Archive for May, 2008
Jenn Villota: The Artist as a Young Av
Interview with a new and upcoming artist by Kris Dibou When I saw the pics for Jenn Villota’s gallery opening, I could not turn my head, nor scroll away. The thought passed through my head that I was in Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, X-rated editor’s cut. Indeed, it appeared that there were demons here, now [...]
Full StoryADV: SIERRA NEVADA – Sophisticated Mountain Living
So, you want a home for your second life? Before you spend a day TPing around the metaverse on a tour of overpriced, garishly cluttered, nauseatingly flat land… visit the Sierras. Sierra Nevada offers you a beautifully tranquil setting for sophisticated mountain living. Whether you choose a pine-covered beachfront lot surrounded by snow-capped peaks, or [...]
Full StoryFashion Advice for the Penniless Girl
by Lavinia Carver Noobs. Everyone’s been there at least once in their second life. And we all know that when we start, you have NOTHING. Unless you are extremely happy with the noob look, then you’re both broke and ugly. Fashion in SL can be such a delicate thing, what may look good in a [...]
Full StoryReaction to Dissention Weekend Attacks
A sense of ennui By Tillery Woodhen Car stalls due to black cube rain Sunday’s attacks by DiSSENTiON knocked out many sims, often trapping residents in lagged sims, crashing neighborhoods and limiting teleports. But, in spot conversations with those affected, no one really got angry. Annoyed, absolutely. But not raging. A few people, like one [...]
Full StoryLeveling Up In The Game of Second Life
Is Plexus Linden hoping for a new griefing flava while protecting SL residents from those who would do them harm? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk “SL combat groups fight each other in their bases…who does that? I want to design a combat system that will work in non-combat areas – real armies and groups [...]
Full StoryADV: Various Failures Artwork Now on Display
Visit the MISO HORNY art gallery in Second Life Some Girls Wander by Mistake My first collection of artwork “Various Failures” is on display now in world at my Gallery “MISO HORNY”located in Devils Pocket and on Flickr. My next collection “Revenge is a BITCH best served cold” will be on display in world soon. [...]
Full StorySlexchange ATM Script Cracked?
Secret requested when Secret is unknown by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk UPDATE: According to über-scripter Day Oh, the bytecode/scripting exploit described in this story is real, but was fixed a month ago. Mr. Oh told the Herald that when crossing between regions, sometimes sims would randomly send sim-to-sim packets to clients. If scripts need [...]
Full StoryFlagging Virtual World Provider Linden Lab Now to Flag Content
By Prokofy Neva, Kremlindenologist Second Life residents in some select groups like SLDev were alarmed this morning to discover that in addition to nerfing traffic, and pitting residents against each other to police their “avatar rendering costs,” the Lindens are planning on instituting a system to flag objectionable content on SL parcels via search results. [...]
Full StoryMyf McMahon — Post 6 Grrrrrl
[Note from Justine- Myf McMahon has been patiently waiting her turn on the Post 6 list a while now, but I'll let her tell you about that. It never ceases to amaze me how many fun and interesting people there are to talk to in world, and this week I'm pleased to introduce one of [...]
Full StoryTSO Failure Analysis (reprinted)
RIP TSO Many of you have heard the sad but perhaps inevitable news that TSO will close its doors permanently on August 1. Many Second Lifers began their travels in the metaverse on TSO and this newspaper began there as well as The Alphaville Herald. From the very first weeks of our covering TSO we [...]
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