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I’M HAVING AN ALIEN BABY IN SL!
From the reaches of the Herald’s Science Fiction Desk, presided over by Budka Grosshomme, comes a cautionary tale of avatars, attachments, and what can happen when the firewall breaks. In an amazing revelation, Zzyzzk Threadmore announced that she suddenly found her avatar pregnant when she logged on last week. “At first I thought it was [...]
Full StoryInterview with “Hangin On” Producer Icon Serpentine
By Cienna Samiam With the advent of 1.6, streaming video is now a reality in Second Life. Theaters and mini-screens are rapidly becoming common across the grid, and everything from movies to animated shorts to comedy and more are finding their way into our virtual living rooms. Amongst the trickling stream of new media, there [...]
Full StoryMagellan Misses the Boat to Ansheland
by Walker Spaight Ansheland resident Iron Perth after a recent desert journey Though he was the first avatar to set whisky-stained sneaker on the moth-eaten continent to the north of the main Grid, intrepid explorer Magellan Linden seems to have missed the boat to a new sub-continent that sprang up earlier this week southwest of [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl – Mikayla Gillespie
The Herald is pleased to present this week’s Post Six Grrrl – Mikayla Gillespie. Mikayla is co-owner of a mysterious island (“Talese”) coming soon to SL, and also co-owner of the art galleries in Whitlock. A big thank you goes out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine (available at Semang (208, 170)), who [...]
Full StoryBow Padre: Uri Remembers Pope JP2
by Urizenus I was on the Herald yacht in Gulf of Mexico, fishing with Tom Delay, when the call came. I knew it was coming, but I was expecting the call to come from Condi. It was Ambassador Grudzinski. “Czesc, Uri. Karol’s gone.” I had Sven turn the yacht towards port, called Brad and had [...]
Full StoryBedazzled and Stark Bollock Naked
The Herald staff aren’t always as quick off the mark as we’d like to be. When a forum thread on the Bedazzle Nude pics got underway, our editorial board were passed out underneath a poker table following a drunken brawl over the six aces Uri had found in his shirt-sleeve.
Full StoryWhich Came First: the Creativity or the Creator?
by Budka Groshomme Wander at random through Second Life and creativity seems to spring from every corner. Everyone, it seems, is building something. It might be trivial, ugly, overstated, ornate, minimalist, inconsequential, heroic, or offensive but, by God, they are building it! The creative variety is overwhelming. If you doubt this, take a look at [...]
Full StoryWanking on about NGJ in The NYT
Forever playing catch-up to Second Life Herald, the New York Times today ran an article on New Games Journalism, days after readers of the Herald got the skinny from Neal Stewart and Walker Spaight. By gum, the author of the NYT piece — Mark Wallace — sure sounds a lot like our Walker Spaight. He [...]
Full StorySneak-Peak at Second Life’s Future Rendering Engine – ’2.0′
This snapshot of Second Life’s unreleased 2.0 Rendering Engine was leaked to the Herald Ben Linden yesterday posted to the SL Forums 9 screenshots showing the current progress of Second Life’s future rendering engine. These screenshots had been scattered and hidden throughout the grid as part of a sadistic treasure-hunt but were quickly recovered by [...]
Full StoryFashion Review: Asri Falcone
by Chipsen Queso It’s my pleasure to introduce to you a new fashion writer for the Herald, Chipsen Queso! Chipsen will be doing reviews of clothing lines and fashion shows for us. If you have any clothing you wish for her to review for publication in the Herald, feel free to drop her a folder [...]
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