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Luck Has Nothing To Do With It
A Second Life Herald parable The following is a chat log of an actual SL conversation, submitted by a pair of luckless gamblers for your edification. Not one word has been changed. Poker Player #1: you wanna hear a funny story? Poker Player #2: sure
Full StoryOh Mentor, My Mentor
by Neal Stewart Haney Linden fields an inquiry “Wow, a Linden!”, exclaims an excitable avatar in Welcome Area South 4. Haney Linden is a key officer in the Instructor, Live Help and Second Life Mentor groups. She has just teleported to the area and is greeted – like all Lindens – in much the same [...]
Full StoryGetting Natural
by Brody MacDonald For those who think of Montmartre as only a fascinating island of paths and sculptures and all sorts of things to see and experience, a recent visit revealed even more to the place than at first meets the eye. After a tour of the island, your correspondent and his companion happened to [...]
Full StoryKremlinden Lab vs. Academic Freedom: interview with Durkheim Edelbrock
Sociology Undergrad Durkheim Edelbrock Universities and the academic profession have established policies covering the ethics of academic research. So why have the Linens established themselves as arbiters of ethical research above and beyond these policies? Good question. It might be to hide unsavory aspects of Second Life, or it might be simple pandering to SL [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl: Kiki LaFollette
It’s that time of the week again: time for the lastest Post Six Grrrl! This week’s girl is Kiki LaFollette. Kiki has been in SecondLife for quite a while now, and is the owner and designer of “Hair Affair.” She also enjoys trying new things and re-experiencing things she has done in the past as [...]
Full StoryThe Herald Profile: Anshe Chung, Part 2
by Walker Spaight You don’t need money to have fun in SL.–Anshe Chung On Monday, Anshe Chung described the origins of her real-estate empire to the Herald in Part 1 of our two-part Herald profile of Second Life’s best known “business girl.” We conclude the interview today with Anshe’s thoughts on the economy of the [...]
Full StoryJeff Brown: “Video games are taking over the universe!”
EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown JB was back in the news yesterday, this time on NPR’s Morning Edition, Jan. 25. The story was about EA and Take 2 buying up rights to sports trademarks for their video games, but clearly the highlight was Jeff saying “We see video games taking over the [...]
Full StoryThe Herald Profile: Anshe Chung
by Walker Spaight “When I was 18 I was chosen to hold Communist party speeches.”–Anshe Chung Whether you admire her, revile her, or simply scratch your head at all her “For Sale” signs, Anshe Chung is one of the most talked-about avatars in Second Life. Read the Part 1 of the SL Herald’s two-part profile [...]
Full StoryTechno-Pagan Nuptials: Simcast Island Lord Weds in Midgard
by Pat the Rat In the social event of the month, Simcast Island Lord Mystic Templar married Simone Templar (no relation) in a lovely techno-pagan ceremony on the bucolic island of Midgard. Midgard is strategically situated between the unspeakably evil Simcast Island and the wholesome hobbitesque Bedford Island and hence managed to bring together an [...]
Full StoryThe Borg Back in the News
EA’s Corporate Headquarters EA has been back in the news this month, most recently in this article in the Chicago Tribune, which talks about recent acquisitions and even quotes Ubisoft representatives as calling EA’s purchase of its shares “hostile.” Of course the big news this month is the purchase of the ESPN name – EA [...]
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