Archive for April, 2008

Inside “Your World, Your Imagination”

Congressional avatars — shocking video tells the tale? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A friend pointed out this video, and I can’t help but wonder – could this be one of the members of congress who was lofting marshmallows to Philip Linden at the April 1st PR event U.S. House of Representatives Committee on [...]

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Enclosure of the Metaverse

Special rules for select corporate partners? by Forelle Broek Seconded Life foot-in-mouth disease Linden Lab and IBM have reportedly entered into a joint venture “to create an enterprise-class version of Second Life behind a corporate firewall.” The news comes on the heels of the latest in-world protests by IBM employees over the company’s outsourcing of [...]

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Second Life’s Military Has One Epic Party

Militias turn off damage, perform Russian dances by Vegna Fouroux, war correspondent The epic begins with dancing to “In the Navy” On one bright Sunday morning I was wandering round an empty Dismal Plunge, bored. I got a mysterious tp from a friend of mine, Darakon. He proclaimed that LawrenceJoseph Roffo was steadily building a [...]

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Arkhein — SL Combat’s Breath Of Fresh Air

Darakon Kayvon not fighting A.I and Iron “Axis of Emo” Symphony factions – yet by Vegna Fouroux, war correspondent Arkhein’s Xyekep Richez and Proteus Hand For several months now combat in Second Life has been at a deadlock, with the militaries of the Iron Symphony slowly phasing out their fights with the militaries of Ascendant [...]

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Beware of Uncontrolled Kiosks

Relay For Life in SL committee warns against scams by Jessica Holyoke The Relay For Life in SL committee is starting an awareness campaign regarding other kiosks being sold in SL that are not under the control of the RFL in SL committee. These vendors are promising a 5% cut to the purchaser of anything [...]

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