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Title:

Kicking Virtual Ass and Taking Avatar Names

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Organizer:
Mark Wallace , The Second Life Herald
Description:
What is it like to run the virtual world's most notorious tabloid? Where do you draw the line between good taste and bad, between information and sensation, between virtual and real -- if such a line exists? Explore the role of a very free press in the evolution of online worlds. Dual presentation with Peter Ludlow.
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Beginner
Category:
Gaming, Philosophical
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2008
on 23/8/07
And by "Ludlow," we mean Peter Ludlow, aka Urizenus Sklar, who founded the Herald in The Sims Online in October 2003.
Jim Rapp
on 22/9/07
Great topic, sensationalism sells, but how far does it all go? How does a virtual medium compare to real life?
Developed for SXSW by Lindsey Simon