Archive for April, 2005

Post Six Grrrl – Lusty Millions

The Herald is pleased to present this week’s Post Six Grrrl – Lusty Millions. Lusty is head dancer at ‘Da Penthouse club’ and also part of the Costello Family. A big thank you goes out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine (available at Semang (208, 170)), who is responsible for these pictures and [...]

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CLASS: Marketing Basics, April 24, 2pm

Marketing Basics in SL class to be held this Sunday, April 24, at 2pm in a building called Rose House, Georgianna (adjacent to the Spa Gato Condos and a short flight from the Phoenix Hotsprings Spa and Massage Beta Bar.

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RIP Club Elite

Big John Jade hovers over the old Club Elite As reported in the SL Forums, Club Elite finally bit the dust. People will talk about when it began its downhill plunge from the number one club on the grid, but there really is nothing to debate: they jumped the shark when Big John Jade blew [...]

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Free Herald Ads for Educators

The Second Life Herald is happy to announce that we are now offering free advertisements to educators in the pages of the Grid’s most widely read publication. Submit your educational events now!

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Teenie Grid Now Open for Headaches

Teens line up to join SL’s new “Teen Grid” Well, the teen grid is open for business. See this announcement from Robin Linden for details.We are taking bets on when we get to say “we told you so.” And Tony will get to say “I told you so” too.

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SOE Wakes Up! When will EA?

The big big story today is not the new Pope, but a decision by Sony Online Entertainment to begin offering a player-to-player market — called Station Exchange — for the sale of in game assets. As usual, the good Mr. Terdiman is on top of the story in wired.com and the bearded ones freely opine [...]

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“Virtual Reality-Check”

Second Life’s Zero Grace (who masquerades in RL as blogger Tony Walsh) has a trenchant post on the future of SL at his blog, Clickable Culture. “Second Life hasn’t weathered well,” Tony claims. While we don’t agree with all the arguments he puts forth in his post, there are some good points for consideration here. [...]

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There ya go again

Our friend Daniel Terdiman is reporting in wired.com that the parent company of There — Forterra Systems — has spun off the social MMO There. A couple of execs have purchased the IP rights and plan on hiring new tech and customer support staff. Our fearless overlord King Philip says that this is good news, [...]

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End of an error era: JC Soprano avi for sale on eBay

I have to say that I personally had a nostalgia attack and shed a tear or two when I saw this: The JC Soprano avatar/founder account on TSO is up for sale on ebay. Yes, this is the very same JC who fought with the Sim Shadow Government (both in game and on CNN), who [...]

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Pushers Hit SL’s Streets as Diablo Cartel Declares Business First

by Gina Fatale Castiglione Ramona and Bebop Voxx of the Diablo Cartel Castiglione Ramona, Diablo Cartel big boss, had grown tired of seeing the proliferation of mom-and-pop mafias in SL, and requested a sit-down with the Herald to set the record straight on recent rumors of his griefing – and to boast about his brand [...]

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