Archive for 'Virtual Products, Services and Reviews'

Shape up!

When I’m in game, people often ask me how I am able to keep my avatar in peak form, and whether my RL free weight ripped and pilates tuned body contributes to my outgoing and frankly irresistable virtual personality. The answer, of course, is yes. A healthy real life contributes to a healthy virtual life, [...]

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The Messenger’s Message: There’s A New Newspaper in Second Life

No, the Herald hasn’t gone to a broadsheet format. The picture above is cropped from the positively newspaper-sized new entrant into Second Life’s fourth estate, the Metaverse Messenger, which launched today. A weekly that will start at six pages, the Messenger is the brainchild of Katt Kongo , an SL avatar with RL journalism experience [...]

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Fashion Show Review: Zelinna Zacques

by Chipsen Queso This evening, I attended the innaugural fashion show of the Bella Donna models group of the island of Mirage. This show was advertised as having 20 new wedding designs by the marvelous designer Zelinna Jacques, who is known for her wonderful prim dresses. Though the show faced many problems, the presentation was [...]

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New SL Machinima

The long awaited machinima video/trailer, Gone in 60FPS is out, thanks to the hard work of Natural Selection Studios. The video, which is a must see, can be found on the studio homepage at www.NaturalSelectionStudios.com . High Quality Download is here. Lower Quality Download is here. We were happy to see our old friend Yadni [...]

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Skin Review: Logan Bauer

The Herald has decided to take a bit of a break from the five skin reviews originally planned as our first five to review a couple of other skin makers first, some well-known, some not, and some known better for other things altogether. Today, I’m reviewing a male skin by Logan Bauer. Logan made his [...]

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Skin Review: Kathmandu Gilman

by Chipsen Queso Continuing with the Herald’s series of skin reviews, I recently purchased Kathmandu Gillman’s white tiger skin, along with female accessories, in order to review it. I am not a furry, and have never desired to be a furry, but Kathmandu is well-known for his realistic furry skins, one of the ones I [...]

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Skin Review: CherryBomb Hare

by Matthias Zander Continuing with the Herald’s review of skins, beginning with the five creators previously featured in the Herald, I’m happy to bring you a review today of a skin by CherryBomb Hare! The specific skin reviewed today is her dark male skin with the enhanced abdominal features for males (yes, that means male [...]

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Fashion Show Review: Retro Girl

by Chipsen Queso Tonight, I attended a “fashion show” at a new place called the “cyldane restaurant.” Calling this a fashion show is a complete and total affront to the fashion industry in SecondLife. This wasn’t a fashion show – this was having 6 outfits walk around a square without posing. The entire thing lasted [...]

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Skin Review: Hybrid by Santana Lumiere

by Chipsen Queso Late last year, a former writer for the Herald interviewed five of SecondLife’s top skin creators in order to get their view of things. As a bit of a follow-up, we at the Herald’s fashion department (being the skin-o-holics that we are) have decided to do a weekly skin review, beginning with [...]

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Equities Exchange Opens for Business in Second Life

First IPO is successful. Today the Cyberland Equities Exchange opened for business, with an initial public offering of Cyberland — an in game land investment company. It is unclear at this point whether additional SL corporations will be allowed to join the exchange (the FAQ says no, but the discussion with Shaun Altman on the [...]

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