Archive for the year 2008
OFFICIAL: Second Life To Become Giant Advertisland
Unclear if Coke or Procter and Gamble will purchase avatar behavior patterns by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Any lingering doubts about the advertisland direction that Linden Lab has set for teh 3D Interwebs were erased last night when the new emperor of Second Life was named – Mr. Mark Kingdon, formerly of the e-vertising [...]
Full StoryGameCyte Needs A Clue
the Second Life Herald offers a PROTIP To: Sean Hollister – Assistant Editor, GameCyst.comFrom: Pixeleen Mistral, managing editor- Second Life Heraldre: News tip: The TRUE story of NASA’s MMO Funding Sean, Thank you so much for your e-mail. I did check out the story on your blog, and well, you can color me like just [...]
Full StoryGriefing Under the Old Regime
part 1: Reminiscing about days soon to be past by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer Plastic Duck – a metaverse pioneer I still stand by my belief that Philip cannot be blamed for all of the Chaos in Second Life. Linden Labs has had so much to do in the last few years trying to fix so many [...]
Full StorySL Blues
by Dazz Anvil I was running low on lindensso I tried to get some cashwhen it failed I went get some helpand the simulator crashedIt took an hour to log back incuz the asset server’s downand there were no mentors anywhereJust a newbie dressed in brown–Second Life is borked againYeah what else is newMy clothes [...]
Full StoryCall of the Privateer
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate The call of the sea is deep and strong,Stronger than ale or beer;But not as strongAs the siren’s songand the call of the privateer. Pirates and corsairs sail the seasAlong with the buccaneers;But the noblest rogueWho’s still in vogueIs known as the privateer. Yes, on the sea of AntiquityWe sail [...]
Full StoryHiPiHi Open Beta Begins
“Heavenly Duke Creating Objects” era gives way to “Dawn of Society” by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Can the HiPiHi liberation army be far behind? Cindy Jiang tells us in a HiPiHi press release that HiPiHi today announced the beginning of their public beta testing phase with the release of the “Dawn of Society” version [...]
Full StoryNASA Wants An MMO – For Free!
RFP asks developers to create a game for fun by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Friday, NASA released an RFP seeking a partner to help create a massively multiplayer online game to help teach science and engineering. The project has been seen as an exciting opportunity since it was initially announced in 2007 – a [...]
Full StoryDiSSENTiON in SL
YouTube communique warns of asset server attacks and malicious code by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A new griefing group – “DiSSENTiON” – released several YouTube videos over the last week illustrating new weapons testing on help island, and warning of “ushering a new era of chaos into the virtual world of Second Life as [...]
Full StoryHunter Talon Remembered
Our world loses a real superhero by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I never knew Hunter Talon – a Justice League Unlimited (JLU) member who died last Thursday – but Tizzers Foxchase did, and took time from writing a farewell message for the JLU this evening to tell me about Hunter, and suggest that I [...]
Full StoryVivna Wilberg — Post 6 Grrrlllll
[Note from Justine- A friend said I had to meet Vivna Wilberg, and was I ever glad I did! Though her avie is tiny, she has a big heart and a great spirit. I was thrilled to meet Vivna, and even happier that she agreed to pose for us!] Boy was I surprised when someone [...]
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