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Jack Thompson: “Sims II is Worse than Hot Coffee!!!!”
Just yesterday we were predicting that “the other shoe tree” would drop on EA in the wake of major media discovering dirty mods. Today it is not only dropping, but it looks like a full-on Imelda Marcos shoe tree full of trouble. Gamespot is reporting that Miami Attorney and anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson has taken [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Anonymous Fox
The Herald is happy to present to you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Anonymous Fox! Anonymous is (obviously) an arctic fox who enjoys being pet by her friends and cuddling with her very close friends, especially her partner. I’d like to take a moment to thank Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine for these [...]
Full StoryMajor Media Discovers Dirty Mods!
TSO modded with the Kingware Nude Skin Patch Well gosh golly, it looks like the NY Times, the LA Times, and Hillary Clinton have finally caught up with Clickable Culture and have discovered dirty mods for Grand Theft Auto, San Andreas! The GTA San Andreas Hot Coffee mod is a bit different than the usual [...]
Full StoryDefending the Beachheads of Second Life–or Just Griefing the Griefers?
by Clarence Calliope Jim Herbst, defender of SL’s sandboxes, snaps a salute Sandboxes have always been an important part of Second Life culture. Free for all to use and with practically no restrictions on prims or content, sandboxes are the preferred stomping grounds of landless newcomers and experienced builders alike. These unsettled simulators are scattered [...]
Full StoryWelcome Respite: Living the Elven Life
by Seldon Metropolitan (photographry by Lexa Lawson) Standing at the top of the Serenity overlook platform, you can see nearly all of ElvenGlen. Unlike the city sims, which seem to bustle and teem with energy even when unoccupied, there is an eternal calm over the elven land, carefully engineered by its protectors to capture the [...]
Full StoryWhy the W-Hats *Really* Came to Second Life
Various W-Hats may have been up to something awful in SL lately, but the Something Awful crew, from whose bosom the W-Hats sprang, provided a trenchant critique recently on other online worlds, shedding some light on many of the things that no doubt drove the goons to Second Life. click image for more
Full StoryGosh w-hat a Surprise: W-Hats in the Middle of SL Hack Mess
Screenshot of the W-Hat property. Well, it looks like the recent hacking episode on SL – in effect, a hack that allowed users to view protected scripts for objects like the Seburo Compact Exploder – has been isolated and is being fixed, but guess who is in the middle of it – Plastic Duck and [...]
Full StoryGods and H4x0rs: SL Exploit Aims at Virtual Businesses
In what was probably the first effort aimed at SL’s vibrant business community, a Second Life client was hacked earlier this week to allow ‘god’ mode–in which a user may access copy-only scripts and make account balance adjustments, etc., that are usually available only to Linden Liaisons. Linden Lab moved quickly to patch out the [...]
Full StoryDarkSide Mafia Attacks BlackHand Mafia
by Gina Fatale In the last two weeks a series of attacks have been planned out and executed against what is left of the BlackHand Mafia. All from the orders of Boo Cinquetti, one of the Godfathers of DSM. Mr. Cinquetti was kind enough to grant the Herald an exclusive interview and provided some pictures [...]
Full StorySkin Review: CherryBomb Hare
by Matthias Zander Continuing with the Herald’s review of skins, beginning with the five creators previously featured in the Herald, I’m happy to bring you a review today of a skin by CherryBomb Hare! The specific skin reviewed today is her dark male skin with the enhanced abdominal features for males (yes, that means male [...]
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