Archive for October, 2006
New Citizen Stipends Chopped
LL gives itself a 25% discount on new Premium citizens by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Linden Lab recently announced that as of November 1, new “premium grade” citizens will cost the Lab 25% less in Linden dollars – buying in bulk works! Just in time for the holidays, new premium accounts will be paid [...]
Full StoryNY Times Joins Chorus of Linden Fluffers
In yet another nauseating puff piece in a string of nauseating puff pieces about Second Life, The New York Times has offered a story with little depth of analysis, but some nice pictures of Philip and Prok. Summing up the story, the content seems to be this: “Gosh golly, companies that I have heard of [...]
Full StoryYale Daily News blasts SL: “Second Life is a nerdy, Jolt-fueled pastime for social cripples and perverts”
In a blistering assessment of his first visit to Second Life, Micheal Seringhaus of the Yale Daily News cuts through the Reuters fluff and offers that the reality is rather different than the “sober assesments” given by mainstream media. I was mostly ignored, occasionally propositioned for text-based sex and wholly unable to conduct business. I [...]
Full StoryThe Register blasts C|Net’s Terdiman for being Linden Fluffer
The Herald has long appreciated the fine work of Daniel Terdiman for Wired News and now C|Net (not least his reporting on the Alphaville elections and the Roomba Frogger game instantiation event), but today he has come under fire from Ashlee Vance at The Register. According to Vance, Terdiman’s recent “breathless” coverage of Second Life, [...]
Full StoryHe’s baaaack…. Urizenus Returns to Herald: plans Kool-aid-free Zone
Yes, I’m back and working for Pixleen as a regular contributor to the Herald because I just can’t freaking take it. Any. More. As the Lindens are feted for having 1 million non-paying subscribers (99.9% alts) and the so-called serious media goobers come in with their breathless brain-dead Philip-fluffing puff pieces, and as Reuben’s “Minions [...]
Full StoryGovernor Linden Sighted!
by Prokofy NevaSpecial to the Herald Governor Linden, sporting a low-cut, red-and-white-striped tank-top and a pair of snug-fitting peddle-pushers, made a rare inworld appearance in Second Life this evening at about 5:30 pm SLT. Hizzoner turns out to be *Her* honor and — as an amazed Herald reporter exclaimed, "Baby got back!". The pert and [...]
Full StorySecond Life – Over 1 Million registered
Stop back later, the metaverse is full OK, what’s next? The mojo wire sputtered to life minutes ago in the Herald offices with news that Linden Lab marks an historic high number of registered accounts today, passing the 1 million alt account milestone sometime around 9:30 AM. Congratulations! Now, what is the next milestone? update: [...]
Full StorySL Herald on a Prim
Pr0n on a prim coming soon? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Suitable for wrapping fish – the Herald on a prim Jeffronius Batra told me he planned to start selling HTML-on-a-prim once he “figures out the mechanics of selling things in SL” when I called him from Joe’s Bar in Athabasca. Athabasca is a [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Locates Lost Helicopter
Missing inventory given permission to return to Lost & Found by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affiars desk A mis-feature in teh metaverse was apparently corrected last night when LL staff found a magical incantation to re-unite anxious owners and inventory that poofed on purchase. Expect spontaneous joyful celebrations over the next week as residents who purchased [...]
Full StoryW-Hats Visit Reuters
Goons with talking hand puppets by Fiend Ludwig Plastic Duck returns – as a hand-puppet? Prokofy Neva is not making up his accounts of relentless harassment, as related in his comments to the Herald here and on his Second Thoughts blog. This morning I witnessed just such a confrontation on the Reuters sim – with [...]
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