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Drama: Online Advertising Cat Fight to the Death
by Urizenus Sklar, from the Failed Monetizing Strategy Watch Desk Joseph Jaffe and the Crayonistas have departed from Second Life, which is too bad because I would love to have them weigh in on this cat fight. Seems Eric Clemens of the Wharton School had the temerity to suggest that the online advertising business model [...]
Full StoryADV: Sensuous Avatar Photograhy by Tali Rosca
I'm pleased to announce that I’m exhibiting a small range of in-world avatar photography. The idea of the pictures has been to make artistic nudes in much the same way you’d do in RL, yet at the same time meeting SL on its own terms, creating pictures which look like they belong in SL rather [...]
Full StoryBlizzard’s War Against Addon Makers
You can make our game better, but you can't make money for doing so! by Dr. Legion, staff reporter Last week Blizzard made an announcement that has been causing a buzz in the usually politically comatose World of Warcraft community. WOW players are probably familiar with addons such as for Zygor Guides, Carbonite and QuestHelper, [...]
Full StoryWill the Confusion Never End?
SL Fanboiz confooz cashing out with earnings! by Urizenus Sklar, just off the the phone with Tim Geithner, and TARP money or not, Herald staffers are not giving up their phat bonuses! In a recent post on New World Notes, Hamlet Au attempts to recharge the Second Life hype cycle by headlining the news that [...]
Full StoryMMO Project Entropia to Get Banking License
Real life banking license for spacebux? by Idoru Wellman, staff writer Project Entropia has long been known as a hype machine rivaled only by Second Life, and it has also been known as a de facto online virtual casino. Now, according to Ars Technica, it is applying for a banking license – as in a [...]
Full StoryADV: Broken Angels Gallery features Bunny Brickworks Art
Rage N Revenge, Desire N Despair The exhibition The currentexhibition of pictures made by Bunny Brickworks focuses on the series'Rage N Revenge' and 'Desire N Despair'. Both series were produced inDirt Town, a setting that was built on the former Night Flower sim – anartists' collective and gallery and a playground for some of SL's mosttalented [...]
Full StoryMetaplace Now Coins Spacebux
Jump starting a virtual world economy by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk While real world economists attempt to unfreeze the global financial system with fiscal stimulus plans, handouts to the needy, and anything else that might stimulate demand, the game gods of Metaplace are in the process of stimulating their own virtual economy – and [...]
Full StoryADV: Exotic Dancer Competition – SL Cultural Event of the Season
Ho Show F'sho — Jumpman Lane's Slut Magazine Strip Off Invitational What is it?: Simply put a stripper contest 30,000 L$ in prizes 1st place 15,000L$2nd place 7,500 L$ 3rd place 4500L$honorable mention 3000L$ Date: Friday March 20 Time: 2 pm slt Local: Greek Archon Theater, Cookie (23, 31, 21)Sim Host: Thinkerer Melville Celebrity Judges:Pixeleen [...]
Full StoryADV: “World of Skin” – Jenn Villota’s New Art Show
CENSORED Advertisement placed below the fold. (NSFW at all – again!!) See it at Miso Horny studios – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Devils%20Pocket/159/54/34
Full StoryWeeWorld WeeMee Wears Justin Timberlake’s Wardrobe
by Sigmund Leominster In my last excursion into the world of adolescents and ‘tweens, I became a new avatar, Pixeleen, and let loose my inner Barbie at the Barbie Girls™ virtual world. My latest trip was as a not-so-undercover reporter into WeeWorld, a virtual chat room populated by thousands of two-dimensional characters called WeeMees. Sigmund [...]
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