Archive for September, 2007

Memory Stick

by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate I keep my love in a memory stick I hang about my neckI plug her in to my PC and begin to hunt and peck‘Til she appears on my LCD full of life and charmAnd reaches out to take a hold of my digital arm Then off we fly where [...]

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Second Life Is Indefensible

“banning griefers is a worthless excercise” – ACS DreamlandPN rumored to be preparing megaprim-based weapons by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Dreamland construction forgot to auto-return the particle spam emitter The landlord’s role in the Second Life virtual land business may be getting a bit more challenging. Consider the group notices from Anshe Chung’s Dreamland [...]

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Kinky Demographics of SL BDSM Community

Why do virtual Doms accumulate a fleet of subs? by Victorria Paine To the consternation of some residents, alternative lifestyles featuring some element of what falls under the umbrella term “BDSM” are very common in SL, and much more “in the open” than in the material world. While the presence of this community, and its [...]

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Dutch Politicians Furious With Prosecutor for Dropping SL Ageplay Investigation

by Luuc Writer Luuc Writer (Lucien Baard irl) is a reporter for the Tentsche Courant Tubantia newspaper in The Netherlands As reported in the Herald back in February, a Dutch prosecutor opened an investigation into ageplay in Second Life on the grounds that representations of child sex are illegal in the Netherlands, even if children [...]

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Ben & Jerry’s SL Island – Dookie Chunk Ice Cream Swirl

Players flee fecal collection game in ice cream factory advertislandCorporations step in mixed marketing messages by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I have seen strange and wonderful things in Second Life, and Ben & Jerry’s virtual ice cream factory/cow poop collection facility/new resident “orientation” area left me in awe. Not a good kind of awe [...]

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A Year in the Second Life

El Diablo investigates virtual girlfriends, freaks, parties, and drive-by penising by Mariner Trilling, man of many parts As my first rez day approaches, it gives me an occasion to look back upon my first year in Second Life. There were the obvious changes as I went from dickless noob to anatomically correct avatar but SL [...]

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Wedding Stories in the Metaverse

by Katrina Eales 7.05 pm on August 22. Venue: Love Story Weddings. After months of meticulous planning Alleggra Whitfield’s big moment had arrived. She was anxious to step down the aisle and take the hand of her betrothed, Bert Cramer, sealing the promise they had already made to live only for each other throughout their [...]

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24% of Second Life Sessions End in Tears

LL consistently unstable January-July Some residents have had enough of 3D advertisement world by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk For the last 6 months, nearly a quarter of Second Life sessions have ended abnormally according to numbers recently released by Meta Linden. For SL players who have been begging for stability instead of more new [...]

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Auctioning Off My Illegitimate Spawn At BidSL

Love for sale to highest bidder by Onder Skall, former Unicorn daddy Yesterday at the First Friday technology expo we saw some incredible inventions, but one in particular had the power to change the way we buy and sell things in Second Life. Through BidSL you can put things up for auction quickly and easily, [...]

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Graciana McMillan – Post 6 Grrrrl

[Note from Justine Babii- I was lucky enough to cover the Budweiser Select Lingerie Contest for SLNN a few weeks ago, which is where I met this week's model. Graciana was the winner of the August competition, and was just edged out of winning the whole thing in online voting. Graciana is smart and gorgeous [...]

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