Archive for the year 2007
The Tringo Kid
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate They called her The Tringo KidIf she had money, then that’s all she didShould they interrupt her gameShe’d send them home lameBe they human, furry or squid She wore her gun low on the hipA cigarette hung off from her lipHer finger’d be itchingHer eye’d be twitchingAnd her drink, slowly [...]
Full StoryTaylor Barnes – Post 6 Grrrl
[Editrix’s note: Today, Taylor Barnes takes the time to talk about a cause close to her heart - and Marilyn Murphy’s photography may make our readers' hearts beat a bit faster as well. My friend Marilyn is the virtual visionary, publisher, and photographer for Players - SL’s in-world erotica magazine. This has to be one [...]
Full StoryGriefer’s Delight – Live Help Discontinued
“Pyramid of Death” SpamTex, SpamLM flood crashes clients LL support for paying customers “has gone in the toilet” by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Wednesday’s demise of Live Help left most residents without a way to summon instant assistance from their metaverse service provider – Linden Lab. The Lab’s removal of live resident support has [...]
Full StorySecond Life Economic Statistics Analyzed
by Curious Rousselot, metaverse numerologist As many of us are no doubt aware; Linden Lab publishes statistics about Second Life. Conveniently they also make the historical data available in Excell and OpenOffice, and Google Docs format. This gives us here at the Herald a chance to see how the economy of Second Life is doing [...]
Full StoryMarathon Battle at The Woofer
AN repulses attack – Herald reporter wounded by Omega Groshomme, war correspondent The Alliance Navy was attacked on Wednsday morning 1:00am SLT by members of several opposing factions. Members of Titan industries rolled into “The Woofer”, the Alliance Navy sim, using small arms fire and phantom rounds engaging in a small fire fight from the [...]
Full StoryNissan Retools
The Orignal Nissan Build has Become a Famous SL Marketing Flub. Is the New Project Any Better? Readers may recall our criticism of the Nissan build last October. It was our view that the build failed to take advantage of the social nature of online worlds and also failed to show any sort of imagination [...]
Full StorySLCC Likely to Create Spot Shortages
Metaverse may affect RL economy by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Economists continue to predict a shortage of lawn care specialists, fast food preparation technicians, and retail stock replenishment experts – sometimes known as stock boys – this summer in late August. The problem is expected to become acute within driving range of Chicago – [...]
Full StoryStep Off the Path
by Fiend Ludwig Veiled Conundrum: Second Life sculpture by Xantherus Halberd, 2007 [Editor's Note: It's no longer clear to me whether we sent Herald correspondent Fiend Ludwig to interview SL gallerist Xantherus Halberd before or after the metaverse meetup last month that was hosted by Xantherus's typist, New York artist Annie Ok, but here at [...]
Full StoryHere Becomes More Like There
Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Worlds, Planets, Multiverses, Simulated Proofs of Concepts, and Badly-Thought-Through Soviet Central Committee Planning by Game Companies Once again, without any real public discussion, Linden Lab took one more step closer to becoming like its evidently envied competitor There today, as it instituted a new “Certification” system to issue what amount to [...]
Full StoryUri Sells Out. Again!
Herald Founder to be Judge for Coca Cola Virtual Thirst Contest Herald founder, cyberlebrity and international playah Urizenus Sklar has been tapped to be one of the judges in the Coca Cola “Virtual Thirst” contest. In this in depth interview, Herald stringer Mike “Boat Guy” Allers asks the hard hitting questions and probes the nature [...]
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