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ProkofyCast on the Air
The SecondCast cast had a nice chat with Prokofy Neva the other night, which is now available for your listening. The episode covers some pretty interesting and thoughtful ground — including the trials and tribulations of landlording in SL — though it did get more lively at a couple of moments than most of our [...]
Full StoryTringo Ships for GBA
Tringo, the game that captivated hundreds of Second Life residents (until the gripping excitement of camping chairs came along, that is), has now migrated into the real world and is available on the Game Boy Advance for a mere 15 bucks! Look for Tringo parties coming soon to a city near you. The only question [...]
Full StorySecondCast Episode 12: Fashionistas
Episode 12 of the Grid’s favorite radio show, SecondCast, is now cooked and ready for listening. This week, we flap our gums with Second Life’s fashionista crew, including Nephilaine Protagonist of Pixel Dolls, Lo Jacobs of Luxe Designs, and Celebrity Trollop of the cool new SecondStyle magazine and blog. Listen at the SecondCast site or [...]
Full StorySL Classifieds Hit the Web — Kinda
As announced yesterday in this forum posting, the Classifieds section of the SL in-world interface is now available on the Web. There’s not a lot of functionality to it at this point — no search, no ability to purchase items. All it allows you to do is browse a sequential list of the various categories, [...]
Full StoryRealGamers Feel Long Arm of the Ohio Law
Following hot on the heels of the RealFrogger technology revealed at the Herald suite at South by Southwest, a group of teenage girls are being investigated in Ravenna, Ohio, after recreating a real-life version of Super Mario Bros. by placing 17 gold boxes with question marks spray-painted on them in various locations around the town. [...]
Full StoryBlumfield Residents Get Their Doodle On
by Jeannedellalune Prudhomme, Special to the Herald Patch Lamington at his Doodle House in SL’s Blumfield sim BLUMFIELD — Sometimes a scribble is just a scribble. Other times, it’s a doodle and a way of life. So it is for Patch Lamington, preeminent SL doodler and popular founder of the Blumfield Residents Association (BRA). Patch, [...]
Full StoryAnshe Returns
An update in the developing story of land baron Anshe Chung’s suspension from Second Life: Anshe reports that around 11:30 am SLT, about an hour ago, her account was taken off hold by a Linden concierge. No explanation has yet been forthcoming, though, and the Herald awaits news from Linden Lab of just what was [...]
Full StoryDid Anshe’s Anshe$ Strike Fear in the Wallets of LL?
by Dow Jonas (with additional reporting by Walker Spaight) Even before today’s suspension of Second Life land baron Anshe Chung’s account, SL forum-watchers had been riveted to a thread started by Anshe two days ago, entitled “Second Life Needs Stable Currency.” In the thread, Anshe toys with the idea of releasing her own currency if [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Kicks Anshe in Arrears
by Walker Spaight If it’s an April Fool’s joke, it’s one that’s seriously ill-advised. What is no joke is the fact that Anshe Chung, Second Life’s most renowned land baron and one of Linden Lab’s biggest customers, was not present in the virtual world’s Find interface this morning, indicating the account has been suspended or [...]
Full StoryNewsflash: Linden Lab Bans its Best Customer!
In a surprise move, Linden Lab has apparently banned the main account of its best customer, land baron Anshe Chung, after she tried to withdraw more than US$50,000 from one of her Linden accounts and dangled the idea of starting up her own virtual currency to compete with the Linden dollar. The Herald is even [...]
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