Archive for June, 2005
Stream On…
Well, ok, the Lindens have a link that gives streaming live video from in the game. If you are like me you’ll be able to watch it for 30 seconds or so before you feel that sense of boredom that you haven’t experienced since the summer after 6th grade. I’m not sure what its supposed [...]
Full StoryGames, Learning, and Second Life
Terra Nova has a preliminary report from The Games Learning and Society conference, with notes from the talks by Henry Jenkins and James Gee. Almost on cue, there is an interesting related post by Zero Grace on Clickable Culture. It does seem like games are promising environments for learning, but Second Life seems disappointing in [...]
Full StoryHappy Second Birthday, Second Life!
W00t! The coolest virtual world you’ve ever been to officially turns two years old today, and the Grid rejoices with a party that will be all about “remembering the past and celebrating the future.” Head over to the intersection of Bethel, Brilliant, Fortuna and Georgean sims at 3pm game-time and don’t be shy about dipping [...]
Full StoryEditorial: Sympathy for Prokofy Neva
Prok, then Dyerbrook, delivers a lamp to an SSG property in Alphaville. The Herald has long been familiar with the antics of Prokofy Neva. We first encountered him in his incarnation as Dyerbrook on TSO where we witnessed his campaign against the Sim Shadow Government, which he perceived to be a kind of virtual aristocracy, [...]
Full StoryFICtory Dance
In the wake of Prok’s banning from the SL forums, the Feted Inner Core is having a virtual victory dance on the Linden supervised forums. No comment really, just one of those things that make ya go “hmmmm…”.
Full StorySay it ain’t so, Torley
Looks like our friend Torley Torgelson has punched out of SL, at least for the forseeable future. As dedicated Herald readers will recall, Torley figured in our august pages on several occasions, including here and in the vastly less prestigious but still notable New World Notes here. Not sure if anyone keeps stats on comings [...]
Full StoryProk/FIC Wars Lead to New Forum Policies
The repercussions of the board war between virtual agitator Prokofy Neva and the Feted Inner Core (the SL denizens who have allegedly found favor with Linden Lab and constitute an in game Aristocracy according to Prok) has led to the announcement of a new policy governing behavior online and in game. Of special note is [...]
Full StoryWrite for the Second Life Herald! – Please!
The Second Life Herald needs writers! With the fast pace of news developing on the Grid, Second Life’s most widely read news source is looking to expand its coverage by hiring one or two reporters and a number of freelancers (and possibly an editor) to cover in-world events, economics, sights, sounds and even scandals. If [...]
Full StoryHerald Publishing Announces Blockbuster Book Deal
Press ReleaseMedia Contact: Pat the Rat, Vice President for CorporateCommunications, Herald Enterprises Herald editors Urizenus Sklar and Walker Spaight announced today that they have inked a blockbuster book deal with O’Reilly Publishing to co-author a volume on the life and times of Herald founder Urizenus Sklar and his misadventures in The Sims Online, as well [...]
Full StoryFrom the Forums Banned
Newsflash! Our sources tell us that the ever-controversial Prokofy Neva has received notification from Linden Lab that he and his alts will no longer be able to post to the Second Life forums. No 72-hour ban here, the Prok has been perma-gagged, at least as far as the forums are concerned.
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