Archive for the year 2007

The Voyeur – Nothing but Mammals

Answers to your questions about love and sex in the metaverse by Wendell Holmer, virtual advice columnist Q:           I was visiting my girlfriend around Hallowe’en. Just as I started up the stairs, I heard a weird howling noise that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. I cammed [...]

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Tillery Woodhen – Post 6 Man

[Note from Justine- Pixeleen Mistral sent me an IM five or six weeks ago saying that she was sending someone to me who wanted to be a Post 6 Model. I was charmed right away, but the waiting list for Post 6 Models seems to grow by the day. Like Penny, Tillery patiently waited his [...]

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YAAR! The Pirates of Sanchon – You’ll Pay Double For That

by Tiny Newt [for those joining us mid-story the previous episode is here] “YOU’LL PAY DOUBLE FOR THAT!” Sin Trenton’s Slovakian accent was thick with threat. The Navigator was beside himself with fury. “Save yourself for the melee. She’s the a wily one.” Tiny cautioned. As is the custom with the pirates of Sanchon, the [...]

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Same Offender, Different Alt

There is nothing quite like being abused for writing a news report on an assault by Katrina Eales So, at the risk of raising the ire of the misogynists who criticised me for having the temerity to write about having been virtually assaulted and shot in my most recent report, I now feel bound to [...]

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Residents Hail 24×7 Linden Hair Presence In-World

Exclusive interview with Walker Linden’s hairpiece by Mariner Trilling A hair in the forest As Linden Lab reduces in-world support, a new presence service offers the citizens of Second Life twenty-four hour access to the game gods, or a partially rezzed Linden anyway. Amongst the stately Linden builds in the heart of the mainland lying [...]

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Your Second Life

by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate Come writers and artists, designers and geeks;Builders and gamers, lovers and freaks;Those whose dreams have been trampled and burned;The hated, the ugly, the crippled, the spurned. Come now all people from all walks of life;From every nation, come husband and wife.Come singles and widows, come partners who bideIn small apartments [...]

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Jimbo’s Halloween Treehouse of Horror

by Jimbo Quality Jimbo in grayface costume I decided to go Trick or Treating this year. I figured it was a good way to combine running for President with the annual scam for free candy. I could go door to door, meet some people, shake some babies and kiss some hands. And get free candy. [...]

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CSI:NY Shrinks By 93%

Electric Sheep in-world service workers out of work – CSI:NY downsizes to 32 sim by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A virtual recession may threaten the metaverse, as service workers hired to meet and greet noobies suffered mass layoffs today. The layoffs are part of a significant downsizing in the number of CSI:NY sims – [...]

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The Office – SL’s Coach Potato Onslaught Continues

Metaverse shark jumping is the latest television craze by Jessica Holyoke Dwight’s avatar Dwight Even if you don’t watch CSI:NY, you might have known about their episode dealing with Second Life last week. But you might have missed another television show that went onto the Grid. The Office, the NBC American Version, also visited the [...]

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Op/Ed: Someone’s Killing Mum in SL

by Katrina Eales IF Second Life was the real world my lifeless body would now be in the possession of the coroner. On October 28, for the first time, I saw the dark and sinister side of Second Life in a very personal way. I was attacked by a man who wanted to wield power [...]

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