Archive for the year 2007
Blame Europe
Is Crackdown on “Ageplay” the First Step to Complying with European Laws? by Carl Metropolitan Linden Lab’s recent policy shift to an explicit ban on sexual “ageplay” may be more about “where are we putting the new European co-location facility?” than any carefully considered decision on the where the line between “freedom of expression” and [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Leaving Second Life
Living rich communities are a virtual world’s only exportable product by Myrrh Massiel [I met Myrrh Massiel a few years ago in the drama (and fun) drenched SL sailboat racing scene. While we have certainly had our differences of opinion, Myrrh has been one of the most committed people I know in staging events and [...]
Full StoryBees Get Sore Throats While Role Playing
by Onder Skall, virtual beekeeper Cab this bee make Tinkerbell sound like Barry White and vice-versa? Screaming Bee http://screamingbee.com announced their MorphVOX Pro software for online gamers. With it you can alter your voice and continue the illusion presented by your avatar. With voice coming to the main grid before the end of the month, [...]
Full StoryLINDEN CRACKS DOWN ON THIRD-PARTY BLOG!….THEN APOLOGIZES.
Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Community Affairs In an unprecedented and appalling action this evening sure to have major repercussions, Meta Linden, a new Linden born May 12, 2007, has informed a resident of Second Life that the chatlogs from Second Life she has posted on her own blog, a third-party site unrelated to Second Life, [...]
Full StoryToday In Second Life
By Prokofy Neva, Accumulator of Masses of Meaningless Statistics That Might Render a Clue, Somewhere o Actually, this post could be about any time in the last two years of Second Life, but who’s to know? o Inventory was borked. I had 12,427 out of 18,673 items. A guy got really mad at me for [...]
Full StoryThe Idiot Investigates: SLingo Ageplay Scandal in Second Life?
by Jimbo Quality Master of disguises Jimbo Quality [As part of his Travels With the Idiot series, we sent Herald investigative reporter Jimbo Quality to look into reports of ageplay-related transgressions in the SLingo community. Judge for yourself whether we got our money's worth.--Walker Spaight] For me, the hardest part of being a big time [...]
Full StoryCharleston Harbor Navy Declares WAR!!!
Raids, accusations, and animosity likely by Curious Rousselot, Military Affairs desk Immersionists (and possible Luddites) declare war Friday May 11, 2007 – The Charleston Harbor Navy (CN for short) held a press conference to announce their declaration of war with the Alliance Navy and the Second Life Sky Navy. Held in a hidden bunker somewhere [...]
Full StoryThe Road To Scalability
Garrulous Gwyneth Llewelyn speaks out for less loquacious Lindens by Onder Skall Llewelyn threatens luddites with 5000-word Linden love-fest Project Open Letter, the controversies surrounding it’s writing, and the ensuing fiasco of a town hall, all ended with a giant question-mark. We still didn’t know what the strategy was for making things better, how many [...]
Full StoryRomantic Rendezvous?
Call me a pervert but I think sex is normal by aurel Miles We walked together, hand in hand and then hip to hip. We sat on the ground and talked, she put her head in my lap and I stroked her hair. We swam the deepest ocean – we flew. And then I had [...]
Full StoryMore Grid Hopping
by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista I never knew Tuesday nights were so busy in Second Life. This evening held three very big events in ESC history. The NBA made its virtual-world debut on the T-Mobile sim, while the Aloft project held a second grand opening and took questions from the attendees, and Robert Redford’s The [...]
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