The Alphaville Herald

Neualtenburg – SL`s Most Hated Project

“On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a democractic socialist republic.” At her blog, Gwyneth Llewellyn recently looked at some of the same virtual governance issues discussed in Urizenus’ State of Play discussion. The ever-misspelt Neultenburg projekt, of which Gwyneth is a key figure, has become something of a Bavarian [...]

Controversial German Designer Returns From Her 8th Suspension – Interview 2/2

Athel Richelieu’s screen-shot of the now-erased compound, moments before he abuse-reported it. SS logo in foreground. by Neal Stewart In part two of our interview with controversial designer Katja Eisenberg, Katja responds to allegations that she is a Neo-Nazi and connoisseur of racist humour. She explains her true views on Adolf Hitler, George Bush, the [...]

Controversial German Designer Returns From Her 8th Suspension – Interview 1/2

Prok’s Candid Coversations With the Core: Lordfly Digeridoo, Part Two

For those of who you enjoyed SL resident Prokofy Neva’s “journalistic” debut last week, in which SL architect Lordfly Digeridoo kindly submitted himself to questions from the rhapsodist of Ravenglass (and even for those who did not), we are overjoyed to present Part Two, in which our interlocutors address questions of the grid’s economy. No [...]

Nazi Training Camps and Dead Boys In Trees

Athel Richelieu and Grandduke Ferdinand face-off at Tom Bukowski’s residence in Dowden, following an Ethnography discussion event. Neal Stewart takes a look at a face-off between two Second Life residents over an SS training camp – one is the builder and the other reported the abuse. Apparently in his first life Grandduke Ferdinand is a [...]

Prok’s Candid Coversations With the Core: Lordfly Digeridoo, Part One

The Feted Inner Core: what is it? If you have to ask, that doesn’t mean you’re not a member. But it certainly exists — at least according to SL resident Prokofy Neva, who coined the term way back in January, deep in this thread on the SL forums. Since then, forum traffic indicates the term [...]

Outrage Over W-Hat Twin Towers Meets PoMoBabble Defense

by Brody MacDonald and Walker Spaight New controversy erupted recently over a W-Hat build in Baku sim depicting New York City’s World Trade Center towers under attack, as they were on September 11, 2001. But in addition to questions of taste, both the build and the community’s reaction to it also raise questions about just [...]

Extinct Native American Tribe Finds Second Wind

by Neal Stewart Duuya Herbst, taking the tribe to SL “The tribes are taking over the world [...] Tribes are agendas. Aesthetics. Ethos. Traditions. Ways of getting things done. They’re competitive. They may not all be based on time-zones. There are knitting Tribes and vampire fan-fiction Tribes and Christian rock tribes, but they’ve always existed.”– [...]

‘people think I’m teh sexy’: A Conversation With SL’s Charles Manson Stalker

by Neal Stewart grandduke Ferdinand, sometime Charles-Manson-look-alike. Stalker or teh sexy? Griefer or misunderstood? Recently, a Second Life resident reported on her blog an incident that she had experienced in-world: For some time, an avatar dressed as Charles Manson had hung around the bedroom of her virtual residence, watching her and brandishing a knife. She [...]

Luck Has Nothing To Do With It

A Second Life Herald parable The following is a chat log of an actual SL conversation, submitted by a pair of luckless gamblers for your edification. Not one word has been changed. Poker Player #1: you wanna hear a funny story? Poker Player #2: sure