Archive for January, 2006
The Island of Dr. Zamboni
Okay, so they’re not trying to push democratic governance in virtual worlds, but over at Democracy Island, which opens today in Second Life, the virtual world may may come in handy in settling governance issues in the real world. Under the tutelage of the New York Law School’s Beth Noveck and the guiding hand of [...]
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Haaaaar! Johnny Cheesedog Steps Forward at Last.
Victim Number 26. This isn’t funny, it’s mean! In the early days of the Herald we posted a number BloodNinja cybersex chat logs. Remember “say Harrrrr like a pirate”? At the time we also posted a request that the author(s) come forward for their spanking. Well, now they have, and per their request we have [...]
Full StoryThe Beeb Does SL
After the show, BBC guy Paul Mason chills with an SL beeb groupie. If you haven’t already seen it, we highly recommend everyone check out the BBC report on MMORPGs. The streaming video of the program is a long report on online synthetic worlds, including a broadcase from in SL, and a glimpse of Philip [...]
Full StoryLinden Liability and Changing the Rules of the Game
Dow Jonas’s excellent Herald article on the economic consequences of P2P travel has spawned a most interesting discussion on Terra Nova, posted by our friend Ren Reynolds, who is really on a roll. This discussion, featuring such cyberluminaries as Ted Castronova and Peter Jenkins, has a number of notable highlights, some of which I’ve extracted [...]
Full StorySex, Fame and PC Baangs
Games journo Jim Rossignol recently traveled to Korea, and has brought back the first really in-depth story about PC gaming culture in that country, which he wrote for PC Gamer (UK) but which is currently available on Jim’s own site. For anyone even marginally interested in the future of gaming and virtual worlds, it’s a [...]
Full StoryWe’ve Moved!
The Second Life Herald has moved to http://www.secondlifeherald.com. Sorry for the inconvenience, but it’s all part of our effort to Take Over Teh World!!!!!
Full Story2005 Avatar of the Year: Prokofy Neva
Avatar of the Year Prokofy Neva (left) with Pathfinder Linden In December 2004, the Herald reported a story that raised few eyebrows at the time, but which would eventually become the single most controversial issue in Second Life during 2005, and would speak to many questions about how governance in cyberspace might shake out. The [...]
Full Story“I’m not a pimp, I’m a club owner”: Interview with Jenna Fairplay
By Dow Jonas In this interview the discreet charm of bourgeois Herald reporter Dow Jonas overcomes the bad blood between Uri and Club maven Jenna Fairplay, and gets her to sit down for an extensive conversation that ranges from her battles with the Lindens, to her troubles with mafias, her issues with Hellraiser Millions, her [...]
Full StoryBarons Get Buy-Back.
by Dow Jonas In a surprising move, Linden Lab has offered compensation to landowners who purchased telehub land, now widely viewed as devalued since the advent of point-to-point teleportation earlier this month. The announcement met with lukeward response from telehub landowners looking for a heftier compensation and appears not to have significantly benefited SL’s largest [...]
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