The Alphaville Herald

Jenna Saves the Day!

Have all the grid crashes kept you from your pose balls? Are your virtual genitals gathering pixelated dust because you can’t move stuff stuff from inventory? Have no fear, it’s Jenna Jameson to the rescue! Yep, she has her own video game, which you can download here. Via Sadako Does SL, who also writes a [...]

Hawt RL Furry Action!

No this has nothing to do with Second Life, except may it shows what happens when you spend too much time in Furnation while tugging your junk irl. No, you don’t get furry palms/paws. You get this! Children beware!

Log In Today For An Auction to Benefit Oxfam

Today at noon SL time (3:00pm Eastern), Second Life residents have the chance to donate to charity organization Oxfam in the UK via a charity auction to be held in »the Platon region« of SL. From 12 till 6, the auction will offer dates with desirable male and female residents of SL. According to a [...]

Which Way is Mecca? A Visit to the Chebi Mosque in Cordoba

Sprituality week in the Herald continues today with a visit to the Chebi mosque in the Cordoba sim, which is based on the Great Mosque in rl Cordoba. It is really a beautiful piece of work, from the detailed textures to the great work with light to the lovely call to prayer audio files. According [...]

Ludlow Joins Shirkeyjerk

Hotspur, Glendower, Mortimer and Worcester arguing over the future division of the kingdom at Bangor, in ‘Henry IV’. Painting by Henry Fuseli. Let’s see if we can reconstruct what happened. First, there was all the fluff and hyperventilation about Second life having 100k then 1 million then 2 million “residents”, followed by much ridicule in [...]

Chilling Effect? SL Hockey League Skates Over NHL IP

by Fiend Ludwig [Editor's note: When we sent Fiend Ludwig to cover the SL Hockey League, he found the gameplay impressive, though it looks like their merchanidising scheme could use some help from a virtual zamboni.--Walker Spaight] I have watched hockey for as long as I can remember. In the winter when it is cold [...]

Plywood #67: Lost in Translation

Bearded Eggheads Talk about Virtual Journalism and Stuff

Henry Jenkins just posted part one of a two-part interview with our own Nutty Professor — Peter Ludlow. In it Ludlow has some not very nice things to say about the Avastar, and some marginally interesting things to say about civic responsibility and virtual journalism, and also where the Herald fits in the magic circle [...]

Back in the Saddle: Motorcycling With the Idiot

by Jimbo Quality [Editor's note: Readers will recall the mishaps of idiotic correspondent Jimbo Quality in his Traveling With the Idiot quest for two-wheeled ecstasy on the Grid. Below, finally, Jimbo gets back on track. Sort of.--Walker Spaight] Jimbo Quality mounts his . . . well, never mind Eureka, I found the damned motorcycles! Turns [...]

[Now With Pictures!] Second Death? Design-Your-Own-Coffin Contest Kicks Off Today

Ghaniain coffins — Can you do as well in Second Life? Dutch funeral company Uitvaart and coffin-makerer Bogra are so excited about Second Life that they’re already thinking about virtual death. And they want your help. The burial-meisters are kicking off a design-your-own-coffin contest today, according to a press release. Pick up your free modifiable [...]