The Alphaville Herald

Dissident Run-For-Your-Life Olympic News Update

News from the Beijing 2008 Olympics DATELINE: Oriental Express, Second Life (194, 235, 24) Exclusive video coverage of the dissident run-for-your-life competition is now available from our friends at the Subrealism Action Group. Once again, Keiko Ketsugo and the PrimTime news team whips the news into shape with a story that has not even happened [...]

Op/Ed: I Hate It Here – Get Off My e-Lawn!

by Splatter Gomorrah, reasonable resident Today I went for a little walk on the mainland. I stumbledon large herds of new users fresh from their education, newbie skin shining inthe sunlight which glinted off their system hair as they tried to walk. Cleanand fresh-faced, they were; just like the Mormons who try to sell meWatchtowers [...]

La Vida Linden

Breakthrough – SL Advertislands Work!!!

How to reach /b/tards and the *chan by Pixeleen Mistral, business desk After a year and a half of failed attempts at corporate marketing via the metaverse, Second Life finally found a secure place in the ad-supported media universe yesterday. Despite the predictions of a number of pundits, Google did not buy out SL, fix [...]

Big Game Hunting in SL

Using elephant guns and rocket powered Hummer H1s to hunt virtual kangaroo by Bawana Bill and Lady Questi off-road and 649 meters straight up Greetings big game hunters! Ever wondered about the game here in SL? Well, Lady Questi and I have put together a series of articles on hunting big game here in SL, [...]

Fighting the SL Way – Copy & Resell For Free

Content theft in Second Life on the riseDon’t like someone? destroy their business by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista Resident content theft runs wild while Philip and Robin Linden have gone missing Content theft has been absolutely rampant in Second Life lately. It’s like scabies – once you think it’s gone, a whole new bunch of [...]

Primjackers Trash LL’s Digital Rights Management

Copy “protected” prim hair, motorcycles now easy to copy -In-world economy threatened? by d3adlyc0d3c, ex griefer video demonstrating use of a prim replicator for potential customers on onrez Recently it came to our attention that certain devices have begun to circulate inside Second Life that allow object owners to circumvent Linden Lab’s digital rights management/permissions [...]

SL Laser Eyes Worth Looking Into

More residents improve vision with heat, X-ray, and lasers by Siobhan McCallen, metaverse weapons expert Coherent light leaves Macbeth Shostakovich with a burning sensation Remember how Superman had that great heat vision, and could just squint a little and turn a bad guy’s gun into a puddle of molten steel, or slice Braniac’s spaceship into [...]

Op/Ed: SL- What Went Wrong & How Do We Fix It?

2007 was a difficult year for Second Life. 2008’s not looking much better. by Deltango Vale The establishment of anonymous accounts in June 2006 opened the doors to underage players. This resulted in international legal scrutiny, increased exposure to legal liability and damaging media coverage. Linden Lab responded by intruding into residents’ sexual relationships and [...]

Op/Ed: Standing United in the Virtual War On Griefer Terrorism!

Residents way of life, under attack by virtual terrorist acts by Maximilian Proto, concerned resident Good evening. Our fellow residents, our way of life, our very freedom are under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims are in clubs, or in their houses; dancers, content creators, businessmen and women; family, [...]