Archive for September, 2005
Slash Dotted Yet Again
The leaked pages from the forthcoming Herald potboiler have yielded yet another Slash Dotting and discussion of the leading journalists of the metaverse: me and Walker. Some comments are not so kind: “typical ignorant stuckup journalist”. Another suggests I should log into Second Life where I would learn that everyone is 25 or older. Riiiiiight. [...]
Full StoryHerald Pundits Give Rise to Intellectual Hand Wringing
You may recall that some weeks back we reported the EVE Online heist in which a guild was infiltrated and $16K US in assets were ripped off. All legal in the game. Heartless Herald Editor Walker Spaight was overjoyed: “it doesn’t get much better than this.” But former Herald reporter Neal “Love Beast” Stewart wasn’t [...]
Full StoryAs Plague Tears through WoW, we wonder: Can it happen here?
For those of you who are hermetically sealed in your own little game, you may not have heard that there is a plauge tearing through Wow. As discussed on Alice, Clickable Culture, Terra Nova, and elsewhere, the facts as originally reported in Shacknews Forums, are these: Blizzard adds in a new instance, Zul’Gurub. Inside is [...]
Full StoryYellow Journalists Hard at Work on Potboiler
by Pat the Rat Well kids, perhaps you often wonder, as I do, just how Herald editors Walker and Uri are able to support their habits. First, there is Walker, with his taste for pencil thin cuban cigars and first edition copies of subversive Estonian literature. Then there is Uri, burning gallons of diesel fuel [...]
Full StoryTen Minutes Before the Mast: Second Life Sailing Federation lays down the law
by Budka Groshomme In an effort to bring some measure of control to what was rapidly becoming a chaotic arena of competitive sailboat racing, the Second Life Sailing Federation (SLSF) has adopted parts of sailing’s official Right of Way (ROW) rules. The ROW rules dictate that, based on the wind and your heading, you can’t [...]
Full StoryAD: Nota Bene, Second Life’s Notary
Now you can sign documents securely in SL. Notarizing guarantees everyone agreed to the same thing, and gives you a verifiable receipt with the signatures and original document. Building ContractsEmployment AgreementsLand LeasesPre-NuptualsOaths of OfficeNeighbor PoliciesCredentials Come to Nota Bene (Thyris 14,178) for details, instructions and sample documents. Touch any banner there for help.
Full StoryGet Thee to the Library!
Second Life resident Wandering Yaffle’s new library in the Furness sim truly deserves a better headline pun than that, but such are the deadline pressures of life at the Herald that it was all we could come up with on short notice. To really do the thing justice, you’ll have to get your virtual asses [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl: Haver Cole
The Herald is happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Haver Cole! Haver absolutely loves Primtionary, nudity, and anything created by Starley Therian, happens to be the only Haver in SecondLife, and is seemingly quite attracted to brilliance. My thanks go out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine for these wonderful [...]
Full StoryRAC ‘Em Up — Virtual Lobbyists Push On
by Seldon Metropolitan Second Life’s new Resident Action Committee met for a second time early Monday morning for a conference between RAC members and Robin and Phillip Linden to discuss the concerns mulled over during last Sunday’s inaugural session. Notably absent from the proceedings was RAC founder Lordfly Didgeridoo, as the unusually early meeting time [...]
Full StoryCyber-Prostitutes Discover eBay?
Seems like oh so many centuries ago when the Herald introduced the world to cyberprostitutes and virtual sex slaves, including of course SL’s Sasami Wishbringer — who roleplayed as a biologically 8 year old girl/sex slave for hire. Now the UK newspaper The Guardian is reporting a World of Warcraft Night Elf was selling her(?) [...]
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