The Alphaville Herald

Jenna Papp — Post 6 Grrrrl

[Note from Justine: Jenna Papp asked me about being a Post 6 Grrl months ago, and waited patiently for her turn. Then, one day while I was out shooting pictures for an article in SexySecond Magazine, I ran into her while shopping. Her snapshot as a fashionably dressed shopper now graces the pages of SexySecond, [...]

La Vida Linden

Breakthrough – SL Advertislands Work!!!

How to reach /b/tards and the *chan by Pixeleen Mistral, business desk After a year and a half of failed attempts at corporate marketing via the metaverse, Second Life finally found a secure place in the ad-supported media universe yesterday. Despite the predictions of a number of pundits, Google did not buy out SL, fix [...]

Big Game Hunting in SL

Using elephant guns and rocket powered Hummer H1s to hunt virtual kangaroo by Bawana Bill and Lady Questi off-road and 649 meters straight up Greetings big game hunters! Ever wondered about the game here in SL? Well, Lady Questi and I have put together a series of articles on hunting big game here in SL, [...]

Fighting the SL Way – Copy & Resell For Free

Content theft in Second Life on the riseDon’t like someone? destroy their business by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista Resident content theft runs wild while Philip and Robin Linden have gone missing Content theft has been absolutely rampant in Second Life lately. It’s like scabies – once you think it’s gone, a whole new bunch of [...]

Primjackers Trash LL’s Digital Rights Management

Copy “protected” prim hair, motorcycles now easy to copy -In-world economy threatened? by d3adlyc0d3c, ex griefer video demonstrating use of a prim replicator for potential customers on onrez Recently it came to our attention that certain devices have begun to circulate inside Second Life that allow object owners to circumvent Linden Lab’s digital rights management/permissions [...]

SL Laser Eyes Worth Looking Into

More residents improve vision with heat, X-ray, and lasers by Siobhan McCallen, metaverse weapons expert Coherent light leaves Macbeth Shostakovich with a burning sensation Remember how Superman had that great heat vision, and could just squint a little and turn a bad guy’s gun into a puddle of molten steel, or slice Braniac’s spaceship into [...]

One Night with the Free Women of Port Kar

by Jessica Holyoke Free Men of Gor abusing an innocent woman A Green Caste enters the Courtyard. “Lady, I hear you are looking for a Feminist in Gor!” So began an interesting and enlightening night in Port Kar. Readers of the Herald, or those who just like seeing naked men, might remember Hanze Melnitz, Admiral [...]

WSE Swaps Fictional Currencies, Might Be Trading In March

Roleplaying CEO’s pretend stock market still down after 51 days by Jessica Holyoke Who wants Kool-Aid? LukeConnell Vandeverre of Hope Capital Ltd, made an announcement via video link outside of Second Life on Sunday about the status of the World Stock Exchange. (WSE). The WSE went dark fifty one days ago with an announcement that [...]

Red Light Center Exposed — Part 2: Vanilla

Sex with robots – while keeping your shoes on — the discrete charm of a Red Light Center VIP accountThe Herald explores worlds beyond Second Life by Jessica Holyoke, virtual world explorer heading to the space bedroom Eventually, I discovered what I could about Red Light Center (RLC) as a basic member and it was [...]