Archive for June, 2005

Post Six Grrrl Kitty Zamboni

We at the Herald are happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Kitty Zamboni! Kitty is a not only a lovely model for talented photographers, but she is also a DJ and dancer who can be seen and heard in SecondLife. Thanks to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine for these wonderful [...]

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One Life is Not Enough

by Budka GroshommeThe brains behind Linden Lab? See below. Three months ago somebody whispered “Ever tried Second Life?” When I hesitated he added, with a knowing smirk, “Come on, the first week’s free.” Since then I’ve become a regular, but I’m not particularly worried about it. I’ll make certain that it doesn’t start controlling my [...]

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Revenge of the FIBB, or a Promise Fulfilled?

by Walker Spaight A Linden-sponsored public meeting will be held this afternoon at 3pm game-time to discuss “how to resolve transactional disputes in a fair manner as well as the possibility of an in-world ‘Better Business Bureau’.” But more than one major SL landowner is concerned that the purported FIC may hijack any such body, [...]

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Back to the Future Salon

The line-up for the next SL Future Salon has been announced, and it features media empire builder Urizenus Sklar (semi-retired publisher of the Second Life Herald) and up and coming cyberlebrities Amanda Congdon, vlog anchor of Rocketboom, video blogger, and actress, and Keith Halper, CEO, Kuma Reality Games, makers of KumaWar. Date is June 30, [...]

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ADVERTISEMENT: Zoned Sims – Self-Azured

*** This 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. *** Increasingly, many Second Life residents are re-assessing what they really want from their experience here. The popularity of Gigas’ new Azure Islands sims reflects this new trend. [...]

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The Miraculous Lifting of the Lag

by Budka Groshomme, Science Fiction Desk editor In an incoherent string of broken IMs, Thaddius Tinkle reported to the Herald Science Fiction desk this week that, as she was meditating at the Immaculate Heart Church in Maude, she thought that she had a vision. “There he was, up against the back wall. Sure as I’m [...]

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Someone’s Been Reading the Herald

Now you too can rake the muck! ValuSoft, publishers of such classic games as Tempest Tetris, Fire Tetris, and Stratosphere Tetris (and you thought Tringo was fun), is bringing out the first title from Black Lantern Studios, a game called Tabloid Tycoon, that lets you “report rumors . . . or create them!” as the [...]

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