Archive for the year 2007
The Broadly Offensive
Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Community Affairs. Op-Ed. Last night, we met at the Sutherland Dam for the Friday evening salon (will try to post the transcript on my blog soon) to discuss how to respond to the May 31st Daniel Linden Edict which threatens not only to take away cultural and political freedoms in Second [...]
Full StoryA Chance to Do Some Good
by peppermint fizz Second Life Herald Readers looking to take a break from reading about broadly offensive behavior might want to look into pursuing some charity work in Second Life this weekend. Want to raise a little money to fight Muscular Dystrophy and get some art at the same time? Head over to Artisan Galleria [...]
Full StoryPost 6 Grrrrl – Firiel McGann
[Courtesy of Marilyn Murphy - photographer, visionary, and publisher of Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine is a special pet - Firiel McGann -- this week's Post 6 Grrrl. Firiel has deep blue eyes and super cute kitty ears - I'm sure our readers will find her like catnip - an intoxicating and irresistible neko. -- [...]
Full StoryMetaverse Hobo Camp in Welcome Area
“We’re here, we don’t pay tier — get used to it!” by Heartun Breaker, Senior Deadbeat Reporter Hobo camp in the Violet welcome area The normally tidy little Welcome Area of Violet erupted into a tent city full of hobo’s Thursday night. The bean eaters were protesting the recent Linden Lab decision to hijack the [...]
Full StoryGet A Life – Advice for Betty the Alt
by Heartun Breaker – syndicated advice columnist HEY HEARTUN ~ This question isn’t really for me; rather its for all those young men who think its cool to cross dress and look for lesbians. I’m a lesbian (online only) and am often recreating at the Isle of Lesbos. The other night this female avatar called [...]
Full StoryInterview With Precursor Pooraka
If you are going to a region marked “BDSM Bondage” you don’t expect the Disney store by humdog humdog: Hi — i’m here today with Precursor Pooraka, one of the forces against the abolishment of BDSM protest….hi Precursor, how are you today?Precursor Pooraka: I’m very well thank you humdog, thank you for seeing me humdog: [...]
Full StoryThrowing my Helmet into the Ring: A Mixed-Reality “Event”
by Jimbo Quality [What can we say? The idiot strikes again.--Walker Spaight] Lately, in real life, I’ve been hanging around at my local airport. I started going there a few months ago to price airline tickets to Chicago for the Second Life Community Convention, but now I go for the coffee. (I tell you, someday [...]
Full StoryMario Gerosa: “Stop the Criminalization of Second Life!”
It seems like every day there is more bad press about the moral and legal problems with Second Life. Ageplay, for example, has caught the attention of courts and media outlets ranging from the US, to the Netherlands, to Germany, to France to Italy. Mario Gerosa has said “enough is enough” and is fighting back. [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Job Fair in Boston – With Open Bar?
An LL wanna-be attends real life job fair – and is not impressed by JayR Cela In the 21 months that I have been a citizen of Second Life, much has changed. SL is no longer a just a RPG hang out. Real life is encroaching, and the best we can do it roll with [...]
Full StoryRobin Linden’s Broadly Offensive Behavior Office Hour
Residents question Robin Linden on “deliberately left vague” policy statement by Myrrh Massiel Since Linden Lab’s recent crackdown on ageplay expanded to include additional forms of broadly offensive behavior, several thousand residents have gathered under the banner of United Protest to seek a reversal of Linden Lab’s new policies of intolerance. Yesterday, leaders from various [...]
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