Update on Splintered Rock
Moonletters - October 12 2010Upon hearing that friend Alidar Moxie is helping put together an inworld, in-character newspaper for Al Raqis, I squirmed into my SwarmSister latex and harnesses and teleported over to Splintered Rock to see what's new. First, let's just say that the newspaper enterprise sounds fascinating as it is in character and yet will produce, as Ali puts it, 'some sort of Website, helping us tell the type of fan fiction stories that so many of us enjoy, archiving them and keeping a record in a central place'. Reports can be sent...
Continuing Saga of Splintered Rock
Moonletters - July 28 2009In the spring of 2007, the LemonYellow sim began The Dune Project, a place where residents could honor their love of the Dune novels by Frank Herbert, living and roleplaying in the city of Arrkeen, on the planet of Arrakis. (A good explanation of Roleplaying and early years of Dune RPG can be found...
Gli eredi di Herbert contro i fan di Dune
Fantascienza.com - April 17 2009Gli eredi di Herbert chiedono di eliminare tutti i riferimenti a Dune nel gioco di ruolo su Second Life.
La raffineria di Spezia Pare proprio che la cattiva abitudine di perseguitare i fan da parte dei vari rappresentanti legali dei principali autori di fantascienza e dei proprietari dei marchi legati alle grandi saghe televisive e cinematografiche sia dura a morire. Cory Doctorow, su Boing Boing ...
Infringers of Dune: Dune role-players shut down by Herbert Estate. Spice keeps flowing
Massively - April 9 2009Among the various business, educational and social uses to which Second Life is put, Role-Playing gamers have quite a number of thriving communities. If you want to role-play in the world of Joss Whedon's Firefly, or Straczynski's Babylon 5, Lucas' Star Wars universe(s), Tolkien's Middle Earth, John Norman's Gor, Frank Herbert's Dune, Roddenberry's Star Trek, or the settings of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Battlestar Galactica, Harry Potter, Final Fantasy VII or CCP/White Wolf's World of Darkness, Second Life is home to all of these...
Cold dead hand of Frank Herbert reaches up from grave, stabs Dune Second Life megafans in the back
BoingBoing - April 9 2009Mitch sez, "The small Dune roleplaying community in Second Life got a legal notice from Trident Media Group, the New York literary agency that handles the Frank Herbert Estate, via Linden Lab, which develops and manages Second Life." Good going Trident! There's 130 Herbert megafans who won't be so quick to enjoy, proselytize and spread your client's work next time. Keep it up and you'll soon have the whole world turned off Dune!
Enforcers of Dune: Frank Herbert Estate Targets Dune Roleplayers In Second Life
New World Notes - April 9 2009The Second Life community boasts numerous roleplay groups based on well-known intellectual properties. Variations spun from the narratives of Star Wars and Star Trek abound. Many are extremely large; by one estimate, for instance, the number of Residents roleplaying in settings derived from John Norman's Gor novels approach 50,000. Among the smaller of these is a group dedicated to Dune, the classic Frank Herbert sci-fi franchise of novels, movies, and other IP. Their leader, Vooper Werribee, counts 130 members ...