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Full StoryMeet Tommy “The Patron” Parrot
A man dedicated to elevate SL art and cultureby Alessandra Narayan Do you remember studying “la renaissance”? In the XIV century, a bit all across Europe, but mostly in beautiful Italy – land of artists as Michael Angelo or Leonardo da Vinci – wealthy men with a taste for art helped sculptors, painters and others [...]
Full StorySHOCK!!! Robin Linden Forced Out Of Lab!!!!!
Was Robin Linden – a resident since 2002 – forced to disclose her super-secret alt as part of M Linden’s public humiliation of the old regime? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Robin Linden (file photo) Immediately after attending today’s Metanomics event, Robin Linden announced that her game god days are over as of February [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Linden Lab – Play Fair and Stop Spamming Us!
by Sitearm Madonna The spam ads sent to the secondLife@email.secondlife.com Email List are an outrage. Linden Lab just sold its avatar accounts confidential email list to a commercial retail sales organization without asking our permission or giving us an option to Opt Out. The fact that the commercial retail sales organization is NOW owned by [...]
Full StoryWill Land-Cutting Ban Redeem Jack Linden?
by Curious Rousselot Jack Linden, the Linden in charge ofmaking the mainland more beautiful, has posted an entry on theofficial Linden Blog informing us that the much hated practice of land cuttingmay soon be at an end. In the blog Jack fairly clearly discusses thedefinition of land cutting, "Whenever you see land that has a [...]
Full StoryBarbie <3 Ken — CBC’s SL Exposé
Suburban moms ignore real life families, take imaginary online lovers – film at 11 by Pixeleen Mistral, New Media Studies The plight of struggling interactive improvisational role play artists who chose tosacrifice RL friends and family for 14 consecutive hours ofavatar-enhanced chat is documented in CBC’s Fifth Estate video Strangers in Paradise. While the CBC [...]
Full StoryOpen Sims – Back to the Brave New World
by Alessandra Narayan Alessandra's look in OpenLife Joining the new Open Sims is like starting all over Second Life, which means a ‘noobie’ figure, difficulty in getting it presentable – especially when you’re only allowed to change it after getting a new shape – and various problems, which now seem so distant in SL. [...]
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The Return of Jumpman Lane
Suspended over the summer by LL – the coolest guy in SL plans to resurrect SlutMag by Alessandra Narayan Some call him controversial, others say he’s just nuts, hated, loved, worshiped, Jumpman Lane, owner of the pornographic/erotic Slut Magazine, calls himself King of Second Life, the coolest man on SL, does what he wants, respects [...]
Full StoryConfederation of Democratic Sims Election Results
Simplicity Party to Lead Representative Assembly by Pericles of Bavaria Residents interested in a democratic Second Life will be thrilled to learn that the virtual world includes a 4 sim democratic federation allowing for collective decision making by landowners. The latest press release from the Confederation of Democratic Sims features Chancellor Jamie Palisades' announcement of [...]
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