Archive for the year 2005
Defending the Beachheads of Second Life–or Just Griefing the Griefers?
by Clarence Calliope Jim Herbst, defender of SL’s sandboxes, snaps a salute Sandboxes have always been an important part of Second Life culture. Free for all to use and with practically no restrictions on prims or content, sandboxes are the preferred stomping grounds of landless newcomers and experienced builders alike. These unsettled simulators are scattered [...]
Full StoryWelcome Respite: Living the Elven Life
by Seldon Metropolitan (photographry by Lexa Lawson) Standing at the top of the Serenity overlook platform, you can see nearly all of ElvenGlen. Unlike the city sims, which seem to bustle and teem with energy even when unoccupied, there is an eternal calm over the elven land, carefully engineered by its protectors to capture the [...]
Full StoryWhy the W-Hats *Really* Came to Second Life
Various W-Hats may have been up to something awful in SL lately, but the Something Awful crew, from whose bosom the W-Hats sprang, provided a trenchant critique recently on other online worlds, shedding some light on many of the things that no doubt drove the goons to Second Life. click image for more
Full StoryGosh w-hat a Surprise: W-Hats in the Middle of SL Hack Mess
Screenshot of the W-Hat property. Well, it looks like the recent hacking episode on SL – in effect, a hack that allowed users to view protected scripts for objects like the Seburo Compact Exploder – has been isolated and is being fixed, but guess who is in the middle of it – Plastic Duck and [...]
Full StoryGods and H4x0rs: SL Exploit Aims at Virtual Businesses
In what was probably the first effort aimed at SL’s vibrant business community, a Second Life client was hacked earlier this week to allow ‘god’ mode–in which a user may access copy-only scripts and make account balance adjustments, etc., that are usually available only to Linden Liaisons. Linden Lab moved quickly to patch out the [...]
Full StoryDarkSide Mafia Attacks BlackHand Mafia
by Gina Fatale In the last two weeks a series of attacks have been planned out and executed against what is left of the BlackHand Mafia. All from the orders of Boo Cinquetti, one of the Godfathers of DSM. Mr. Cinquetti was kind enough to grant the Herald an exclusive interview and provided some pictures [...]
Full StorySkin Review: CherryBomb Hare
by Matthias Zander Continuing with the Herald’s review of skins, beginning with the five creators previously featured in the Herald, I’m happy to bring you a review today of a skin by CherryBomb Hare! The specific skin reviewed today is her dark male skin with the enhanced abdominal features for males (yes, that means male [...]
Full StoryFashion Show Review: Retro Girl
by Chipsen Queso Tonight, I attended a “fashion show” at a new place called the “cyldane restaurant.” Calling this a fashion show is a complete and total affront to the fashion industry in SecondLife. This wasn’t a fashion show – this was having 6 outfits walk around a square without posing. The entire thing lasted [...]
Full StoryMainland Sim Sells for $1800 in LL Auction
Auction winner Philo Hatfield by Prokofy Neva Following through on promised land auction price changes announced by CEO Philip Linden last month, Linden Lab has auctioned its first whole mainland sim today for a staggering US $1800 for 63,728 m2. Lida, a wooded hilly mature sim in the new continent located next to the Allena [...]
Full StoryCabinhead is Dead
As reported in the SL Forums, Schwanson Schlegel has pulled the plug on his Cabinhead project – a private welcome island he set up to help acclimate newbs to SL. Several reasons are given, but (1) and (5) stand out: 1) Continued shitty customer service from LL. I find it increasingly difficult to communicate with [...]
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