Marx Dudek is barely a blogger. There, I’ve said it. It’s true. In the time since my last posting, the rumblings over RedZone swelled into an activist movement, the creator’s alleged shady past and dealings with law enforcement were uncovered, RedZone was delisted, existing devices were neutered, the creator was banned along with his alts, [...]
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Pride Cometh Before a Change in the TOS
As much as LL won’t come out and admit it openly, I think it’s safe to say that they appreciate alts. The good kind, of course. Not ones created to cause grief. Every time an alt is created, chances are the owner is going to spend money to make that alt look good. Linden Dollars [...]
My Banned RedZone Post
(I reprint here what the moderators of the official Ess-Ell blogorum rejected and removed. I will leave it to you to decide if it was “abusive” or a fair assessment.) It was bound to happen sometime. A post recently posted to RedZone’s own support forum: Ok – there is a HUGE problem here. I believe [...]
The Teen Grid Merger (and Musings on the Future of the Mainland)
The Teen Grid merger is complete. Everyone is still alive, the digitally-rendereed sky hasn’t fallen, and our virtual world did not come to an end. Which, to be honest, is a little disappointing. In fact, I had to play with my Windlight settings to turn the rivers to blood. And no plague of scripted locusts [...]
A (Possible) Former Linden Speaks Out
I know that some of you absolutely refuse to visit Prokofy Neva’s blog – and generally, I don’t blame you. But a comment was posted yesterday that, if true, confirms most of our worst suspicions about the State of the Linden. Since some of you still won’t visit her blog, I’m reposting the comment below: [...]
Imagine All the People … Covered in Grey Goo
If you’ve been frustrated because you’ve been unable to reach the Imagine Peace sim for the John Lennon memorial, fear not – you’re missing nothing except immobility, frustrated screaming people, luminous balls of avatar gas, flustered event organizers and lots and lots and lots of grey goo. No wonder they locked the sim down when [...]
Are You Listening? An Open Letter to Philip Rosedale
Readers: I am deeply touched that this letter has struck such a chord among the Second Life community. I have seen this reposted in a few other places. I do not mind this at all, provided that you do not change or add to the letter, that you credit me as the author, and that [...]
Top 10 Rumors Surrounding Microsoft Takeover of Linden Lab
10. New Marketplace to become Xbox360StreetSL. 9. Clippy to become one of the newbie default avatars. 8. Linux devs to be fired. (Oh, wait, sorry. Not a rumor.) 7. Adult continent to be renamed “Zunedra”. 6. “Ballmer” to be removed from filtered search list. 5. Inworld laptops suddenly more prone to script errors. 4. Builders [...]
Second Life Should Not Be Like the iPhone
Philip Linden says that Second Life should be more like an iPhone. It’s neat and shiny and fun to play with. It’s enjoyable to use from the moment you take it out of the box, whereas Second Life has a steep and challenging learning curve. The iPhone was built from the ground up, after careful [...]
Oy.
I have this feeling that September is going to be a month of high drama in Second Life. So far, we’ve had a viewer banned and blocked, a group of developers and their PR agent permabanned, and a fashion designer put in time-out for erecting a Linden concentration camp, complete with ovens. Meanwhile, others are [...]