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Enough about You, Let’s Talk about Me!
TSO refugees may remember Realsimsonline.com, which was a site that allowed TSO denizens to post their real life information (now known as first life information). Although supposedly banned by EA, the site was very popular, and there were thousands of users that posted their information there. Now Second Life has a similar option — www.sl.me.com [...]
Full StoryWe’ve Moved!
The Second Life Herald has moved to http://www.secondlifeherald.com. Sorry for the inconvenience, but it’s all part of our effort to Take Over Teh World!!!!!
Full StoryAvatar of the Year, Second Place: Anshe Chung
Second place in the Herald’s coveted Avatar of the Year award traditionally goes to the avi who has had the most impact on the virtual world’s economic scene. Last year’s winner, Sir/Father Callahan, was a master of the simolean trade in TSO, as well as a collector of rare cannons and press secretary for the [...]
Full StoryMTV Hosts Nutty Wacky Avi Contest. Joy.
According to a post by Glitchy Gumshoe on the SL Future Salon site, MTV will be “filming’ an in game fashion shoot, and they are soliciting pics of interesting — nay “craziest looking” avatars. Well now. Zero Grace is decidedly unimpressed by this turn of events, but he is a crotchety old man. We, on [...]
Full StorySecond Life Running on Linux?
Acording to a comment he posted on Boing Boing, this week Cory Linden is going to be at the Chaos Computer ClubCon (ah ok, so now it is upscale and is called the Chaos Communication Congress) in Berlin. Plus he promises to be giving a public demo of the SL client running on Linux. That [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year, Third Place: Plastic Duck
The Herald Brain Trust was working overtime, struggling with the very difficult decision of who should be third place in the coveted SL Herald Avatar of the Year Award (the award given to those avatars who change the news the most, for better or for worse). Last year the third place winners were Mr. President [...]
Full StoryLast Call: Asheron’s Call II to Close Doors on Dec. 30
Clive Thompson has a good article in Wired on the impending close of Asheron’s Call II. It’s a tough business, what can I say.
Full StoryAre You Ready for the Avi of the Year Awards?
Herald Staffer with One of the Avatar of the Year Trophies! Once again, boys and girls, it’s time for the most eagerly awaited event of the virtual journalistic year: the Second Life Herald’s Second Annual Avatar of the Year Awards. Each year, the Herald brings you the three avatars who have had the most impact [...]
Full StoryGood Riddance: SL Says Goodbye to Dwelloper Awards
Uri and Prok do Some Last Minute Christmas Camping by Dow Jonas With the advent of camp chairs in the last month, Robin Linden’s announcement of the end of the Developer Incentive Awards (DIA), or the “Dwelloper Awards,” as they were dubbed, came as no surprise to most of the hundred-odd recipients of the cash [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Sibele Ingmann
The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Sibele Ingmann! Sibele was introduced to SecondLife by the famous designer treebee Withnail, and loves the color pink and elephants! Our thanks to Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky for photographing and submitting this Post Six Grrrl.
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