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Job Opportunity: Editor in Chief of Second Life Herald
I’ve been both editor and publisher of the Alphaville/Second Life Herald since October of 2003, and I’m getting really burnt out (and have other projects I need to be working on). I’d like to hire a Chief Editor on a monthly basis. Basic idea is to average around a story a day. Editor would be [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Privacy in Second Life
Hiro Pendragon riffs on Privacy I ran across the following essay by Hiro Pendragon on the SL Forums, and thought it deserved some more consideration. Please check it out. (And thanks to Hiro for permission to republish.) –Uri
Full StoryAvatar of the Year: One Song/Mr. Fairplay
One Song, in his golden battle suit, raises his corporate flag in Jessie Dedicated readers of the Herald know that our coveted Avatar of the Year Award (the “Avi”) goes to the avatar+alts that did the most to change the virtual news over the past year, for better for worse. This year the selection was [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year, 2nd Place: Sir/Father Callahan
This choice might surprise some, but not after you hear the facts. Over the past year, Sir/FatherC/Ian has been all over tso, and SL, and usually in the middle of some dramma or other. Beginning the year as a small time simolean dealer, he made a name (and drammatically changed gameplay) by acquiring zillions of [...]
Full StoryAvatars of the Year, 3rd Place: Ashley and Pez
Before the year closes out, the Herald is going to hand out its avatars of the year awards, beginning with third place. The award goes to the avatars+alts that changed virtual news the most (for better or worse) during the past year. This year, third place is a tie between Ashley Richardson and Mr-President, both [...]
Full StoryThe Herald Made Me Do It: Interview with virtual gangbanger PrincessHoHo
In this interview we talk to legendary MMORPG gangster grrrl, PrincessHoHo. Banned multiple times in TSO, There, and Sociolotron, she has recently come to Second Life, seeking fame and glory. What kind of fame and glory? Why is she a scammer/griefer/gangbanger? Well, she claims the Herald made her do it…
Full StoryBallerMoMo King: “they know they can”t fuck with me”
In this interview we visit BallerMoMo King (aka sexypimp, aka YourHighness) in his private sim mansion and talk about his devastating sim-crashing attack on Reno Parks (a location we last visited to report on the Parks/Fatale nuptials). He tells all, from the reasons for the attack (dissed by Reno), to the other five sims that [...]
Full StoryTaco Rubio Suspended, Upskirt Museum Taken Down
A few days ago we reported on Taco Rubio’s Upskirt Museum, in which he showed a slide show of screen shots taken up the skirts of female presenting avatars. Since then Taco has been suspended and the museum has been removed. The original suspension was for three days but has been reduced to one. We [...]
Full StoryThe Top 5 Stories of 2004
There is room for debate about this list, but we think the clear #1 story of the year was our pursuit of corruption by Mr. President in the Alphaville Elections. After Mr-President received gushing coverage by lesser media outlets like the New York Times, NPR, and Wired News, it fell upon the Herald to tell [...]
Full StoryIt’s Christmas Eve in SL. Do you know where your churches are?
For a variety of complex reasons I found myself stuck in the Westin Hotel in Warsaw Poland on Christmas Eve, so I thought I would check in on SL for some holiday cheer. My first thought was that I should check out some churches and see what was happening. I searched on ‘church’, found five [...]
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