Archive for January, 2007
LL Answer Shortage Closes Official Answers Forum
Second Life customers should just STFU, OK? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Metaverse game gods might be completely out of answers and – with dim hopes of clues or answers arriving anytime soon – decided to close the Linden Answers forum friday evening. Previously, the Linden Answers forum was a venue for residents to [...]
Full StoryPatrice Cournoyer – Post 6 Grrrl
[Editor’s note: One of my best friends in SL is Marilyn Murphy, the photographer/visionary behind Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine. At this point, Marilyn really knows how to get my attention - so when she said “Pixie - you HAVE to see Patrice, she will rock your world” I dropped everything and - OMG - [...]
Full StorySecret Grids?
by Agent Molder, Department of Rumors, Conspiracy Theories, and Tinfoil Hats. When the Second Life client software went open source several days ago, we all wondered what marvelous new permutations of the client we might see. Few of us thought to ask, “what secrets will be revealed?” But according to one reliable source who has [...]
Full StorySim Rollbacks Too Dangerous – Dreamland
Cure worse than disease — months of disappearing object bugs by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Today, Second Life’s largest landlord notified residents that sim rollbacks are too dangerous to attempt until “Linden Labs fixes the many bugs associated with sim activity”. This news may alarm residents who spend significant time creating elaborate structures and [...]
Full StorySégolène Royal: Second Life OK for French Socialists
SL not just for French fascists – Socialists can play too! by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Joyous news sure to warm the hearts of French socialists everywhere in Second Life arrived on the mojo wire this morning. Supporters of Ségolène Royal have formed a group, purchased land, and constructed offices to support their candidate [...]
Full StoryFall Real-Life Typist Convention in Chicago – SLCC 2007
truck stops deserted, basements left empty as SL typists convene by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Chicago city official brace for a possible influx of pale squinting kids leaving mom’s basement for the first time in years, obtuse academics, hep cat PR professionals, and swaggering metaverse consultants – some of the typists behind the avatars [...]
Full StoryMeez Too
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Spaces, Worlds, Planets, Universes, Metaverses, and Wannabee Virtualities.I noticed the kids are using Meez more because they’re bored with MySpace, which they’ve pronounced contemptuously as “gay” or “retarded,” while still declaring TSL as “fun” but “hippy”. They claim they don’t care about Meez very much (not having just scored a [...]
Full StoryCambot Races, Doo-Da, Doo-Da
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Bot-Watchers and Alien Look-outs Bots treading Linden water outside of Emerald Falls Casino, which has been forced to ban unverifieds. With apologies to Stephen Foster. Campbot zombies sing this songDoo-da, doo-daLibsl can do no wrongOh, de doo-da day Gwine to run all nightGwine to run all dayBet my money on [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Virtual Paradise – But Never on Sunday
Take evenings and weekends off, OK? by Inigo Chamerberlin Trying to accompany a friend on a shopping trip Sunday led to me arriving half naked in, of all places, an InfoHub, or whatever they call those things where newly minted noobs are thrown in at the deep end these days, in Mauve. I logged out, [...]
Full StorySecond Lag
A typical sunday in Second Life by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk /me sighs not again! oh come on…
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