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King Bruno Ziskey of Sparta

by Tundra Koba, war correspondent I’ve was lucky to interview Bruno Ziskey, leader of Sparta, the most creative military group I’ve seen so far in Second Life. Sparta is quickly increasing on its numbers and is creating the most powerful non-grieving guns for a military group in Second life I’ve seen. Who better to describe [...]

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Siobhan OFlynn – Post 6 Grrrl

[The Herald editorial board interrupts this week's metaverse drama-fest for our traditional start-of-the-weekend feature, courtesy of Marilyn Murphy - photographer, visionary, and publisher of Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine. This week, we celebrate someone super special - with a great avatar to match her personality and style: Siobhan OFlynn. -- the Editrix] I’ve been a [...]

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WindLight Skies – They PAID For This?

LL’s rose colored glasses and color perception by Inigo Chamerberlin So, the WindLight First Look arrives, with the usual breathless Torley Linden intro. And of course, the now standard Linden chant of ‘Jir AH! – Jir AH! – Jir AH!’. But to the point – WindLight. Linden Lab PAID for this? In fact they were [...]

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Vancouver Cops Recruit In-World

Some residents concerned that BC bud may be to blame by Bayesian TextBot The Vancouver Sun reports plans by the Vancouver Police Department to begin recruiting new officers from inside Second Life. The thought behind this “sci-fi approach to recruitment” (sic!) is that no matter who they run into, that person must be web-savvy to [...]

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Mitch Kapor’s Level Playing Field

Philanthropy and Recursive Reality at Sheep Island by Carl Metropolitan MitchK Linden, avatar of Mitch Kapor–philanthropist, Lotus Development founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder, Linden Lab Board Chairman, and Man with Resume You Would Kill For–made a rare appearance in Second Life Thursday night. Kapor headlined a mixed reality event promoting his Level Playing Field Institute [...]

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Leaving SL

by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate I’ve heard it time and time before,“I’m leaving SL, this time for sure”And when he logs in the very next dayHe says that he’s there only to say Goodbye to all he missed beforeAnd he left some things there on the floorAnd oh, there’s some business to settle firstI’ll be [...]

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Fox Making Movie from EA’s Sims Game

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Peter Gilstrap reports in Variety that 20th Century Fox is planning to make a a live-action movie of The Sims, after purchasing the feature rights from Electronic Arts. The script is still being written, and the talent is presently unnamed, but there are some clues in a quote from [...]

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W-Hat Celebrates 3rd Year in SL

Punk rock and memorials to perma-banned griefersDecomposing Monstre banned & reinstated without explanation the next week by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I was recently in Baku hoping for a two-for-one story – one group of goons griefing another group’s event. While waiting to see if the Patriotic Nigras or another of the up-and coming [...]

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Post Sixxx Guy – Jimbo Quality?

[This week’s Post Sixx Guy is, uh, wtf? no way! Jimbo Quality? That can't be right - I don’t know what Marilyn and Walker were thinking, but whatever. It's late, I'm tired, and there is always next week. Enjoy? - the Editrix] The legendary Marilyn Murphy has fantastic taste in avatars and of course it [...]

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Interview with Callie Cline

SL Avatar and MAXIM 100 Girl by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Congratulations CALLIE CLINE! Well, it some doing, but only the SECOND LIFE HERALD got to sit down with Callie Cline and savor her experience for all Avatar kind – being a MAXIM 100 girl! I’ve been a friend of Callie’s forever, and I’ve seen [...]

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