'Second Life' takes tough stance on taboos
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Blog: Second Life citizens object to new rules banning certain sexual and violent behaviors.
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For its season opening, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic went to the unusual extreme of building a new hall: a virtual environment in the online world Second Life.
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Unsuspecting residents are lured in by shiny, foreign objects that unleash a self-replicating worm and bring the virtual world to a grinding halt. In Game|Life.
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Sex bed tussle leads to court A dispute over a sex bed has become the first copyright law suit within online alternative reality game Second Life. The lawyer behind the suit told weekly podcast OUT-LAW Radio that the nature of the game should not change the issues at stake.â¦
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Al-Qaeda may horn in on horny teens US intelligence officials are growing increasingly wary of Second Life and other virtual worlds, which they say could soon become havens for terrorists, money-launderers and criminals engaged in corporate espionage.â¦
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Would any black resident please stand up? NSFW Column Roleplay in Second Life begins with the creation of one's avatar, or one's primary character. For many residents, the avatar, while certainly a character, also reflects something of the owner's real-life self. Sometimes this will involve a desire or a curiosity for which real life offers no route to satisfaction or exploration.â¦
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By Jackie Burrell, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  May 29--Fearful parents may conjure up images of trench-coated predators trolling the Web, but the virtual world their teens actually inhabit is more like the soda shop of yesteryear or the mall -- a place to hang with friends.
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Science fiction author William Gibson (who coined the term "cyberspace") promotes his latest novel Spook Country in Second Life. Stay tuned for Gibson SL activities, from film screening to an avatar competition.
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Modern marvels like game consoles and T-shirts that make air guitarists' phantom riffs audible further blur the line between the real and virtual worlds. Commentary by Momus.
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Artificial intelligences could soon be living and learning inside online worlds such as Second Life.
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Just before a global credit squeeze roiled US financial markets this summer, an equally dramatic financial crisis threatened Second Life, the much-hyped online world.
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âGrowing Up Onlineâ asks an increasingly important question: What does it mean to be part of the first generation coming of age steeped in a virtual world seemingly outside parental control?
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A company that creates and sells adult products in Second Life files suit against a Second Life citizen for copyright infringement, and will subpoena Linden Lab and PayPal for his real name. What does it mean for other in-world creators?
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When virtual crime finds its way into online role-playing games, should real-world authorities step in?
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Fans of open-source programming and multiplayer gaming explore ways to bring the concept of the metaverse -- an infinitely expandable virtual world -- closer to fruition. By Daniel Terdiman.
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Why is racism considered bad in the real world -- but part of the fun in virtual worlds? By Clive Thompson.
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A few simple rules have created a surprisingly complex ecosystem of cannon plants, gridlice, and other strange creatures in the virtual world of Second Life.