Archive for August, 2009

Chipmunk Warns Against Second Furry-Troll YouTube War

Time is better spent on Second Life, fur affinity account by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Tamias the Chipmunk – a war weary veteran of troll/furry conflict on YouTube – issued a new video warning against a second furry war in the user-generated content battleground that is YouTube. Although Tamias feels that repeating pro- and [...]

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Sion’s Surprise Chicken License Fouls The Nest

Sion Labs may revoke your right to continue paying for virtual chicken food by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A Second Life chicken food monopoly is apparently not enough for Sion Zaius – the latest Sion Labs chickens include a surprise End User License Agreement that remains hidden until *after* your purchase. The stealth EULA [...]

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Isolation Hood Theatre

by Pixeleen Mistral, New Media desk The audience is invited to consider their own virtual identities, along with 16 female avatars wearing “isolation hoods, boots, and their own unique personalities” at the premier of VB07- I Advance Masked, Vaneeesa Blaylock’s interpretation of the Oracle at Delphi for Second Life. Ms. Blaylock’s describes the performance art [...]

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Second Life Shoppers – Be Smart, Get Slapt

Resident-run alternative to Linden game god’s Xstreet shopping site by Coke Supply WhenLinden Lab purchased the Xstreet shopping site in January, there wasconcern that the management of the site would be less than stellar. A group of entrepreneurs composed of long time Second Life residents- Lord Sullivan, Kosta Cela, Bykoff Sontse and Constanza Amsterdam -decided [...]

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How The Second Life Achievement System Already Works

See if you can collect all 50 achievements in Second Life! by Tormented Twilight UNHEALTHY OBSESSION: Played Second Life for 24 hours straight without sleep NO FIRST LIFE: Played over 8000 hours of Second Life GREASY KEYBOARD: Spilled food or drink on your keyboard while playing Second Life GOLD FARMING: Make a million real dollars [...]

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Talkin Back — Post 6 Girl

[I found this week's model, Talkin Back, at the same club I met Shelby Ziskey, Post 6 from a few weeks ago. She was wearing the outfit you see in picture number two and I immediately started the  "Hi, my name is...." patter that sometimes nets us gorgeous Post 6 girls. Fortunately for us in [...]

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Silver Hawk Leaders Split After Mercenary Brother Commandos Alliance

Command shakeup leaves Lockjaw and Fanzos in charge by Metallicoe Keng, war correspondent Last Friday, two of Silver Hawks leaders, Bicket Burt and Dayna Lavilleresigned from their positions in Silver Hawk leaving Corwin Lockjaw and Fay Franzos in control of SH. The Silver Hawk military that oncestood on two SIMs now resides on the one [...]

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Facebook Reaches Beyond the Grave

Dead unlikely to confirm friendships by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnngggggggggggg. The pointer on my irony meter smacked against the max irony peg – hard – and wobbled slightly backwards with a nasty permanent bend. I had just logged into Facebook – a leading contender for the coveted corporate crown in a race to [...]

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Alien28 vs Plagiariser — part 10

Zilu plans to copybot Mikeven Flow's alien dog!? by Coke Supply [PROTIP: read all the previous episodes of Alien28 vs Plagiariser - click the comics for full sized images]

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Basement Dwellers of WoW — Lives and Loves On Film!

Second Skin documentary online through August 13by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Raids, addiction, online love, and real life meet-ups of WoW players are featured in Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza’s award winning 1998 2008 documentary “Second Skin” – now screening online through August 13th via the SnagFilms.com distribution network. While much of the content covers [...]

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