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Sheeeeit! 1.8 billion for online game development in China.
Terra Nova and several other sources are reporting on a story in the Shanghi Youth Daily the Chinese government is about to invest $1.8 billion in on-line game development. I’m not sure what kinds of virtual worlds those efforts will yield, but if the result are some robust online worlds, and we turn Anshe loose [...]
Full StoryGTA San Andreas Banned Down Under. Is SL Next?
The following is by former Herald reporter Neal Stewart and was pilfered from his blog: “New York, NY – July 29, 2005 – Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) said today that Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), the Australian entity responsible for rating films and video games, has revoked the classification of [...]
Full StoryIs the MMORPG Currency Crash of ’05 Upon Us?
Image source: WOW Gold Price Research According to new (?) virtual economy site Game Money Price Research, the virtual sky may just be falling. GMPR has an alarming set of charts up tracking the dive of almost all major MMORPG currencies against the U.S. dollar in the first half of this year. While GMPR’s methodology [...]
Full StoryFashion Show Review: Zelinna Zacques
by Chipsen Queso This evening, I attended the innaugural fashion show of the Bella Donna models group of the island of Mirage. This show was advertised as having 20 new wedding designs by the marvelous designer Zelinna Jacques, who is known for her wonderful prim dresses. Though the show faced many problems, the presentation was [...]
Full StoryGoodbye LSL, hello Mono
In case you weren’t paying attention (like I wasn’t), Linden poobah Jim Purdick Purbrick (aka Babage Babbage Linden) has announced (and it’s already in the Wikipedia so it must be true) that in version 2.0 of SL is going to move from the much malaigned Linden Scripting Language to the open source (yet a bit [...]
Full StoryNew SL Machinima
The long awaited machinima video/trailer, Gone in 60FPS is out, thanks to the hard work of Natural Selection Studios. The video, which is a must see, can be found on the studio homepage at www.NaturalSelectionStudios.com . High Quality Download is here. Lower Quality Download is here. We were happy to see our old friend Yadni [...]
Full StoryIntroducing the Herald Phunny Pages
The Herald is pleased to announce the appointment of SL resident Brian Mifflin to the cosmically prestigous position of Herald Phunny Page Editor. We will be publishing a weekly comic strip and occasional cartoons with SL subject matter. Contact Brian in game if you wish to be a contributor. (Yes we pay). We begin by [...]
Full StorySkin Review: Logan Bauer
The Herald has decided to take a bit of a break from the five skin reviews originally planned as our first five to review a couple of other skin makers first, some well-known, some not, and some known better for other things altogether. Today, I’m reviewing a male skin by Logan Bauer. Logan made his [...]
Full StoryTeledildonics Comes to SL!!?
Tired of typing with one hand? Well, maybe this is another teledildonics hoax and maybe it isn’t (I’ll ask our ever vigilent readers to do the requisite research) but Slashdong.org claims to have introduced hardware (and requisite interface software) that will maker your SL Sexy Skybox cybering liasons more… well, more vibrant and penetrating. Since [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Elaine Marlowe
The Herald is happy to present to you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Elaine Marlowe! Elaine is a very busy person who recently opened up an all-male mall in the Fundama sim, and evidently understand the pains that all of us guys go through to attempt to find good clothing! I’d like to take a [...]
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