Archive for April, 2005

Which Came First: the Creativity or the Creator?

by Budka Groshomme Wander at random through Second Life and creativity seems to spring from every corner. Everyone, it seems, is building something. It might be trivial, ugly, overstated, ornate, minimalist, inconsequential, heroic, or offensive but, by God, they are building it! The creative variety is overwhelming. If you doubt this, take a look at [...]

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Wanking on about NGJ in The NYT

Forever playing catch-up to Second Life Herald, the New York Times today ran an article on New Games Journalism, days after readers of the Herald got the skinny from Neal Stewart and Walker Spaight. By gum, the author of the NYT piece — Mark Wallace — sure sounds a lot like our Walker Spaight. He [...]

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Sneak-Peak at Second Life’s Future Rendering Engine – ’2.0′

This snapshot of Second Life’s unreleased 2.0 Rendering Engine was leaked to the Herald Ben Linden yesterday posted to the SL Forums 9 screenshots showing the current progress of Second Life’s future rendering engine. These screenshots had been scattered and hidden throughout the grid as part of a sadistic treasure-hunt but were quickly recovered by [...]

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Fashion Review: Asri Falcone

by Chipsen Queso It’s my pleasure to introduce to you a new fashion writer for the Herald, Chipsen Queso! Chipsen will be doing reviews of clothing lines and fashion shows for us. If you have any clothing you wish for her to review for publication in the Herald, feel free to drop her a folder [...]

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Post Six Grrrl Queenie Extraordinaire

The Herald is now very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Queenie Extraordinaire! Queenie is the co-owner of Club Hellraiser in SecondLife and is a large part of the day-to-day operations of RockNgames Radio, which can be heard all throughout SecondLife and in many other games. We would also like to take [...]

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Ad Astra, and Even Further, Maybe

by Budka Groshomme Second Life is in many respects an alternative life, a dimension one step away from the mundane reality that marks our daily grind. In here, in this expansive, magical world, there are lions and tigers and, oh my, such wonderful things to see and do. It occurred to me that perhaps I [...]

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