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• Richard Bartle pwns All

  Not that i needed reminding this time . There's a really great article over at Terra Nova concerning real reactions to virtual communities and events. And the discussion was equally interesting. But that, as with all good things, came to an end when it Read More... Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:54 AM by Rich Bryant | 2 Comments

• Enlarging my own logic

  In a fascinating thread over at Raph's the discussion rages over whether or not Second Life is a ponzi scheme, a High-Yield Investment Program, a straight fraud or, as its apologists continually carp, a game yet not a game and oh by the way yout o could be a gazillionaire! Or some pathetic drivel about emotional bandwidth, i don't know. Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:27 PM by Rich Bryant | 8 Comments Filed under: Miscellany, Second Lies

• Jeff Freeman - Taller than Second Life

  I know, you saw it elsewhere and otherwhere already but we must continue to hype Jeff Freeman! DO NOT RUN! JEFF FREEMAN IS YOUR FRIEND! Ack ack ack ack ack ack ack.... Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:12 PM by Rich Bryant | 0 Comments

• the IntarWebz R NOT Serius Bizness

  I'm tempted to write "that is all", but what the hell. The Escapist has an issue on Serious Games. I played PeaceMaker through as both sides and eventually won from both sides and it was quite fun but mostly what i learned was "in order to make peace, Read More... Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 10:01 AM by Rich Bryant | 4 Comments Filed under: Life, MMORPGy, Second Lies

• MMmmf mmmmf mmmf Mmmfmmf Mmmf

  mmmmmmffff . Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:56 AM by Rich Bryant | 3 Comments

• Thoughts on the Divide

  I promise to not to quote Prokofy Neva again for at least 8 weeks after this post. Really really. I'll just stop reading blogs after this one and get back to full-time coding. I shall isolate myself from the wider internet and have only my own errors Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:31 PM by Rich Bryant | 6 Comments Filed under: Design, Technodrivel, Second Lies

• Griefing Second Life and Cheating

  It always seems like such a good idea. The sheer pretentiousness of it, not to mention that many if most of the things that go on in it are pretty despicable all by themselves. The pretentiousness of its cheerleaders (the " Emotional Bandwidth " line Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 26, 2006 7:16 PM by Rich Bryant | 0 Comments

• Inheriting the Earth

  I made the mistake of having a look through Prokofy Neva's blog recently, and got very bored. Anyone with a discrimination axe to grind usually manages to hit my mental off-switch within a paragraph or two and Prokofy's got a whole lot of paragraphs vying Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:20 PM by Rich Bryant | 2 Comments Filed under: Miscellany, Weird, Dumb, Second Lies

• Gonna Vom

  The ever reliable Prokofy Neva gives us our puke-inducing quote of the day: " The fact is that Second Life represents a new form of emotional bandwidth" No it doesn't, dipshit. It represents a badly made MUD with lots of pr0n in it and a penchant for Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:25 PM by Rich Bryant | 10 Comments

• Second Lies

  I doubt if any of the site members or the dev team are in any doubt about my opinions on Second Life - i think it's shit. However, i'm gratified to note that Linden Labs apparently also think it's shit. I can't see any other reason for them to actively Read More... Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 10:12 AM by Rich Bryant | 12 Comments Filed under: Dumb, Second Lies