Business in Virtual Worlds
Remember this?
A student was sitting in a library, minding his own business, when police officers doing random ID checks (in a library?!?) demanded he show his ID. He told them to go away and stop bothering him. They tried to arrest him. He didn’t get excited about the idea.
Apparently what he should have said was: [...]
[Update: I've just found PlayNoEvil's discoveries about Integrity. Click here to check it out.]
There are two little bits of news that people are, largely, shrugging off as inconsequential.
First there’s the news that the IRS is thumbing through records in Second Life, looking at your financials. This, of course, is happening to you whether or [...]
Prokofy Neva. What a character.
He and I argue about politics, social media structures, whether or not people should have a “no” vote, corporatism, and everything else in between. Prok’s word-fu has a way of getting under your skin if you don’t see past the feints and block the jabs, and more than one reader has [...]
Ok, everything else goes on hold until I rant about this. Here, have a clip from New Scientist Technology Blog:
[...]Time Magazine placed secondlife.com on its list of “5 Worst Websites“.
Despite spending a lot of money establishing a presence in SL, Wired ran this piece saying that real world companies that opened up there are realising [...]
John Martin
Pandemonium, 1841
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The FORBES Magazine Collection, New York
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Drama and the Second Life Herald have always gone hand in hand, but drama about the Herald is a bit different. Some changes have been made, and as a result Prokofy Neva will no longer be contributing for the paper.
It’s a [...]
This morning my Twitter feed tweeted about a takedown notice over on TechCrunch. Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter books, wants them to remove the article that mentions that the latest Harry Potter novel has had all its pages photographed is available for download through The Pirate Bay. USA Today, The Wall Street [...]
Prokofy Neva was recently banned from Terra Nova. Why?
Dan Hunter says:
Prok and Csven are banned. I’m tired of both of them.
Posted Jun 24, 2007 4:16:53 PM | link
If you’re trying to work out what the new policy is, here’s your guide: don’t make Dan Hunter tired or you’re banned. I’m pretty sure they’ve already banned turkey [...]
I have a love/hate relationship wth Terra Nova. In case you’re not familiar, it’s a blog that attempts to ask the big academic questions about MMOs and gaming in general. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but can be worth a read if you’re in the mood. A wide variety of people post there, some total [...]
I’m reading Gwyneth Lewellen’s latest post at the moment and have frozen at a point about 3/4 of the way down. Up to this point it’s been insightful, clever, and an interesting read. It may be a little myopic, as Gwyn has always been an unashamed head-over-heels fan of Linden Lab, but it’s good stuff.
But [...]
