Archive for June, 2007

Limbering Up for Lawsuit?

Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Evil Land Barons, Capitalist Pigs, and Running Dogs Anybody notice the auctions were closed, or were you too busy trying to get on the birthday sims? I wandered over to the auctions to see if anything cheap in Lindens was appearing in the used category and saw that there were absolutely [...]

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Developers Rule, OK?

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Apparently standard-issue residents of Second Life are so glutting the market that it is not important for the Lab to consult with them on fundamental changes to the game metaverse monetizing platform. As far as we can tell, even concierge-level land owners – those with a sim or more [...]

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Baroness Worries Metaverse May Interfere With Sex

Telephones and television not currently a threat by Onder Skall, Mainstream Media Desk The Telegraph alerts us to dangers of excess sexiness in Second Life. Baroness Susan Greenfield (her real name), director of the Royal Institution, thinks that Second Life could replace dating in the real world. “Could it be that in the future they [...]

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Amie & Carolynn Flanagan – Post 6 Grrrrls

[this week, Marilyn Murphy has a real find - Amie & Carolynn Flanagan who are RL twins! Marilyn is, of course, the photographer and visionary behind Players, SL's super in-world erotica magazine. This week I expect our readers will be seeing double - but nobody is complaining. Enjoy! -- the Editrix] by Herald Staff Writers [...]

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Jonathan Fanton Takes Flight

By Prokofy Neva, Community Affairs Dept. In his real life as the President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Jonathan Fanton probably has to fly thousands of miles to check out his many philanthropic projects and branch offices in other countries like Russia. Today was probably the first time he took flight [...]

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Sinister Dagger – New Administrator of Tyros

How does an assassin end up in charge of an established city basically overnight? by Humdog, Gorean Affairs desk Sinister Dagger – black caste assassin Humdog: hi — i’m talking today with Sinister Dagger, a black caste assassin, member of the Black Hand, and the new Administrator of Tyros. Welcome Excellency, and thank You for [...]

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Casino Allegedly Pays Jack Squat on $16000 US Jackpot

by Flimflam Edelman, Bureau of Casinos, Scams, and Dodgy Dealings Second Life resident Rhonda Bosen is charging that a casino owned by Hunter Noland failed to pay out on her big win of over 400,000 Linden Dollars — roughly $16,000 $1600 US Dollars. Ms. Bosen has produced chat logs and screen shots in support of [...]

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Innovative… Beautiful… Timeless… Ripoffs?

by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Elexor Matador Jewelry has made some serious L$s lately, what with all the fan press they’re getting. Problem is, they may be ripping off Cartier and various other high-end, real-world designers. Just how much money is involved? Elexor made 25 of the faux-Cartier pieces, and is selling them for L$10k [...]

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Forbes Starts Hating on Second Life

American Apparel disappointed in SL, Starwood Hotels’ Aloft sim to be sold by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs Desk Allison Fass reports that the metaverse can be a “can be a weird, chancy place for real-life brands” in a story for the July 2 issue of Forbes, and notes that avatars enjoy having sex and playing [...]

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