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Putting the Pr0n in Second Life
by Walker Spaight As the lights went down, a hush fell over the crowd… Complete with obligatory poolside scene, RaAusar Powers’s Apollo Theater in Grizedale brought Second Life its first taste of streaming pornography this evening, with a screening of Sophie II: Anal Action before an audience of fifteen eager avatars. WARNING: Adult content follows. [...]
Full StoryMagellan Misses the Boat to Ansheland
by Walker Spaight Ansheland resident Iron Perth after a recent desert journey Though he was the first avatar to set whisky-stained sneaker on the moth-eaten continent to the north of the main Grid, intrepid explorer Magellan Linden seems to have missed the boat to a new sub-continent that sprang up earlier this week southwest of [...]
Full StoryTricking Out Virtual Rides: SL Gets its First Aftermarket Performance Shop!
Yeah, you bought your pixilated Audi TT, or maybe you got that sweet Primouth Fury, but you want more than the factory engine that came with it. Thank gopod SL finally has an aftermarket performance shop where you can soup up your engines with some nitrous and other essentials. In this interview Rizzo Ramona introduces [...]
Full StoryFashion Review: Asri Falcone
by Chipsen Queso It’s my pleasure to introduce to you a new fashion writer for the Herald, Chipsen Queso! Chipsen will be doing reviews of clothing lines and fashion shows for us. If you have any clothing you wish for her to review for publication in the Herald, feel free to drop her a folder [...]
Full StoryGame Review: “Settlers of Second Life: Catan it colonize SL gaming?”
Pirate Cotton reviews the new Second Life strategy board-game ‘Settlers of Second Life’. Pirate is an opinionated SL blogger (http://www.tinypirate.com) with an interest in gaming and Second Life culture. He brings his considerable experience as co-builder of Dark Life – Second Life’s first MMORPG (recently featured front-page at secondlife.com) – and creator of the ‘Game [...]
Full StoryTringo Star
Congratulations to SL resident Kermitt Quirk, inventor of Tringo, the game that’s swept Second Life over the last several months. After developing the game on his time off, Kermitt found Tringo becoming one of the grid’s most popular pastimes. Now it’s about to hit RL, as Kermitt has cut a licensing deal with SF’s Donnerwood [...]
Full StoryGame Reviews: #1 Living the Dark Life
by Koden Farber For those who love role playing games but are so addicted to Second Life they can’t log off to play something else, several in-game games may be the solution. In this report, I begin a series of reviews of in world games. This week we dive into Dark Life. In subsequent reviews [...]
Full Story“It”s Not Illegal Yet!” — Opening the Sports Book in SL
by Walker Spaight As the rash of Tringo parlors makes clear, gambling is a not unpopular activity in Second Life. Now, just in time for March Madness, a full sports book is coming to SL that will allow residents to indulge their taste for wagering on RL sports like NCAA basketball, Major League Baseball, and [...]
Full StoryBash 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.
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