Archive for the year 2006
MLB.com and Electric Sheep Play at Bobblehead Baseball
Tiny Boston Red Sox go head-to-bobblehead with wee New York Yankees in new stadium seating 45 By Pixeleen Mistral, Herald Sports Desk “We’re super psyched,” said Hank Hoodoo of the Electric Sheep Company virtual world services firm, talking about a “real-time, virtual world enactments” of two Red Sox-Yankees games that will take place in Second [...]
Full StoryLL Swings Ban Stick, Stays Mute on Chat Log Leaks
Asking questions that Linden Lab will not answer by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk This week started on a happy note, as the Lindens completed their temporary weekend ban from answering the phones and began nibbling their way through the monumental task of resetting passwords for 660,000 avatars (or is it really 260,000?) after [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Data Disclosure Violates LL’s TOS
Residents advised to reset passwords, or create more unverified alt acccountsby Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Linden Lab warned itself Friday that it had probably violated its own Terms of Service by disclosing some (maybe all?) of an internal database holding customer’s Second Life names, real life names, and real life contact information. This [...]
Full StorySkywriting Something Awful — Satyr Sim Prim Hacks World Map
W-Hat associates take to the skies to air grievances by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk The skies over Satyr When I stopped by Satyr sim Saturday afternoon, SL resident Gene Replacement told me, “It is kind of dumb that it’s totally cool for people to sell chat spies but we’re not allowed to have [...]
Full StoryBeeb Seeks Avs For MMORPG Doc
The BBC is in production on an hour-long television documentary on massively multiplayer online games, and they’re looking for subjects to interview. If your avatar is “more like you than you are” — or even if you’re just a noob — get in touch with them and maybe you too can appear on British television. [...]
Full StoryEx-Governor Mark Warner reveals SL Action Figure’s Identity
Exclusive behind-the-scenes photos of politician/Nextel founder — with no SL billing information on file!by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Mark Warner: “This is my first virtual appearance, I’m feeling a little disembodied!” Second Life turns out in style — newbs and all — to hear from former Virginia governor Mark Warner Second Life avatar [...]
Full StoryIncredibly Hostile Exchanges: A Chat With Philip Linden
by Prokofy Neva, Special to the Second Life Herald Today marks the first day of the last of the Second Life forums. As Linden Lab begins to shut down the message boards that have been home since beta to a never-ending stream of advice, sales pitches, information and vitriol, the Herald took the opportunity to [...]
Full StoryPlywood Plague Strikes TELUS Plot — Status Symbols Saved
PSFK Consultant Gunned Down, But Lives to Tell the Taleby Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk “We want to show that we are a fun brand. I’m a gamer… so I really enjoy it here… We are really here for the brand presence. Not for the virtual sales.”– Sparkle Dale, TELUS store manager. Christoesque griefer [...]
Full StorySecondCast #30: Privacy and Private Jokes
Johnny “Jazz Hands” Ming is back, with the latest episode of Second Life‘s favorite podcast, SecondCast. In Episode #30 we talk to Mark Barrett, who created the SLStats.com site, which has caused no small amount of controversy among SL residents. SLStats, until Mark altered the site, tracked how much time you’d spent in Second Life, [...]
Full StoryPortraits from SLCC
SL residents attempt hallway camping at SLCC in hopes of earning L$2 per 10 minutes With the Herald on a shoestring budget this year, we had little opportunity to see Hamlet get horizontal, but there were plenty of faces on display among the crowd of 400+ devoted SL residents in attendance. Without further ado, we [...]
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