Archive for March, 2005

Tails of Betrayal? Using W-Hats to Herd Fellow Furries Could be Serious Business

by Pat the Rat (SLH Gossip Columnist Extraordinaire) Pat the Rat here, with another wonderful story from the depths of Secondlife Drama. If you are like me (or just *wish* you were), then there is nothing you like more than DRAMA! But then you probably also like stories about W-Hats! And stories about Furries! And [...]

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ADVERTISEMENT: Experienced Scripter(s) Needed for Large Project

*** The following is a paid advertisement. The Herald has no opinion on the product or service being advertised, and cannot vouch for the nature of its content. *** I’ve been working on a pretty large project for quite some time now, and recently discovered that my scripter quit on me. For more information, please [...]

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Giant Snail Races Leave Trails of Tears and Slime

by Alex Fitzsimmons The competition in RacerX Gullwing’s Giant Snail Races may not be the fastest in the world of Second Life, but it may well be the biggest and slimiest. Giant racing snails at the gate.

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Prok’s Candid Conversations with the Core: Cristiano Midnight, Part Two

Is Prokofy “inner core”? After the enthusiastic reception that greeted Part One of Prokofy Neva’s Candid Conversation with Cristiano Midnight (well, contentious reception, anyway), the Herald’s crack fact-checking team has double- and triple-checked Part Two for contextual errors and asset-server screw-ups. We’re sure our readers will point out any that slipped through, but to do [...]

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Go North, Young Av

by Walker Spaight At long last, intrepid explorer Magellan Linden‘s intrepid explorations have borne fruit. A new land mass has appeared in the northern reaches of the Grid we call Second Life.

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But is it Art?

by Budka Groshomme At La Musee de la Crescent de L’ile de Montmarte are assembled an eclectic mix of objets d’arte spread over a couple of hundred square meters. Curator Tayzia Abattoir seated before “Watching Smunks Watching” by Sato Moreau The aesthetic sense of the museum at first seems both chaotic and catholic. There are [...]

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People Who Live In Glass Houses…..

One of the many 512m houses built by Purplestar Anubis By Cienna Samiam Greetings from sunny Kymeera! Today, I am enjoying the scenery around the world and I happened to get an urge to look at houses. I found the multi-island getaway and showroom of Purplestar Anbuis (Kymeera 214, 173). Wow. Now I freely admit, [...]

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Version 1.6. All About teh Pron?

In an interesting thread just opened by Charlotte Gillespie — Second Life Forums – The real reason they’re bringing in video — the case is made that 1.6 improves nothing but adds video, and suggests that the reason Linden Lab was eager to get 1.6 out is because the inevitable in-game porn theaters are guaranteed [...]

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Welcome Area Nuked! Lindens Blame Teh Herald.

by Urizenus Sklar and Gina Fatale So there I was, living the life of leisure that befits a media mogul of my stature, sipping Cristal and keeping track of my investments when I received a story from Herald reporter Gina Fatale. “Why do you trouble me with these trifles?,” I asked, and then Gina explained [...]

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A Newb In Linden Land: Thoughts of a new citizen

By Cienna Samiam Ever since accidentally stumbling onto Meridan59 some years ago, I have been both fan and critic of online gaming. I am not sure how you found Second Life, but I found it after leaving yet another MMO in disgust; tired of chasing another carrot on another stick for a monthly fee. I [...]

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