Archive for 'Games Journalism and the Virtual Press'

New SL Post 6 Grrrl Photographer Announced

Additional staff photographer position remains open by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald Editrix I am sad to report that Bunny Brickworks has taken an indefinite leave from the Herald Post 6 Grrrl photographer position due to real life commitments. While Bunny has promised to contribute to the Herald occasionally, we agreed that – at least for now [...]

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Alphaville Herald Acquires Second Life Herald

by Idoru Wellman, staff writer As part of a corporate restructuring, the Second Life Herald has been acquired by the Alphaville Herald. Current Herald staff will retain their positions, and the company plans to add staff as the editorial focus of the paper is broadened to include significantly more coverage of worlds and communities beyond [...]

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Shock from Prok! Is Pixeleen Mistral the Inventor of the Interwebs?

McCahill admits self-identity by Idoru Wellman (Herald Bureau of Personal Identity) For three years now the most pressing question facing denizens of the interwebs has been the real life identity of Herald editrix Pixeleen Mistral. Is she, as Mark Wallace once surmised, actually one of Prokofy Neva’s spare personalities? Is she, as others opine, the [...]

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Evan Reuters Says “Linden Can’t Be Trusted With Your Credit Card” ?

Please cancel the “Reuters” surname. It’s not worth the hassle by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Reuters names no longer worth $500 USD? Reuters may no longer be reporting from Second Life, but Linden Lab does not seem willing to let go of one Reuters staff member’s billing information, and is now enhancing Evan Maloney’s [...]

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Reuters is Dead: Eulogy Given

by Sigmund Leominster There is a world of difference between the real world press and the Second Life press. Forgetting this can be fatal, as is evidenced by the recent departure of two journalistic organs, the Avastar and Reuters Second Life. The Herald reported the arrival of Reuters back in October 2006 and its departure [...]

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Are World of Warcraft Players Better Lovers?

CNN, ABC, AP, TimeOnline cover important news of the metaverseBrave survivor of failed SL/RL marriage moves on, now dating WoW playerby Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk CNN reports that 28 year old Amy Taylor caught her real life husband, 40 year old David Pollard engaged in cybersex with a virtual prostitute – part of a [...]

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CNN’s SL iReport Hub Vanishes!!!

Experts blame alien abductions for site’s destruction by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Metaverse experts dismissed the possibility that Second Life is a hostile environment for mainstream marketing efforts and media outlets, pointing out that alien abduction is the most likely explanation for the disappearance of CNN’s in-world “iReport Hub”. CNN iReports Hub Nuked! Almost [...]

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The BILD’s AvaStar: Game Over

Reliable ally of Linden Lab stops publication by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The BILD’s bold adventure in virtual world journalism ended two weeks ago when The AvaStar met the same fate as that of Reuters Second Life, and stopped publication. The AvaTard also announced it expects to take down the The-AvaStar.com and AvaStar.de web [...]

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Celebrate 5 Years of the Herald!

Metaverse to be fairly unbalanced October 26, 2008 by Idoru Wellman, staff writer You still love it, hate it, and wrap your virtual fish in it — there’s just no avoiding the Second Life Herald. Is it any surprise that once again, the SLebrity event of the season is the Herald birthday celebration? As is [...]

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Lab Promotes Reuters Abandoned SL Offices as Hot Spot

Nothing more interesting in Second Life than dead corporate islands by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk no room to showcase residents’ work — Reuters ghost town is featured Linden Lab apparently feels its business interests are best served by highlighting the abandoned “Thomson Reuters” virtual news island as a “Hot Spot” — despite nearly non-existent [...]

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