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Second Rant Podcast #1 - Linden Axes Casinos

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20:38 minutes (23.62 MB)

The very first episode of Second Rant! Prokofy Neva rants about Linden Lab's decision to axe casinos from Second Life, the sex trade and the WSE hack scandal. Hosted by Nick Wilson, Second Rant is a new weekly Metaversed Podcast.

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Second Rant Podcast #2 - Kong on the Water

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23:13 minutes (26.57 MB)

In this weeks episode of the Second Rant Podcast, Prokofy Neva talks about regulation within Second Life and the sticky issues of governance, both virtual and real. We task property rights, griefing, and even dig up the "kong in the water" thread from a few years back that sparked a furious debate (which i cant find..) over landscape blighting.

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Second Rant Podcast #3 - Ginko

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39:47 minutes (36.43 MB)

Join Metaversed editor Nick Wilson and Second Life commentator Prokofy Neva as they discuss the financial meltdown at virtual bank Ginko, and it's implications for finance in virtual worlds.

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Second Rant #4 - Everyone In Second Life is a Loser

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30:11 minutes (20.73 MB)

The Deputy Editor at Forbes just called everyone in Second Life a loser. Prokofy and Nick talk about this and also discuss land pricing issues in the wke of Linden Lab's recent announcements on mainland auction supply.

Watch this video first: Forbes video on Second Life

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Second Rant Podcast #5 - Five Rules

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26:34 minutes (18.25 MB)

Join Nick Wilson and Prokofy Neva as they discuss the bringing real world businesses into Second Life in light of the recent article by Mitch Wagner, Five Rules For Bringing Your Real-Life Business Into Second Life. Nick and Prokofy talk about engagement, opportunities to connect with the community, event strategy and a whole stream of thoughts on what of late has been a hot issue as the media continue to slam the virtual world for not living up to their own hype.

Second Rant #6 - SLCC

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25:38 minutes (17.6 MB)

Join Nick WIlson and Prokofy Neva on Second Rant as Prokofy analyzes the weekend's SLCC convention. Is SLCC doomed? Does it need to be split into separate conferences? What happened to the cool kids?

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Second Rant Podcast #7 - They Paved Paradise

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24:22 minutes (16.73 MB)

Join me, Nick Wilson and Prokofy Neva, as we talk about Linden Lab's plans for SecondLifeGrid.net, griefing attacks on the Second Life mainland, and burst into spontaineous song on this weeks episode of the Second Rant Podcast.

Second Rant #8 - Philanthropic Academics and the Stereotypical Poor

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45:15 minutes (31.08 MB)

Join Nick Wilson and Prokofy Neva on the Second Rant Podcast. This week we look at the recent mixed reality event in the City of Mexico and discuss philanthropy and wealth in Second Life. As an experiment, we've allowed this weeks podcast to go on for longer, and to ramble a bit -- some of our best conversations have been off-air, after the show, and we wanted to see what you thought of a looser style. So do let us know!

Second Rant #9 - Scaling Second Life

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40:52 minutes (28.07 MB)

Join Nick Wilson and Prokofy Neva as they discuss Linden Lab's plans to scale Second Life, the virtual world economy and speculate on just what may be behind Raph Koster's Metaplace.

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Second Rant #10 - Backchat!

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32:35 minutes (22.38 MB)

Join Nick Wilson and Prokofy Neva on the Second Rant Podcast as this week we discuss community management, the Linden forums, rules for blogs, comments, backchat during inworld meetings and moderation or lack thereof.

Second Rant #11 - Just Say No!

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40:02 minutes (27.49 MB)

Join Nick Wilson and Prokofy Neva for the Second Rant podcast. On this weeks show we take a look at the convoluted system of bug tracking, power and corruption in Second Life and ask the questions: Why can't we just say no? Is there any such thing as "user error"?

Second Rant #12 - Big Media, Sheep, and the Death of Classifieds

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38:17 minutes (26.29 MB)

Join Nick Wilson and Prokofy Neva on the Second Rant Podcast as they discuss the recent Virtual Worlds conference in San Jose, and the Electric Sheep Companies bid to bring CSI fans into Second Life and the impact that could have on resident businesses.