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Happy MLK/Inauguration Day, everyone. Once upon a time (by which I mean six years ago today), a virtual war in Second Life broke out; a far-right political party, an autism support group, and exploding pigs were involved. And since that was back in a time when the visage of Dr. King would shine in the Second Life sun, his face looked down on the aftermath. Read about "Fighting the Front" right here.
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Classic New World Notes stories:
Sander's Villa: The Man Who Gave His Father A Second Life (2011)
What Rebecca Learned By Being A Second Life Man (2010)
All About My Avatar: The story behind amazing strange avatars (2007)
Fighting the Front: When fascists open an HQ in Second Life, chaos and exploding pigs ensue (2007)
Copying a Controversy: Copyright concerns come to the Metaverse via... the CopyBot! (2006)
The Penguin & the Zookeeper: Just another unlikely friendship formed in The Metaverse (2006)
Guarding Darfur: Virtual super heroes rally to protect a real world activist site (2006)
The Skin You're In: How virtual world avatar options expose real world racism (2006)
Making Love: When virtual sex gets real (2005)
Watching the Detectives: How to honeytrap a cheater in the Metaverse (2005)
Man on Man and Woman on Woman: Just another gender-bending avatar love story, with a twist (2005)
War of the Jessie Wall: Battle over virtual borders -- and real war in Iraq (2003)
Home for the Homeless: Creating a virtual mansion despite the most challenging circumstances (2003)
A crazy story and a fine piece of journalism, Hamlet. Great to re-read it.
Posted by: Pathfinder | Monday, January 21, 2013 at 02:24 PM
Thanks much, Path! One of my personal favorites too.
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:50 PM
How much influence do these FN folks have in Europe now, in 2013?
Are they still going strong? I seem to recall a few articles about them here and there in recent years - members getting in trouble. But not details.
Posted by: Pussycat Catnap | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 11:31 AM