Archive for 'Miscellaneous'

Say it ain’t so, Torley

Looks like our friend Torley Torgelson has punched out of SL, at least for the forseeable future. As dedicated Herald readers will recall, Torley figured in our august pages on several occasions, including here and in the vastly less prestigious but still notable New World Notes here. Not sure if anyone keeps stats on comings [...]

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Write for the Second Life Herald! – Please!

The Second Life Herald needs writers! With the fast pace of news developing on the Grid, Second Life’s most widely read news source is looking to expand its coverage by hiring one or two reporters and a number of freelancers (and possibly an editor) to cover in-world events, economics, sights, sounds and even scandals. If [...]

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From the Forums Banned

Newsflash! Our sources tell us that the ever-controversial Prokofy Neva has received notification from Linden Lab that he and his alts will no longer be able to post to the Second Life forums. No 72-hour ban here, the Prok has been perma-gagged, at least as far as the forums are concerned.

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Post Six Grrrl Kitty Zamboni

We at the Herald are happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Kitty Zamboni! Kitty is a not only a lovely model for talented photographers, but she is also a DJ and dancer who can be seen and heard in SecondLife. Thanks to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine for these wonderful [...]

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One Life is Not Enough

by Budka GroshommeThe brains behind Linden Lab? See below. Three months ago somebody whispered “Ever tried Second Life?” When I hesitated he added, with a knowing smirk, “Come on, the first week’s free.” Since then I’ve become a regular, but I’m not particularly worried about it. I’ll make certain that it doesn’t start controlling my [...]

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Revenge of the FIBB, or a Promise Fulfilled?

by Walker Spaight A Linden-sponsored public meeting will be held this afternoon at 3pm game-time to discuss “how to resolve transactional disputes in a fair manner as well as the possibility of an in-world ‘Better Business Bureau’.” But more than one major SL landowner is concerned that the purported FIC may hijack any such body, [...]

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The Miraculous Lifting of the Lag

by Budka Groshomme, Science Fiction Desk editor In an incoherent string of broken IMs, Thaddius Tinkle reported to the Herald Science Fiction desk this week that, as she was meditating at the Immaculate Heart Church in Maude, she thought that she had a vision. “There he was, up against the back wall. Sure as I’m [...]

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Someone’s Been Reading the Herald

Now you too can rake the muck! ValuSoft, publishers of such classic games as Tempest Tetris, Fire Tetris, and Stratosphere Tetris (and you thought Tringo was fun), is bringing out the first title from Black Lantern Studios, a game called Tabloid Tycoon, that lets you “report rumors . . . or create them!” as the [...]

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Post Six Grrrl – Cheryl Mysterio

The Herald is pleased to present this week’s Post Six Grrrl – Cheryl Mysterio. Cheryl is an officer in security groups for Club Pharoah and Club Fusion. A big thank you goes out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine (available at Semang (208, 170)), who is responsible for these pictures and all of [...]

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Heard on the Hardware

Heard at a Slingo game, May 16:Resident #1: Now you HAVE to tell us how old you are!Resident #2: No! You’ll crash the sim! Heard at the same game, same day: Resident #3: I swear, I can give up Slingo anytime!Resident #4: Yeah yeah, we all can LMAO!

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