Archive for the year 2007
Op/Ed: wtf?
by Pixeleen Mistral I am a generally patient soul. calm. not easily excitable. But I do view with a certain amount of alarm a few problems in the metaverse — such as those that resulted in a non-functional world for my small petty pursuits over the last few days. Indulge me if you will – [...]
Full StoryLatest Newbie Scam or Brilliant Marketing Tactic?
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Scams, Con Artists, Ponzi Schemers, and Emergent Metaversal Marketing Strategists Americans like to think they pwn the scams on Second Life, with their long, dishonourable traditions of P.T. Barnum (“There’s a sucker born every minute”), Charles Ponzi (Italian-born), and William Thompson (“Have you confidence in me to trust me with [...]
Full StoryHard Crash
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Virtual Estate Second Life went offline completely at about 10:50 pm SLT, after a very rough evening of avatars reporting constant hard crashes, teleport fails, transactions not going through, objects not rezzing out, etc. The valiant-sounding error message about “our best efforts” just went up, but even the website has [...]
Full StoryGorean Copyright Fight
Ethics of copyright violations divide Gorean community by Curious Rousselot For over a year, a Gorean copyright fight has been raging over the ethics of distributing the novels of Gor in Second Life. John Norman’s Gor novels are the basis for the Gorean role-play – and some eager Gorean scribes have ignored real life copyright [...]
Full StoryHawt RL Furry Action!
No this has nothing to do with Second Life, except may it shows what happens when you spend too much time in Furnation while tugging your junk irl. No, you don’t get furry palms/paws. You get this! Children beware!
Full StoryLog In Today For An Auction to Benefit Oxfam
Today at noon SL time (3:00pm Eastern), Second Life residents have the chance to donate to charity organization Oxfam in the UK via a charity auction to be held in »the Platon region« of SL. From 12 till 6, the auction will offer dates with desirable male and female residents of SL. According to a [...]
Full StoryInterview with Ex-Linden Cubey Terra
Cubey drops his Stephen and Coffee Linden alts – happy to be a regular resident again by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Persistent rumors have been circulating about Coffee and Stephen Linden’s disappearance from the Lab staff – and after a bit of detective work the Herald has turned up a very rare breed – [...]
Full StoryWhich Way is Mecca? A Visit to the Chebi Mosque in Cordoba
Sprituality week in the Herald continues today with a visit to the Chebi mosque in the Cordoba sim, which is based on the Great Mosque in rl Cordoba. It is really a beautiful piece of work, from the detailed textures to the great work with light to the lovely call to prayer audio files. According [...]
Full StoryLindens Flood Land Market
40 sims last week were not enough – 80 more sims on the way?Filling in the gaps by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Just over a week ago, the Lindens created what must have felt like a seriously spiritual experience for some land buyers when the game gods suddenly dumped 40 mainland sims on auction. [...]
Full StoryDonna Underall — Post 6 Grrrl
[Editrix’s note: Donna Underall is our overall favorite this week in the latest spiritual - and spirited - photo shoot from Marilyn Murphy, the photographer/visionary behind Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine. Delrona Antonelli is super lucky to have Donna to help decorate their new house when she is not busy modeling or flying her helicopter. [...]
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