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The Linden Business Plan?: Pwning the Metaverse the Chef Cantu Way
by Urizenus Sklar, food critic Chef Cantu at Work. Since I am the ultimate metaverse insider with a profound grasp of new media and the economics thereof, it is natural that when Media Playahs and Venture Capital Guys and Grrls meet me they want the 411 on Second Life. “Uri”, they ask me “exactly what [...]
Full StoryLove and Love Seats
What do you do when you come home and find a couple humping in your bed? by Wendell Holmer, metaverse home and garden reporter Prim Perfect publisher Saffia Widdershins and a pet In one day, Prim Perfect’s blog got as many hits as the number of magazines sold in the previous month—and three new advertisers [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Metaverse Maths: 1 + 1 = 10
SL must grow constantly to be profitable – a sophisticated Ponzi scheme?3000 servers for 50k simultaneous users – 1/3 of LL’s income from selling new servers each month by Gwyneth Llewelyn, mostly harmless meta-resident We believe Linden Lab is a profitable company, at least since April 2007, because Jeska Linden blundered that out in a [...]
Full StoryThat’s Cold. Have the SL Haters Gone Too Far?
First it was Forbes, declaring the meatspace corporate invasion of SL to be a bust. Then it was the LA times, which reported the departure of several feted meatspace projects (like American Apparel and Starwood — “there wasn’t a compelling reason to stay”). Now the Wall Street Journal Online and c|net are piling on as [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Pools Closed …so it goes
Linden Lab really, really sucks at security – if one of the Lindens can be harassed for hours without as so much as a ban, what about the average resident? [Mudkips Acronym recently stepped down from leading the PN - a notorious griefing/invasion gang in Second Life. When I contacted him for comment, Mudkips was [...]
Full StoryVoracious Appetites & Virtual Vore-play
Bunny tartare, avatar sashimi at Second Life Vore Club by Urizenus Sklar, food critic You remember Uri’s Law: There is no real life fetish which is such that it is not found in Second Life. Once again that law is tested; this time I wanted to see if vore was represented in Second Life. You [...]
Full StoryCan Slave Girl #10 Hold Gorean Master’s Attention?
Kefinitely! Our #1 super-secret advice for the savvy kajira will move you to the front of the chain!!! by Aaliyah Munro, professional sex/love/advice expert After becoming immersed in roleplay, assuming the identity of a precocious junior college student and a curvy red fox, I’ve found that I the role I enjoy most is that of [...]
Full StoryLiveCamz – Make Big Money is SL!!!
30 minutes Live audio/video only L$15000 – Authenticity of girls guarenteed by ZATZAi Austurias Unbelievable!!! Smut in Second Life?! Surely this can’t be – but hearing of this atrocity, nay national threat, I decide to investigate. Yes, it was time these smut peddlers we exposed, nothing short of an expose. I arrived on the scene [...]
Full Story17 Sims Crashed in Swastika Pattern. Rosedale Sim Among Them
SL Gang Leader Vows Revenge By Urizenus Sklar We are used to griefers taking sims offline, and it happens so often we usually ignore it. But this time, Cinda Valentino, an old friend of the Herald and leader of the Valentino Mafia (one of the oldest vigilante groups in SL), asked that we call “enough” [...]
Full StoryThe Battle of Sanchon
[The nautical brigands of Sanchon sim are a violent, bloodthirsty, and literary group given to celebrating their epic battles and mêlées in word and song. Here is warrior poet/pirate Kris Dibou's latest work. - the Editrix] The Battle of Sanchon Through mist covered seas with sails unfurledIn the wee hours in this part of the [...]
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