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A SLOG Throught the Second Life Political Landscape
The tony and oh so FIC second life blog project known as SLOG, has an interesting piece by Aimee Weber that has caught the attention of residents ranging from Hammie Linden to the ubiquitous Prokofy Neva. It is a fine exercise, in our view, but we wonder if the Herald is correctly placed as endorsing [...]
Full StoryThe End of Civilization as we Know it?
AP Newswires and Forbes are reporting that Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto) has purchased Firaxis games (Civilization). The imagination goes wild.
Full StoryHerald Literary Suppository: Interview with Noam Chomsky on Mind, Representation, and Reality
Say what? An interview with Noam Chomsky? In the Herald? WTF??? Yes, dear readers, it’s true: for too long I have worried that the steady diet of griefer news, Linden screw-ups (known as “brownies” in the post-Katrina era) and nekkid avatars was turning all of you into drooling brain-dead pixel-zombies, seeking your daily dose of [...]
Full StoryGrand Theft Dreadnought: EVE Online Crimeplay Rolls On
A dreadnought in flight EVE Online‘s player pirates have struck again, this time in a case of Grand Theft Dreadnought, making off with one of the most formidable ships in the game in a heist that has alternately been called “brilliant,” “stupid” and, inevitably, a reprehensible “h4xploit” that should be disallowed by the game. But [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Lillika Leandros
The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Lillika Leandros! Lillika describes herself as “strong” and “mischevious,” enjoys trying new things that she comes across in SecondLIfe, and enjoys talking to people in every society within SL. Our thanks to Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky for photographing and submitting this [...]
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Pat the Rat undercover in Chinatown You didn’t hear it from Pat the Rat, dear readers (well, actually, you did), but word on the streets of Second Life is that the original virtual mobsters are coming to town. Having left The Sims Online and gone to the mattresses some time ago (the virtual matresses, that [...]
Full StoryDoomsday Book is Finished!!!
As uber-journalist Mark Wallace has reported on his blog, the Doomsday Book (Otherwise known as “Only a Game: Online Worlds and the Virtual Journalist who Knew too Much”) is complete — coming in at a hefty 118,819 words spread over 17 chapters, it is quite possibly the longest book on MMOs that ever has or [...]
Full StoryOpus 1000: The 20 Greatest Herald Stories?
I meant to post a top 10 list at the time of our 2nd Birthday, but it seems that post 1000 gives an excuse that is just as good. I found it impossible to narrow the list to 10, even getting down to 20 was difficult. I’d be interested in what others think should be [...]
Full StoryBook Review: Synthetic Worlds
Author Ted Castronova demonstrates approximate size of words used in his new book (photo by Cory Linden) Run, don’t walk, to Amazon.com (is that even possible?) and order your copy of Edward Castronova’s Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games today. For anyone interested in deeper thinking about MMOs than just whether the [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Elesha Aleixandre
The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Elesha Aleixandre! Elesha claims to be the shy type, but at the same time, seems to enjoy criticizing the Herald, asking why we don’t simply post the same girl week after week, since they all “look the same”. Our thanks to Heart [...]
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