Archive for the year 2007
The Linden Lab Shell Game
Why is so hard to tell the truth? by Onder Skall Originally we were told that this age verification system was put in place to prevent underage individuals from accessing the mature content. Despite the fact that the entire grid is supposed to be only accessible by people 18 years of age or older, the [...]
Full StoryPlayboy Does A Strip-Tease For Second Life
Check out the latest ad buy on the Herald (see the right sidebar, top) and you’ll see that the inevitable is finally about to happen: Playboy Magazine is entering the virtual world of Second Life. Always the tease, there’s no word yet on what form Playboy’s presence there will take, but you can begin to [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: A Neko Cyborg Asks, “Where Do We Go From Here?”
by Syd Loon (Neko Cyborg Informant) A “proper” prosperous capitalistic society with reason and purpose emerges from the burning embers of a historically passionate art and development community. A natural open source economy, is overshadowed by demeaning skyscrapers filled with marketing executives, armed with nondisclosure agreements, scouring the lands for the next branding concept to [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Philip Linden’s Folly
How the hell did we get in this mess? The Linden’s proposed faux verification system and the wanton selfish destruction of innocence by Inigo Chamerberlin I intended writing this as a simple expose of just what Aristotle/Integrity is, using public domain information harvested from the ‘net. However, I’ve been overtaken by breaking news. It’s made [...]
Full StoryGerman Media Notices SL Unverified Accounts and Ageplay
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Ageplay is on german TV, too Two reports arrived on the mojo wire this morning that may help explain Linden Lab’s sudden interest in account verification – an apparent reversal in direction after opening the metaverse to essentially anyone last June with unverified access to the “over 18” garden [...]
Full StoryWar With No End in Sight
by Tundra Koba, war correspondent the HQ in the Merczateers skybox This reporter was teleported into a war zone Sunday morning, and as I stood behind a desk for cover I asked a few Merczateers their opinions. In the background, you could hear the twang of bullets hitting the unlucky soldiers below. Thanks God there [...]
Full StoryDowntown – Fashion World Update
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely You can always go…downtown by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista After a week filled with catty Second Life drama and other kinds of activity, attending the Heroes and Villans Fashion Show/Party at Catwalk City was a welcome wind-down. Many avatars were in attendance, including Laydi Bailey (Hairapy), [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Who Are You Again?
Ah! But how do I know who you REALLY are? by Inigo Chamerberlin Ok, here we go again. What’s waiting for me on Saturday morning but another brilliant Linden Lab initiative – announced, as always, on a San Francisco Friday with the office about to close. What a surprise. This time it’s Daniel Linden posting [...]
Full StoryBeautiful – part one
by aurel MilesIn the Round World we have a hundred different sayings about beauty – what it means; “Truth is beauty and beauty is truth” – what it is; “Beauty is only skin deep” How it behaves, “Beauty is as Beauty does” and where to find it; “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” [...]
Full StoryMusimba Yellowknife – Post 6 Man
[The week we have a special reward for our readers - direct from the catwalks - the king of the beasts and an amazing furry model -- Musimba Yellowknife. In this exclusive story, Musimba reveals a furry hairstyle glamour secret, and gives us a look behind the scenes in the modeling world including how Brace [...]
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