Archive for October, 2007
Op/Ed: The 10 Worst SL Train Wrecks – So Far
by Casey Jones, railroad expert 10. Any announcement by Robin Linden on a Friday Announce the bad news then head for the hills – the classic Linden strategy. Robin depends on the idea that any resistance is futile since most residents don’t have a week to fight against Lunatic Lab’s latest moves, and at least [...]
Full StorySL Saints of Hell MC’s Biketoberfest
by Jessica Holyoke October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Many of us have been touched by breast cancer, either ourselves, or our family members. If you are interested in doing something in Second Life dealing with Breast Cancer, there are a few options. This Saturday, the Saints of Hell Motorcycle Club is holding Biketoberfest
Full StoryOp/Ed: The Free Fandom Project
Mighty morphin without space bucks by Nikola Shirakawa Popular books and films naturally create fanboys and fangirls, and these subcultures have taken to heart the Second Life mantra – your world, your imagination. How can we improve Second Life for these players? We need to nurture true fandom. The fanboy title is all-encompassing, whether it [...]
Full StorySecond Life Inflationists Filling Up Fast
Massive inflation bloats metaverse – magic, gas, and liquids to blame by Jimbo Quality, candidate for SL President Virtual boobs booming in runaway inflationary climate I’m studying up on up Inflation for Miss Pixeleen so I can be a better President of Second Life if I get elected. The rumor is metaverse economics will be [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Locks Up Players On Orientation Islands
Compulsory orientation tutorial broken since April6 months of gross incompetence – or stealth population control for Second Life? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Welcome to Second Life! broken in April, still critical and unfixed in October On April 17th, the first reports of a borked metaverse orientation appeared: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-124. Six months later, in spite [...]
Full StoryLight Waves, Starax Statosky, and Hallucinogen
a little fish that’s grown up in the small pond of SL by Onder Skall I didn’t start out looking for proof that Light Waves was Starax. Originally I just wanted to figure out who was bankrolling Rezzable. They’ve built 35 sims and have no defined business model. Who is spending tens of thousands of [...]
Full StoryJimbo Quality – On the SL President Campaign Trail
The candidate is sent to study inflation in Second Life in preparation for the debates by Jimbo Quality I was upstairs at the Herald Office signing copies of my butt, trying to be as quiet as possible because I was using Tenshi’s markers again and because I’m pretty sure Miss Pixeleen knows that I’m the [...]
Full StoryScarlett Niven – Post 6 Grrrrl
[Note from Justine Babii- I was lucky enough to attend the Budweiser Select Lingerie Legends contests in July and August, where I first met this week's Post 6 Grrl, Scarlett Niven. Scarlett won the July competition and went on to win the whole contest. She is as talented as she is lovely, and I only [...]
Full Story20 Things To Do In Octoberville
by Onder Skall Octoberville is back again over at PixelTrix; a full sim of kooky creepy Halloween goodness courtesy of visionary Cherub Spectre. There’s more to see and do than could possibly be covered in a single article, and you really have to see for yourself anyhow. So, instead of boring you all with a [...]
Full StoryThe Strange Case of Teddy29
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate Across the sims of Second LifeA story has been toldOf Teddy29 Barthelmess, (Jerry Matthew Gold). How, in despair, a young girl thereWas thinking of the endWhen Teddy29 sat by her sideAnd became her closest friend From the pits of despair to SL, whereHe showed her heaven, paintedWith particle clouds and [...]
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