Archive for April, 2006
Linden Lab Kills Dwell Payments
It wasn’t much of a surprise, since the idea has been bandied about by the Lindens quite a bit in recent weeks, but Philip Linden, benevolent despot of Second Life, announced yesterday on the SL forums that LL will discontinue traffic payments to SL residents. Down wiht camping chairs! Full text of King Philip’s announcement [...]
Full StoryCapital Punishment for RMT in RF Online
Banning, crucifixion and cornfields are too good for gold-traders in the new MMO RF Online. Though the company recently banned more than 150 accounts for botting currency, a couple of game-masters also treated the transgressors to some in-game punishment, climbing into some pimped-out mechsuits to deliver swift one-shots to the criminal characters. Not only that, [...]
Full StoryGenital Review: Play Sexy (female)
by Chipsen Queso OK, just like Matthias did last week, I’m reviewing the PlaySexy genitals this week, but for females! PlaySexy only has one variety, descriptively named "PlaySexy Clit." Let’s see if it can stand up to the test against today’s standards. Like last week, this is definately not safe for work.
Full StoryCalling All Fashionistas: SecondChic Now on the Air
The Herald is proud to report that one of its own has now gone audio. Herald Fashion Editor Matthias Zander is launching the SecondChic podcast on all things fashionable in Second Life. Rather than the reviews Matthias does so well for the Herald, however, SecondChic will feature information on new products and interviews with designers [...]
Full StoryAttack of the Red Helix: Not So Good for the Jew
Photo by SuzanneC Baskerville, borrowed from SnapZilla The world hiccuped, shuddered and blinked again tonight as Second Life’s Grid was attacked by a new round of object spam, which Grid-griefers seem to have settled on as the most effective way of disrupting the virtual world. This time, it was wave after wave of self-replicating red [...]
Full StoryHair Fair 2006!
by Matthias Zander Hair Fair 2006 began this morning on Panache Island to a amongst a great amount of lag. I visited the Hair Fair just after waking this morning, and let me tell you, it is HAIR OVERLOAD! There are some things in the exhibition that lasts until April 20 that are done extremely [...]
Full StoryUndercover SL Pregnancy Hits Slashdot
Thanks to Slashdot, the blogosphere is abuzz with news of this report from SF Weekly in which a male reporter finds out what it’s like to get pregnant and carry a child in Second Life. In episode one, a fairly asexual conception: “Your Tummy whispers: Connecting to baby.” Two more episodes to come.
Full StoryProkofyCast on the Air
The SecondCast cast had a nice chat with Prokofy Neva the other night, which is now available for your listening. The episode covers some pretty interesting and thoughtful ground — including the trials and tribulations of landlording in SL — though it did get more lively at a couple of moments than most of our [...]
Full StoryTerdiman Examines SL “Age Play”
News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman has written a thoughtful piece discussing age play in second life — the practice of playing minors, presumably often for sexual purposes. There is also a good interview with Terdiman, by Tony Walsh, on Clickable Culture. We have but two comments. First, while the article says the practice is legal, I [...]
Full StoryTeh Clones Invade Friendster
Loyal readers of the Herald may recall several episodes of cloning that took place back when the Herald had its HQ in The Sims Online. Most notable was the episode involving a toon named Lead Architect, who was impersonated by a scammer named Lead Archeticht, who used the original’s good name to abscond with unsuspecting [...]
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