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SL Makes Meta Fonts Free For 4 Million+ Residents

Should be Linden Lab be sharing the love this way? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Typeface geeks may be pleasantly surprised to find that the Second Life software includes a pair of commercial (not freeware) TrueType fonts which are trivial to extract from the SL software and install into Macintosh or PCs for general [...]

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SCANDAL!!! SL’s Next Top Model… Has a Twin?

Copycat drama in the SL fashion world – SHOCK! by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista models from the “tilde” group BooBooKittie Haight, proprieter and brains behind Catwalk City, has a problem. Her brainchild, the “SL Next Top Model” (SLNTM) contest, has a competitor with exactly the same name plus a tilde: “ ~SL Next Top Model~”. [...]

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Surface Tension

by Fiend Ludwig It is a pond and I live on the surface tension. I suspect that the same is true, too,For the New Priests:The blogger-kings and scripter-czars,The kulaks and uber-griefers and Linden-spawn.Drilling through the boundary at will,Extracting enrichment and inspiration.Submerging only if pressed, While the uninitiated drown amongst the choke of weeds. It has [...]

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The Tale of the Duke and The Hunt

as told by Morgdah Graves[This story is told around the campfires in Avilion - the Editrix] There was this Duke of a large parcel of land, he had servants, slaves,women at his beck and call. He was known to be the hunter of all hunters.His great hall was full of trophiesThe trophies were of many [...]

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Crowd Sourced Fun at the Herald!

by Onder Skall Game Set Watch recently posted “Perpetuating Game Naming Stereotypes For Fun/Profit“. It was a contest to come up with the world’s most stereotypical game name. The results were pretty awesome. I think “WWII: World War II” was my favorite. Of course, these things never stay contained, and soon Kotaku commenters were coming [...]

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Goons’ Ban Game – SL Relay for Life Fund Raising

Public invited to purchase words that may not be spoken – for charity0h d4mn 1t 1 h4t3 l33t sp34k by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk careful what you say Some of those that frequent Baku sim or hang with the W-Hat goons are known for a willingness to push the limits of community tolerance up [...]

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Silk Fussbudget – Post 6 Grrrl

[Editrix’s note: From icy and angelic to red hot and demonic - and everything in between - this week Silk Fussbudget is our Post 6 Grrrl. Silk’s fantasy came true when Marilyn Murphy - publisher of Players, SL’s in-world erotic magazine, selected her for one of Marilyn’s legendary artistic photographic essays. After seeing three of [...]

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SL Full?

Please take a number and go window shopping at one of LL’s favorite web sites by Anechoic Nicole, staff writer we hope you like jammin’, too. Some of those hoping to join Second Life yesterday were sorely disappointed with the results of pushing the “Join Now” button on the Second Life Website. Instead of walking [...]

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Kelly Linden’s Naked Beta Grid Romp

Linden staffers go naked in PG-rated beta grid wednesday – better skies and rain in forecast by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk No clothes on the PG-rated beta grid wednesday Kharma Dharma reported wednesday, “I logged into the beta grid about 45 mins ago to see what was happening and 99% of the avatars there [...]

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Second Life Is All About Sex

Hard to believe – but true! by Onder Skall Linden Labs recently hosted a party at the GDC because, as we all know, Second Life is in dire need of new residents and just doesn’t get enough press. Drawn in by the offer of free food and booze, the press was notified that Linden Lab [...]

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