Worth watching I think. The Alphaville Herald a news paper for reporting the seedier underbelly of one of the Sims city servers, and there’s plenty of it. It’s run by a philosophy professor and part time TSO investigative newshound. Worth keeping an eye on for the nascent virtual community forming and storming it’s way into existence. I’m especially fond of the interview with a BDSM initiate. Some bits of it are straight out of the early 90s communities research but there’s an extra element to it. The aspect of lots of kids online - especially as it’s a game - is interesting, 18+ areas and child friendly attitudes, etc are mentioned, also that TSO is 13+ which I didn’t realise.
It’s also made me want to look out for Sociolotron the worlds first R-rated MMO. For academic purposes only of course.
