely love the dialogue in this great flick. That?s [...]
Full Storyi got them old cosmic blues again, mama
–humdog terra nova recently published an interesting article called “American Psychiatric Association Joins the Fray”. many of the comments both within and around the article talk about gaming and/or internet addiction.
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