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Tempest in a Sandbox
by Fiend Ludwig Alliance Navy Admiral Jim Herbst At little less than one year ago, the Alliance Navy was patrolling the sandboxes in Second Life, hitting back at the griefers who were disrupting the areas with scripted weapons, guns and profanity. Today, however, we find a very different organization. According to Alliance Navy Admiral Jim [...]
Full StorySLCC Registration Now Open
Virtual reality takes on a more physical aspect this August as Second Life residents gather in San Francisco for the second annual Second Life Community Convention, to be held August 18-20. Registration is now open at the SLCC site. The three-day event is still in the planning stages, but already on the agenda are some [...]
Full StoryIn the Metaverse, No One Can Hear Your Accent
by Fiend Ludwig Time zones complicate Mel Cheeky’s Second Life One of every four residents you meet in Second Life lives a real life in a country other than the United States. Although an unabashedly American construct, SL seems to appeal to non-Americans in a big way. Do these residents (myself among them – I [...]
Full StoryHelp Wanted: Underpaid, Overworked Managing Editor of the Second Life Herald
One of the first things that happened to me when I hit Second Life is that I noticed this advertisement seeking an editor at the Second Life Herald. I answered the ad and it not only changed my experience of Second Life completely, but it launched a new phase of my RL career. At the [...]
Full StoryGrand Opening: Club Ecstasy With An S
From the Herald’s random press release department: This Tuesday, May 23, will see the grand opening of Club Ecstasy (not to be confused with Club Ecstacy) in the Ecstasy sim of Second Life, 5:00pm SL time. Owned and run by SL resident Steve Mahfouz, Club Ecstasy exists “to provide quality low-lag / lag-free dancing entertainment [...]
Full StorySecondCast Goes to the Prom
The latest edition of SecondCast is now available for your listening pleasure. While I was away at E3, the rest of the cast took a trip to the SL prom. Those guys get to have all the fun.
Full Story1.10 is Coming! 1.10 is Coming!
Well, probably. Pending “final verification of all issues,” according to this forum announcement, it seems Second Life is getting its latest dot version upgrade, going from 1.9.whatever to a full 1.10.0 this coming Wednesday. Be ready for a half-day of downtime while the new version is put into place — and then a fewl weeks [...]
Full StoryStar Wars Scavenger Hunt
Get to the Dantooine sim early for a Star Wars scavenger hunt, starting Saturday at 10am SL time. Revan Muromachi and the rest of the Star Wars afficionados of Second Life, who gather regularly in Dantooine and the Coruscant sim as well, are kicking off a party to launch their new Star Wars role-playing system [...]
Full StoryNew Crimes, New Punishments
The New Scientist is running an article in its May 20th edition all about crime and punishment in the virtual world — one of the Herald’s favorite subjects. In fact, most of the piece could have been ripped from the Herald headlines — and probably was. Of course, it features yet another interview with mafia [...]
Full StoryTown Hall: Philip Getting Friendly With the Feds
by Dow Jonas At a packed town hall meeting with live Skype call-in as well as typed text in-world, SL chief executive Philip Linden, in reply to a query from Second Life club owner Trader1 Whiplash, responded to residents’ concerns about repeated grid-grashing by unnamed griefers by commending them to federal authorities: “If you are [...]
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