ARGs in Second Life (and Elsewhere)

This article focuses on a lengthy and detailed discussion of Alternate Reality Games (or ARGs) in virtual spaces such as Second Life.

The closest I ever came was by staging elaborate displays of leapfrog, or faux melodramatic and ad-libbed break-up fights with a fellow guild member outside crowded inns in WoW, behavior that was met with confusion and, sometimes, applause, but always with a great deal of satisfaction for the two of us. Aaaand scene!

Second Life Client Goes Open Source

Linden announces the opening up of the Second Life clients under GNU licensing (GPL). An op-ed piece at Linux Journal makes a powerful argument for the SL platform to go open source entirely, and even the popular press reacts.