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White Team Leads Avatar Chess Tourney 1 – 0
Red team seeks rematch in december – 32 players particpate in each game by Pixeleen Mistral, Sports desk avatars who have been taken sit on the sidelines as the battle rages Fashion-forward gargoyle Barney Boomslang is not just another pretty face in SL. While Barney is usually seen rocking this season’s hottest look for gargoyles [...]
Full StoryPlease Fix SL
Residents turn to skywriting to contact game gods – will the gods listen? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk “PLEASE FIX SL” is the message floating in air over Yongnam and Walden sims at 299 meters – the highest altitude where objects will appear on the Second Life metaverse world map. When I investigated the [...]
Full StoryGorean Journey: Part 3. about the collar
[editor's note: we kick off what might turn into a Gorean-themed sim week at the Herald with a companion piece to the two installments of the Confessions of a Gorean Slave articles here and here] by sparrowhawk perhaps {Raddick Szymborska} I had no clue about the journey I would be taking when the collar snapped [...]
Full StoryELVIS SIGHTED IN HAWAII !
by Budka Groshomme, Science Fiction desk At least four patrons of Hawaii’s island casino, possibly more, stated that they almost definitely glimpsed what might have been Elvis dancing on Saturday night at the Ice Maiden’s Tringo party. “There was no mistaking it,” said Xenia Baggio as she added another enhancement to her avatar and adjusted [...]
Full StoryCardie Mahoney – Post 6 Grrrl
[Editor’s note: This week our Post 6 Grrrl is infamous Second Life Escort/Supermodel Cardie Mahoney, as photographed by the incomparable Marilyn Murphy - the photographer/visionary behind Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine.] How can you improve on someone boiling your entire SL plan down to “some bint of a hoochie escort set up her own temple [...]
Full StoryDeveloper Megabucks?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Prokofy Neva reports on the Second Thoughts blog that he has obtained a leaked e-mail with the results of an independent developer survey conducted by Linden Lab and distributed to a select developers list today. The numbers reported suggest that significant sums are being invested in third party development [...]
Full StoryDuran Duran – Where Art Thou?
concerned Duran Duran fans wonder if the show will go on by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Three and a half months ago – on August 9th – CNet reported the 80s pop group Duran Duran had discovered Second Life and was planning an “exclusive private island” and events – including a concert – in [...]
Full StoryTSO Shocker – Urizenus Sklar Part of Sim Shadow Government
by Pixeleen Mistral, Internal Affairs Unit Anya Ixchel’s interview of Herald founder Urizenus Sklar in SLatenight ends with a shocking revelation – Uri confesses that while in The Sims Online he was a secret part of the Sims Shadow Government – a vigilante group that appointed itself to police the TSO world – and a [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: RL Press Needs to Respect SL Identities
Is it really news when SL residents do not provide RL names? Eloise Pasteur, European Affairs deskRecent weeks have seen an explosion of Second Life into the awareness of everyone in Real Life that follows the news. In the UK alone coverage snuck out from Newsnight, a reputable but not widely watched show in December [...]
Full StoryGet a Life – AgePlay Fun And Games Turn Ugly
by Heartun Breaker, syndicated advice columnist. Heartun Breaker could help you! HEY HEARTUN: I have been playing around in Second Life since 2004 and in that time I’ve had two significant romances. About a year and a half ago, when I was last single, I started exploring AgePlay. I liked the freedom, the role playing [...]
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