Archive for the year 2005
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Full StoryThe 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 [...]
Full StorySomeone’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 [...]
Full StoryInterview with the Anthropologist
Tom Bukowski (no relation to Charles) We know they are here. Philosophers, journalists, sociologists, anthropologists, proctologists… And worse! But what are they up to as they skulk around the grid? In this interview our intrepid reporter Montserrat Snakeankle talks to Tom Bukowski, who by day is an anthropologist at UC Irvine and an avid shopper [...]
Full StoryWho is that guy?
This guy Mark Wallace is all over the NY Times, these days, most recently giving a story about big time earners and real estate moguls in Second Life. The article is The Game Is Virtual. The Profit Is Real, and our friend Anshe and other big earners in SL figure in a major way. Again, [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl – Cheryl Mysterio
The Herald is pleased to present this week’s Post Six Grrrl – Cheryl Mysterio. Cheryl is an officer in security groups for Club Pharoah and Club Fusion. A big thank you goes out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine (available at Semang (208, 170)), who is responsible for these pictures and all of [...]
Full StoryAnother Meeting. Another Post-Literate Future.
Yesterday I attended a meeting of the SL Future Salon, organized by Jeffrey Paffendorf (SNOOPYbrown Zamboni ) of the Acceleration Studies Foundation. The idea of the SL Future Salon is to bring clever futurists (and presentists?) together in SL to discuss the shape of things to come. This round the speakers were Betsy Book (Skyllar [...]
Full StoryCollared! A Newbie goes to Port Kar and gets a taste of Gorean Iron
By Anonymous No0b “Next, the master told me to strip. I didn’t respond immediately, I think mostly because the idea that I was supposed to do something just because he said so didn’t compute in my brain. He repeated the request again, this time explaining that he needed to see me, because I belonged to [...]
Full StoryHeard on the Hardware
Heard at a Slingo game, May 16:Resident #1: Now you HAVE to tell us how old you are!Resident #2: No! You’ll crash the sim! Heard at the same game, same day: Resident #3: I swear, I can give up Slingo anytime!Resident #4: Yeah yeah, we all can LMAO!
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl – Angelica Ludovico
The Herald is pleased to present this week’s Post Six Grrrl – Angelica Ludovico. Angelica is the chief officer of the groups Decrepid Darkness and Dark Depressions. A big thank you goes out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine (available at Semang (208, 170)), who is responsible for these pictures and all of [...]
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