Archive for October, 2007

Herald Celebrates Self, Book Publication, With Party November 3

We at the Herald always argue that there’s nothing virtual at all about virtual worlds, and now we have proof: Neatly bookended by two book covers and sitting on my desk here at the Herald’s Silicon Ghetto offices is a very physical early copy of the book the metaverse has been waiting for, The Second [...]

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Cookie Cutter Crime Wave

CSI:NY – Massively Repetitious Online Roleplay by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk CSI sims come in packs of 4 Residents braced themselves for a spree of identical crimes scheduled to occur Wednesday, courtesy of CBS television. The lumbering old-media dinosaur will be promoting – on television, no less! – the opportunity for coach potatoes to [...]

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New Second Life Herald Advertising Manager

Hello! The Second Life Herald has a new ads manager, Tenshi Vielle, and I am on the warpath for new advertisers and to reclaim old ones! Here’s more information on the rates at the Herald and requirements. If you’re interested, please IM me in-world or email smiletenshi [at] gmail [dot] com anytime   The Herald [...]

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RMS Titanic Now Open

by Tenshi Vielle RMS Titanic Now Open To The Public for Bookings and Viewing Glorious in detail, grand in design, the Second Life replica of the RMS Titanic is an absolute ‘must see’! Retail and residential spaces are available for lease immediately on this magnificent stationary model of the famous Olympic-class ocean liner, which also [...]

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Adv: FreeLife Magazine is proud to present: ‘Rome Film Festival on Second Life’

On the 18th of October Rome Film Festival will be on an island on Second Life; the Grand Opening Party is scheduled on 12:00 pm PDT with live DJs. The festival will go on until the 27th and it’ll have two big contests: the “Treasure Hunt” and the “Actor Look Alike” contest. The “Treasure Hunt” [...]

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Lights Off In Satisfaction Survey

Comments in LL’s customer survey black holed by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Blind-type your comments, please – we aren’t reading them anyway In early August, Philip Linden made a rare appearance on the Second Life Blog to announce that the Lab would be taking a bold new step – surveying residents to measure satisfaction [...]

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Modern Griefer-Mega-Troll Wins First Commie Award

A note from the Editrix: This week, we launch a new feature of the Herald: the soon-to-be-coveted “Comment of the week” award. The award – affectionately known as the “Commie” – is a hallowed tradition unlike any other. Already over 5 minutes old, this award is the Herald editorial staff’s recognition of the reader that [...]

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Shaun Altman To Liquidate Ginko “Perpetual” Bonds

Nicholas Portocarrero given 11 days to hand over the remains of $750,000.00 USD in deposits, 18,000 people still holding claims against failed bank. by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Shaun Altman announced today that as majority bondholder of Ginko Perpetual Bonds, he will take possession of all Ginko assets so that they may be liquidated [...]

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Marilyn Murphy – über Post 6 Grrrl

[Marilyn Murphy stopped by the Herald offices yesterday and said she had something special for the Herald readers. After we traded gossip for a few minutes, she dropped an envelope on my desk and teleported out to an exclusive island retreat - she said something about hanging out with Winston Wolfe when he is not [...]

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Advertisement: Second Life Avatars Social Network For Social Experiments

HybridLife.net is a social network to connect Second Life residents. It is also a platform for social experiments HybridLife.net social network is free and not affiliated with Linden Lab; it is localized in English, Danish, German, Italian and Russian, with new languages coming soon and automatic translations in other 30 languages. In addition to its [...]

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