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Underground in Gor: Angst and a Wish for Orbital Bombardment
Gor is disgusting: get free, break a rule, get enslaved – part five in a series by The Wanderer I plan to heed the advice of my readers and go back to Panther-country, since that would be the Gorean-Male thing to do. But as I got ready for a teleport, I dragged my virtual feet. [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: The Dangers Of Dealing With Private Estate Landowners
by Johanna Renfold Residentsneed to be aware of the dangers of dealing with private estate owners in Second Life and thefact that there is no in-world recourse for fraud, theft, etc. – yet too many residents are unaware of the inherent risks. While most estate owners arehonest, some resort to questionable practices like non-transferable tierif [...]
Full StoryHerald Readers Smash 50,000 Comment Barrier
Militias, mafias, land barons, Lindens, griefers, Goreans, furs & fashionistas form huge drama pump by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald Editrix Friday, the Herald staff assembled at a local sushi bar to sample the fugu, watch the reader comment counter, and place a few friendly wagers. At issue – the content of the 50,000th reader's comment. The [...]
Full StoryMetaplace Opens Beta Starts Now
Raph Koster opens the doors after avatars run wild at closed beta party Wednesday by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk "We are opening the beta TOMORROW MORNING" shouted Raph, and I prayed that my screen grab was going to be fast enough – held my breath – and immediately saved the historic picture to [...]
Full StoryUnderground in Gor: Panther Country
Sim line saves Wanderer from sex-slavery in part 4 in a series by the Wanderer The kajira looked up at me, worry in her eyes. “They will capture you and rape you, Master.” “Who?”“The forest-girls. Don't go into the forest.” A noob Gorean like me can sure be stupid. Despite several warnings, I went into [...]
Full StoryAvatars & Humans Unite to Fight Facebook
Facebook group to petition for avatar identities on Facebook by Pixeleen Mistral, News Idoru A sadness tinged with arousal – Facebook is already an MMORPG The grand tradition of self-referential emergent behavior in social software continues as Facebook users have formed a group to petition the Facebook gods to allow avatar and pseudonym personalities to [...]
Full StoryLab To Cripple Furry, Tiny Avatars With Faux Bug Fix
Player protests on JIRA leads to 1 day suspension from Second Life by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Maya Remblai was given a one day suspension from Second Life last friday after some vigorous discourse with BigPapi Linden caused BigPapi to start SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS on the JIRA bug tracking system, while refusing to [...]
Full StoryBut Does That Make Me Gay?
by Lapis Philosophorum Reading "The Wanderer's" Gor series, there is an overarching concept that truly bothers me. The Wanderer writes that he will not besexually using or abusing the female slaves of Gor because it is morethan likely that there could be some gay guy fapping in the background — an all too common concern [...]
Full StoryRose-Tinted Monitor
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate I saw the world through a rose-tinted monitorIllusions in a pixel painted boxLove and beauty, hope and faithAll in one place, we talked There it was, within our graspWorld peace and brotherhood of menThe end of war, the end of famineAn electronic Eden once again So paint the world as [...]
Full Story“Secret” NDA for Huxley: The Dystopia Leaked!!!
Shhhhhh… don't tell anyone by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk now being translated for your convenience Huxley is a long anticipated Korean bloodfog-oriented MMO now accepting signups for a closed beta in north america. The trailers for the game include just barely enough cybergrrrls with guns to make the first person shooter look interesting, and [...]
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