Archive for the year 2005
Herald Literary Suppository: Interview with Noam Chomsky on Mind, Representation, and Reality
Say what? An interview with Noam Chomsky? In the Herald? WTF??? Yes, dear readers, it’s true: for too long I have worried that the steady diet of griefer news, Linden screw-ups (known as “brownies” in the post-Katrina era) and nekkid avatars was turning all of you into drooling brain-dead pixel-zombies, seeking your daily dose of [...]
Full StoryGrand Theft Dreadnought: EVE Online Crimeplay Rolls On
A dreadnought in flight EVE Online‘s player pirates have struck again, this time in a case of Grand Theft Dreadnought, making off with one of the most formidable ships in the game in a heist that has alternately been called “brilliant,” “stupid” and, inevitably, a reprehensible “h4xploit” that should be disallowed by the game. But [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Lillika Leandros
The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Lillika Leandros! Lillika describes herself as “strong” and “mischevious,” enjoys trying new things that she comes across in SecondLIfe, and enjoys talking to people in every society within SL. Our thanks to Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky for photographing and submitting this [...]
Full StoryFamily Reunion?
Pat the Rat undercover in Chinatown You didn’t hear it from Pat the Rat, dear readers (well, actually, you did), but word on the streets of Second Life is that the original virtual mobsters are coming to town. Having left The Sims Online and gone to the mattresses some time ago (the virtual matresses, that [...]
Full StorySomething Awful Goons Plan SL Infiltration/Invasion
The W-Hat bannings in the wake of the W-Hat-engineered grid crash have apparently led to plans for many more goons on the Something Awful forums to infiltrate Second Life as stealth W-Hatters. They are being instructed to “find the others” (as Timothy Leary would say), most of which are now reportedly located in Galli. There [...]
Full Story“Anti-Griefer Patrol” is Clandestine W-Hat Operation
It has been brought to the attention of the Herald that an SL organization ostensibly established to fight griefing is in fact an operation controlled by members of the W-Hat griefing organization, most recently responsible for crashing the entire grid. A brief review of the membership of the “Anti-Griefer Patrol” membership list will turn up [...]
Full StoryTo the editor: Why I left SL – Lindens rip off designers, mentor program overrun with W-hats and other griefers
This was posted in a comment thread, but it was so poignant that I felt I should post it in the main thread. I’ve known Stellsy since my earliest days in TSO and I will say that there are few people in this world (online or off) that I trust or respect more. This post [...]
Full StoryVirtual Market Matters: Cyberland Steady; Is Ginko in Trouble?
By Dow Jonas Since the demise of the well-liked independent Linden currency exchange Gaming Open Market, Second Life’s land and content markets as well as its fledgling financial institutions have taken a beating. With the month-long ramp-up time of the LindEx, Linden Lab’s own currency exchange, which still has a hefty fee and slow manual [...]
Full StoryDoomsday Book is Finished!!!
As uber-journalist Mark Wallace has reported on his blog, the Doomsday Book (Otherwise known as “Only a Game: Online Worlds and the Virtual Journalist who Knew too Much”) is complete — coming in at a hefty 118,819 words spread over 17 chapters, it is quite possibly the longest book on MMOs that ever has or [...]
Full StoryOpus 1000: The 20 Greatest Herald Stories?
I meant to post a top 10 list at the time of our 2nd Birthday, but it seems that post 1000 gives an excuse that is just as good. I found it impossible to narrow the list to 10, even getting down to 20 was difficult. I’d be interested in what others think should be [...]
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