Archive for October, 2011
Understanding the “Little Hitlers” of Second Life
I’ve long wondered at the connection between Second Life’s endless supply of over-the-top drama and the strange psychology of certain players — particularly those seriously invested in “defending” Linden Lab and “policing” the Second Life grid. What is it about Second Life that attracts and retains obsessive-compulsive meta-gamerz who can’t keep their play inside the [...]
Full StorySecond Life Twitter War Goes Beyond Nasty
LabRatuOut accuses Linden Lab staff of Stroker Serpentine smear campaign The long running war of words between Jumpman Lane and Stroker Serpentine took a bizarre turn over the last two days after a newly minted Twitter account named LabRatuOut first tweeted a series of warnings to Mr. Lane asking that he apologize to Serpentine by [...]
Full StoryADV: Who Killed Pixeleen?
BabyDoll’s TAUNT MURDER MYSTERY – Win L$10,000 !!! Rating: PG-13 for gore and mature themes. What: Crack the case and you could win L$10,000! Duration: 2 Hours with Friends When: Mystery and Contest starts October 7th and ends November 1st @ noon SLT. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Pixeleen Mistral is dead and we must find out who killed her! [...]
Full StoryPat the Rat rats Herald 8th Birthday
Social event of the new millenium (so far) Ponies and Pink Hands get funky at Herald birthday. Fabulous readers, what can I say except that this was the social event to end all social events on Second Life. Pixelboys, blingtards, /b/tards, and ponies mingled with robots, giant vore crazy dragons and cute little teddy bears [...]
Full StoryAlphaville Herald Celebrates 8 Years on October 6!
After months of frantic preparations, the mushroom cave in Shivar is ready for an historic moment – the 8th birthday party celebration of the most vital, trustworthy, erudite, and incisive newspaper in the metaverse – the Alphaville Herald. Herald founder Urizenus Sklar and managing editrix Pixeleen Mistral invite our readers to join us as we [...]
Full StoryCan Weapon Sales Save FurNation – And Second Life?
Corsi Mousehold moves from sexbeds to combat – a desperate bid to pay land fees for furs FurNation administrator Corsi Mousehold left a message at the Herald offices early this evening to express continued deep concerns about Stroker Serpentine’s full permissions release of the SexGen sexbed base and animations, and claimed Mr. Serpentine’s actions are [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: The Perils And Promises Of Multi-User Shared Environments
by Senban Babii – apologist for criminals and a notorious one In recent days, the SL profile of Rodvik Linden has been under attack by a well known griefer (according to the leaked JLU wiki) who has been conducting a low tech denial of service attack by filling Rodvik Linden’s wall with spam about British [...]
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