Archive for the year 2007

The Voyeur—Hot Courtroom Action

Answers to your questions about love and sex in the metaverse by Wendell Holmer, virtual advice columnist Q: I’ve had many lovers in Second Life—men, women, and otherwise. I have gotten very turned on doing things that would shock most people. Now I’ve been served with divorce papers. My husband says his lawyer is going [...]

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Op/Ed: Why I’m not looking forward to OpenSim

by Jessica Holyoke I was sitting in Robin’s office hours and looking around. I came to the realization that I am not looking forward to OpenSim.  OpenSim is the eventual program where the Grid All Hail the Mighty Grid exists as a centralized land.  Instead of everyone coming into Linden Lab’s jurisdiction, residents can host [...]

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More Evil than Tinies, More Sinister than Furries, More Preverted than Elves: A New Race Arrives in SL

Purrsnicketys Prove there is no Bottom to Cute By Urizenus Sklar, at the post-tiny life form desk Yesterday Second Life witnessed the birth of a new race of virtual critters – Purrsnicketys. Their basic design is due to Phoenixxx Dragonash, who in RL is Ashley Speranzella-Evans, a free-lance fantasy artist. They are built and scripted [...]

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Open Letter To SL from Morden Winkler

To: Second LifeFrom: An Angry Canadian SL userRe: Age Verification For ALL Canadians, the proposed new age-verification system for Second Life is a complete failure and possibly ILLEGAL under Canadian law. Here’s why: Integrity CANNOT VERIFY YOUR AGE using your Social Insurance Number (SIN) or your passport number, and in fact, it is probably illegal [...]

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Age Verify or AgeLock?

by Jessica Holyoke Agelock – another path to implausible deniability As Age Verification continues to throw residents for a loop; some cannot verify, some can verify using false information, parcels marked as mature content are not allowing age verified people in, more and more questions are raised as a competing service, AgeLock, is being offered. [...]

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Ava Cartier – Post 6 Grrrl

[Note from Justine- Ava Cartier IM'd me about being a Post 6 Grrl several weeks ago and I replied with a very loud YES! Ava, in addition to having a great look, a huge collection of outfits and great taste, and is one of the oldest avatars in Second Life. Getting to know her was [...]

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Updated: PonygirlSara Clapper Calls for Boycott: Linden Age Verification System is a Scam!

Community leader speaks out against Linden policies by Urizenus Sklar, equestrian sports desk PonygirlSarah Clapper, a Second Life ponygirl stable owner that was recently featured in an interview in the Herald, has sent out a message calling on her group members to NOT participate in the Linden age verification system. Citing security and privacy issues, [...]

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The Sky Pirates of Antiquity

by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate Across the sea in AntiquityWhere steam punk engines churn;The royal navy set aboutThe task that we shall learn. To protect the merchants and their shipsAnd the casual sailor, too;They searched the sea of AntiquityFor pirates, mighty who Attack and burn without a wordOr warning cannon shot;And vanish soon without a [...]

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Sussy McBride Robbed of L$12 In Broad Daylight!

Alleged thief Pwned Naglo still at large by Pixeleen Mistral, 3rd shift news desk Macnn reports that Charlie Miller and Dino Dai Zovi have proven that a recent Quicktime video vulnerability can be exploited to steal L$ spacebucks from other players – if those players walk in the wrong part of town with streaming video [...]

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Op/Ed: Babyfurs – Gross Anarchy With Diapers

by Righteous Yaffle, disgusted resident and reformed griefer You can do pretty much anything you want in Second Life – the only limit is your imagination, but it is time someone spoke out about an issue that affects all of us – ageplay – and something far worse: babyfurs. In case you’re new to the [...]

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