Archive for April, 2006

Tringo Ships for GBA

Tringo, the game that captivated hundreds of Second Life residents (until the gripping excitement of camping chairs came along, that is), has now migrated into the real world and is available on the Game Boy Advance for a mere 15 bucks! Look for Tringo parties coming soon to a city near you. The only question [...]

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Ulrika Zugzwang Officially Declared a Cyber-Terrorist

"That was a short trip from Thomas Jefferson to Osama Bin Laden let metell you. So when the history books are written will I be waving a flagor burning a flag?"  These were the words of Ulrika Zugzwang on Tuesday afternoon after learning that she had officially been declared a cyber-terrorist and had been banned [...]

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Town Hall Audio File Now Available, Transcript TK

The audio file of last week’s Town Hall meeting with Philip Linden is now available for listening at this link. The recording is also being transcribed into text format at the moment, and should be available within 48 hours, according to SecondCast‘s Johnny Ming. Enjoy! (Or be enraged, if you prefer to roll that way.)

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Dog Days of August for SLCC?

According to a post over at 3pointD.com, this year’s Second Life Community Convention is rumored to be scheduled for the dog days of mid-August, out in sunny San Francisco. Not much more information has surfaced yet, other than the fact that it looks like SL’s premier meatspace meet-up will take up three days this year [...]

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Monster Boats Sail Forth

by Budka Groshomme As a show of strength of the water community in SL, the Second Life Sailing Federation has created docks in Sanchon and invited all sailors to show their creativity and approaches to building working sailing craft. The monster boat show ends Tuesday, so if you want to see and experience sailing in [...]

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SecondCast Episode 12: Fashionistas

Episode 12 of the Grid’s favorite radio show, SecondCast, is now cooked and ready for listening. This week, we flap our gums with Second Life’s fashionista crew, including Nephilaine Protagonist of Pixel Dolls, Lo Jacobs of Luxe Designs, and Celebrity Trollop of the cool new SecondStyle magazine and blog. Listen at the SecondCast site or [...]

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Genital Review: Play Sexy (male)

by Matthias Zander To continue the Herald’s strong dedication to weeding out the weak for our readers, we are now bringing you the first of a set of genital test-drives that will review and rank genitals for both males and females.  This week’s victim is the Play Sexy "Commander" cock for our male readers.  Play [...]

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Forbes Associated Press: Peeping Tom Linden is Watching You

There is an interesting article in Forbes online from the Associated Press about the new crop of sex games, reported ages ago here in the Herald. But what is really truly interesting is what the article has to say about the “relatively successful” platform Second Life: “The game is not designed to be sexual in [...]

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SteamPunks Seek Sim Funds

A new steampunk group is now taking donations for the creation of a steampunk sim in Second Life. Interestingly, they’ve built a model of their proposed cityscape in the Celadon sim, creating what’s in effect a little virtual virtual world. Use the SLurlPane at Herald affiliate site 3pointd.com to go direct to Celadon, and check [...]

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Post Six Grrrl Toni Tiramisu

After a bit of a "Spring Break," the Herald is very happy to present to you this week’s Post Six Grrrl Toni Tiramisu!  Toni tends to be a woman of mystery, going through SecondLife and not joining many, if any groups, and mainly staying to herself.  It appears that she enjoys playing the piano, though, [...]

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