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Bash and Crash on Unreal:SL’s Opening Night
Bedazzle’s much-anticipated Unreal:SL kicked off its weekend-long opening festivities last night with a crowded dance party that had everyone in attendance kicking up their heels — so much so that the sim crashed before the party was much more than an hour old.
Full StoryThe Herald Profile: Anshe Chung, Part 2
by Walker Spaight You don’t need money to have fun in SL.–Anshe Chung On Monday, Anshe Chung described the origins of her real-estate empire to the Herald in Part 1 of our two-part Herald profile of Second Life’s best known “business girl.” We conclude the interview today with Anshe’s thoughts on the economy of the [...]
Full StoryThe Herald Profile: Anshe Chung
by Walker Spaight “When I was 18 I was chosen to hold Communist party speeches.”–Anshe Chung Whether you admire her, revile her, or simply scratch your head at all her “For Sale” signs, Anshe Chung is one of the most talked-about avatars in Second Life. Read the Part 1 of the SL Herald’s two-part profile [...]
Full StoryOp-Ed: When the Game Goes Too Far
by the Teflon Don A recent incident in which three Louisiana high-school students were arrested for something called “cyber-bullying” should put the fear in some MMOG residents, as it now appears that what some groups do in-world can be considered a felony.
Full StoryOp-Ed: Greenspanning the Grid
by Walker Spaight Hamlet Linden had the first of a two-part interview (or, more than one part, anyway) with Philip Linden yesterday on the recent economic changes in Second Life that’s certainly worth reading — though we find there’s not much new there that hasn’t already appeared on the forums and in meetings with Robin [...]
Full StoryMeet the W-Hats: swastikas, minors, obscenity, and griefing
Screenshot of the W-Hat property. Swastika since removed by Nova Linden. The W-Hats have been in the news of late, but who or w-hat are they exactly? In this interview we talk to their long time Baku neighbor One Song, who fills in the picture for us, and it isn’t pretty: despite several bannings, the [...]
Full StoryAD: GinkoTec Financial, A Second Life Savings Bank
*** ADVERTISEMENT ***GinkoTec Financial would like to invite all Second Life citizens tocome to our bank headquarters in Arena (168, 112). We already takedeposits for savings accounts, paying a great 1% a week interest. Talkto the manager (Nicholas Portocarrero) to see if you qualify for apersonal loan, or to just ask questions, and click our [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Business Girl vs. Griefer Kin
by A Concerned Reader Like her or dislike her, Anshe Chung is one of the richest and most famous (or infamous) people in Second Life. So when she posted in the SL forums complaining about the actions of her W-Hat neighbors in Baku where she had just bought land, there were some predictable jeers, but [...]
Full StoryThe Human Face of Economic Change
Orhalla Zander: victim of recent economic changesphoto by Herald Paparazza Miravoir Psaltry Miravoir Psaltry ran across this poor victim of the recent economic upheavals in Second Life. The plight of Orhalla Zander reminds us that while the Linden Lab game devs sup on caviar and toast points in the Company Cafeteria, not everyone is so [...]
Full StorySL Residents Riot Over Proposed Stipend Cuts
Actually, it was more of a loud kvetchy protest, but if the incident in A Tale in the Dessert counts as a riot, then this does too, and then some. Yesterday, at least six protest events were held by my count, and a town meeting with Robin Linden had to be moved to a larger [...]
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