iPhone 5 Map Drives Players To Waze Traffic Sensor Game

Role playing a GPS-enabled sensor in the ARG hive mind I decided to join the Waze traffic map game on my new iPhone last week, after reading far too many stories moaning about how Apple should never have dropped Google Maps from the new version of iOS.  The general tone of the Apple Map coverage [...]

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Tizzers Foxchase: Rock Fresh

Exclusive interview and pictures from Fort Longcat Early this week, Linden Lab destroyed the Sandvich region of Second Life and banned Sandvich land owner Sarilia Tryce and associates from the game, presumably in response to the Justice League Unlimited gang’s favorite tactics: abuse report frenzy. The JLU and their allies were spurred into action as [...]

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Linden Lab Nukes Sandvich Sim

JLU gang leader claims responsibility – thanks Michael Linden for swinging banhammer Monday, Linden Lab suddenly deleted the Sandvich sim, a popular Steam-themed region in Second Life which inspired a chaotic YouTube video tribute. The Lab’s action sparked a round of protests as banned players were stripped of their virtual assets – without any sort [...]

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SL in Steam: Rod Humble’s Hail Mary Pass?

10-12% drop in player concurrency since February – daily signups swoon There is no question Linden Lab CEO and Aston Villa fan Rod Humble knows his soccer. But Rod Humble seems to be taking a classic end-game page from the American football playbook – the Hail Mary pass – as he moves to market Second [...]

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Second Life Can Fix Paul Ryan’s Marathon Lies!!!

Paul Ryan’s shame and retroactive truthing with a virtual world by Pixeleen Mistral — sports desk Paul Ryan’s credibility has taken a serious beating over the last week, starting with a fact-challenged speech at the Republican convention, followed by the debunking of Ryan’s claim to have run a marathon in under 3 hours – which [...]

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Shock! Griefer/Egghead/Hollywood Conspiracy Exposed!!!

special to the Alphaville Herald – by Pat the Rat Someone pass me the Pepto Bismol, please! That is all I can think of saying after surviving the social event of the decade in the new, post-Linden, metaverse.  [photo by Paparazzo Joenz] Attending this A-list event were Alphaville Herald staffers Urizenus Sklar, Pixeleen Mistral, and [...]

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Bowling and Griefing Going Strong in Second Life

by Justine Babii When I was last a Second Lifer I learned quickly that it’s important not to get too excited about the “Events” listed in the SL search, as most will be a huge disappointment. Empty sims trying to sell or rent lots, struggling clubs, and sex bed sales made up the majority of [...]

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Justine Babii – Post 6 Grrrrrl

[I apologize for my extended absence, loyal Herald readers, but I had some offworld things to attend to. Please accept along with my apology this week's model, Justine Babii, in a special SLebrity edition of Post 6. As you can see from the pictures, Justine is amazing and a pleasure to work with. Thank you [...]

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Fashion-Forward in Second Life: The Viktor-Viktoria Fashion Show

by Justine Babii - SL supermodel/fashionista I logged into SL the other day for the first time in ages, and only one of the old gang was online. I haven’t been a regular here in years, so I guess this should be no surprise. I IM’d my friend and then ended up hanging out with her. [...]

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