The Alphaville Herald

Sex and the Second Life City: A Dead End

Reporter captured, humiliated — urban roleplay sim coverage continues
by Millennium Sands
It is night when the bus with our reporter comes to a halt. Stepping out on the street, she smells the stink of diesel fumes, stale cigarette smoke, and something else even less pleasant. As the bus pulls away, she realizes that she got off [...]

Sex and the Second Life City — Urban Roleplay Sims

Chapter One – The Crack Den
by Millennium Sands
[The dark alleys and derelict buildings of Second Life’s urban sims form a gritty stage set  where residents risk their lives in roleplay that might shock even a jaded Gorean slavemaster. The Herald recently send Millennium Sands on a dangerous assignment - to shed light on the dark [...]

SLHA Hockey League Renamed – Forms Alliance With Second Life Cable Network

Second Life Hockey Association Is Now Global Online Hockey Association
by Alessandra Narayan
Do you love hockey? Do you want to cross check other avatars into the boards here in Second Life? If so, you should visit Jack Belvedere’s sim and give it a try. You might end up absolutely in love – like so many [...]

Wrestling in SL

Real girl catfights, theatre, and eroticism
by aurel Miles
There’s going to be a showdown
Sports is one aspect of SL that has always baffled me. Writing about sex in Flatland, one is always mindful of the old cliché that the largest sex organ is between the ears. In my 18 months here in Flatland I have seen [...]

Leveling Up In The Game of Second Life

Is Plexus Linden hoping for a new griefing flava while protecting SL residents from those who would do them harm?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
“SL combat groups fight each other in their bases…who does that? I want to design a combat system that will work in non-combat areas – real armies and groups fight in [...]

NASA Wants An MMO – For Free!

RFP asks developers to create a game for fun
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
Friday, NASA released an RFP seeking a partner to help create a massively multiplayer online game to help teach science and engineering. The project has been seen as an exciting opportunity since it was initially announced in 2007 – a promised $3 [...]

New Game – Sentinel 2.0

by Onder Skall
I’ve received an urgent transmission and need your help! Beware the pink pony-tailed menace!
BEGIN TRANSMISSION 1 (07.31.07). S.O.S. – S.O.S. – IBMCODESTATION is breached. Infiltrator appears to be horrible pink beastwith devastating pony-tails. Our defender, SENTINEL, is defeated –broken in four and scattered across Second Life. [See attached movie.]You are our last hope. [...]

The Idiot Investigates: SLingo Ageplay Scandal in Second Life?

by Jimbo Quality
Master of disguises Jimbo Quality
[As part of his Travels With the Idiot series, we sent Herald investigative reporter Jimbo Quality to look into reports of ageplay-related transgressions in the SLingo community. Judge for yourself whether we got our money's worth.--Walker Spaight]
For me, the hardest part of being a big time reporter is staying [...]

Goons’ Ban Game – SL Relay for Life Fund Raising

Public invited to purchase words that may not be spoken – for charity0h d4mn 1t 1 h4t3 l33t sp34k
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
careful what you say
Some of those that frequent Baku sim or hang with the W-Hat goons are known for a willingness to push the limits of community tolerance up to – and [...]

Russian Roulette

by Onder Skall, courtesy of Second Life Games

After several hours we realize that there is just no way to kill each other here. My hatred for that bastard Rudy is as strong as his for me, but hatred alone won’t settle this. We quit blasting each other with useless push guns and look for a [...]