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Dealing with Mental Illness in Second Life
by Tenshi Vielle It’s always sad when someone you love takes a turn for the worse. Even more terrible is when they turn for the worse and you don’t even know their real name. Or where they live. Or anything whatsoever about them that might be a microdium of truth The only way to [...]
Full StoryShock! Griefer/Egghead/Hollywood Conspiracy Exposed!!!
special to the Alphaville Herald – by Pat the Rat Someone pass me the Pepto Bismol, please! That is all I can think of saying after surviving the social event of the decade in the new, post-Linden, metaverse. [photo by Paparazzo Joenz] Attending this A-list event were Alphaville Herald staffers Urizenus Sklar, Pixeleen Mistral, and [...]
Full StoryBowling and Griefing Going Strong in Second Life
by Justine Babii When I was last a Second Lifer I learned quickly that it’s important not to get too excited about the “Events” listed in the SL search, as most will be a huge disappointment. Empty sims trying to sell or rent lots, struggling clubs, and sex bed sales made up the majority of [...]
Full StoryJustine Babii – Post 6 Grrrrrl
[I apologize for my extended absence, loyal Herald readers, but I had some offworld things to attend to. Please accept along with my apology this week's model, Justine Babii, in a special SLebrity edition of Post 6. As you can see from the pictures, Justine is amazing and a pleasure to work with. Thank you [...]
Full StoryFashion-Forward in Second Life: The Viktor-Viktoria Fashion Show
by Justine Babii - SL supermodel/fashionista I logged into SL the other day for the first time in ages, and only one of the old gang was online. I haven’t been a regular here in years, so I guess this should be no surprise. I IM’d my friend and then ended up hanging out with her. [...]
Full StoryKicking Second Life Addiction – A Life Outside The Grid
by Tenshi Vielle – founder & former publisher of Shopping Cart Disco I joined Second Life in 2006, and it wasn’t long before I was meeting folks on the grid and making a digital name for myself, something I never had when I was growing up. As a child, I was far too smart and [...]
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 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 [...]
Full StoryThe Artemis Fate Interview: Justice League is Unnecessary and Overzealous
Longtime SL resident asks Linden Lab for statement on anti-griefer groups’ limits by Robble Rubble [In Robble Rubble's exclusive interview with Artemis Fate, Ms. Fate - a respected class-of-2003 resident - points out that the Justice League Unlimited and similar anti-griefer vigilante groups are superfluous and attract exactly the sort of behaviors they claim to [...]
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