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Second Life’s Slide vs. Everyone Else
9 months of losing ground against IMVU, TSO, World of Warcraft by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk SL web site rank falling since January – WoW, TSO & IMVU rankings rising By at least one measure, Second Life’s growth since January has not kept pace with other 3D immersive environments – including World of Warcraft, [...]
Full StoryLL Ducks Responsibility
Our world, your liability by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Will university faculty be held responsible for bringing students to the libertine free for all educational opportunity that is Second Life? How long until controversy spills over to real life for in-world harassment? Michael Bugeja, director of the school of journalism and communications at Iowa [...]
Full StoryDutch Politicians Furious With Prosecutor for Dropping SL Ageplay Investigation
by Luuc Writer Luuc Writer (Lucien Baard irl) is a reporter for the Tentsche Courant Tubantia newspaper in The Netherlands As reported in the Herald back in February, a Dutch prosecutor opened an investigation into ageplay in Second Life on the grounds that representations of child sex are illegal in the Netherlands, even if children [...]
Full StoryAuctioning Off My Illegitimate Spawn At BidSL
Love for sale to highest bidder by Onder Skall, former Unicorn daddy Yesterday at the First Friday technology expo we saw some incredible inventions, but one in particular had the power to change the way we buy and sell things in Second Life. Through BidSL you can put things up for auction quickly and easily, [...]
Full StoryBanking in Second Life Is Not Totally Ginko’ed
L$ space buck banking in the post-Ginko Financial era by Jessica Holyoke The recent upheaval over Ginko Financial’s failure overshadowed other reports of the SL financial sector, so after the bank run and bond conversion, I decided to investigate the other banks in SL. What I found was surprising. serious L$ investors ponder metaverse banking [...]
Full StoryThe Re-Invention of Philip Linden
By Prokofy Neva, Kremlindenologist [update: photo credit for the picture below - Tara5 Oh. The original picture and Tara5's interview with King Philip can be found here: here] Mrs. Linden’s little boy is growing up. The fair-haired, Donnie-Osmond-cute repository of our hopes and dreams, “El Chefe” who says we can “blame it all on him,” [...]
Full StoryDutch Prosecutor Drops Second Life Ageplay Investigation
“child avi’s not realistic enough” Urizenus Sklar, Dutch Morality Desk As reported in the Herald back in February, a Dutch prosecutor opened an investigation into ageplay in Second Life on the grounds that representations of child sex are illegal in the Netherlands, even if children were not involved in the making of the porn. Ageplay, [...]
Full StoryJimbo Quality Enhances Leadership Image
Jimbo buys presidential quality hair by Jimbo Quality After my last article, I sensed that there was something missing from my campaign to become President of Second Life. I sensed that the people had expectations of me that I wasn’t meeting. My team hit the streets and conducted extensive research to find out what my [...]
Full StoryGorean Radio in SL: Beyond AM, FM, and XM, there is BDSM
Community Radio Even a Kajira Could Luff by Urizenus Sklar, Media Mogul/Critic As the Second Life mediascape continues to diversify, a number of in-world radio stations have emerged. Of course such radio stations have been familiar to us at least since the days of The Sims Online, where there were a number of radio stations, [...]
Full StoryOur Heros Are Dead
Content creators feel the pain — Electric Sheep Cory Edo’s SL lockouts & Enktan Gully’s 2+ months without DMCA satisfaction by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista As many of you know, I tend to ride the fence on issues regarding Linden Labs. Recent events between residents and Lindens have begun to change my mind; I am [...]
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