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Second Life Can Fix Paul Ryan’s Marathon Lies!!!

Paul Ryan’s shame and retroactive truthing with a virtual world by Pixeleen Mistral — sports desk Paul Ryan’s credibility has taken a serious beating over the last week, starting with a fact-challenged speech at the Republican convention, followed by the debunking of Ryan’s claim to have run a marathon in under 3 hours – which [...]

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Hard Alley To Be Cleaned Out March 10?

Failing rental revenue dooms historic Second Life sex sim The notorious Hard Alley may be doomed by the faltering Second Life in-world economy – a shocking development for both militant protesters and forced urban roleplay fans who are likely to lose a formerly vital venue. Hard Rust – the owner and mastermind of the Hard [...]

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The Great SMS Cramming Game

“MobChance IQ Fun Facts” ganks phone bills with unauthorized charges As I prepared to expose a horrific virtual pet abuse scandal in Second Life this afternoon, a pair of SMS messages brought my iPhone to life – and put virtual pets on hold as the prospect of being scammed out of $9.99/month by phone bill [...]

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Noam Chomsky, Anonymous Speak Out on Rap News

#Occupy2012 video documents live manifestation of Prophetseer Emeritus “Turn off your TVs for a start” Featuring a healthy dose of pepper spray – which sources on the UC Davis campus recently learned is basically a food product – the latest Rap News release from TheJuiceNews continues Robert Foster’s grand tradition of “turning bollocks-news into socio-poetic/comedic [...]

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Teleplace/QWAQ Liquidated By Financial Singularity?

But transhumanists rejoice as open source software immortality saves Turing Church Online The assets of Teleplace are being liquidated after the business-oriented 3D virtual meeting place hit a financial singularity which prevents the venture’s continued operation, according to a mailing sent to potential creditors – including the Alphaville Herald’s own part time typist/technical advisor Mark [...]

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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 [...]

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Second 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 [...]

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Alphaville 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 [...]

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Can 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 [...]

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Second Life SexBed Industry Thrown Into Chaos

Stroker Serpentine’s SexGen 600 animation bed now full permission – and free the end of an era This was without question an historic day. If there was any question about Stroker Serpentine leaving Second Life, it was erased Wednesday morning when he made the flagship of his SexGen business available with copy/transfer/modify permissions. The bed [...]

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