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Through the Summer Door
(Not Second Life) The second in an occasional series from RL sci-fi scribe Budka Groshomme, who has been sharing with the Herald his first impressions of Second Life. Becoming a resident of Second Life appears quite unlike entereing the traditional science-fictional cyberspace, a virtual world made real from nothing more than bits and bytes, where [...]
Full StoryGame Review: “Settlers of Second Life: Catan it colonize SL gaming?”
Pirate Cotton reviews the new Second Life strategy board-game ‘Settlers of Second Life’. Pirate is an opinionated SL blogger (http://www.tinypirate.com) with an interest in gaming and Second Life culture. He brings his considerable experience as co-builder of Dark Life – Second Life’s first MMORPG (recently featured front-page at secondlife.com) – and creator of the ‘Game [...]
Full StoryThis is Where the Magic Happens!
Picture of demonic creature haunting Linden Lab (pic stolen from Pirate Cotton’s site) Sorry we didn’t link to this sooner, but Pirate Cotton has some great pics from inside Linden Lab accessible from his website. They were taken when he was out there for the Game Dev Con. Go check them out! (great pics from [...]
Full StoryLindens Join W-Hats, Risk Self-Deletion
In a striking development, two employees of Linden Lab recently joined SL’s much-discussed W-Hat group, indicating that the roving band of refugees from Something Awful‘s forums may not, after all, be as dastardly as some have made out.
Full StoryAdvertisement: Second Life Boxing!
SecondLIFE Boxing is back, and it is better than ever! The only WWE-like boxing show in SL has resumed holding events every Friday (Friday Night Xtreme) and Saturday (Saturday Night Showdown) at 2pm Secondlife time. This friday (18th March) at 2pm Secondlife time, SecondLIFE Boxing will be showing a special Pay Per View event called [...]
Full StoryVirtual Journalists are the Mack Daddies of SXSW
These days Austin Texas is awash in indie film types, alternative musicians, and 1337 website designers — all here for the South By Southwest (SXSW) Con. But in this veritable ocean of media ho’s, who are the ho’s the the media wants a piece of? Well sure, old standby’s like Eli jah Wood and Al [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: “Bow, wanker” – Old Games Journalism Raises Its Fist
Fernando Martinez: “A real man needs more than one thing in life, you know what I’m saying here? The heart and the loins both on fire… groaning and straining and making hot dirty passionate encounters with the secretaries, while the wife she sleeps at home…” By Neal Stewart I’m clearly ‘a bit of a wanker’. [...]
Full StoryOff the Grid with Walker Spaight: A Bow to the New Games Journalism
The New Games Journalism takes a swipe at the ResistanceImage stolen from LucasArts Of course it’s the pot that calls the virtual kettle black. Or should I say, calls it “nigger”?
Full StoryOpening the Cupboard Door
The Herald is proud to introduce to its readers our newest freelance correspondent, Budka Groshomme, who here brings his experience as a RL writer of science fiction to bear on the not-quite-fictional world of Second Life. As a long-time reader and writer of fantastic fiction, I thought myself well prepared to step into the cupboard [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Are You “Normal,” or teh Clone?
by Kendra Charlton Every time I see a furry, punk, goth, vampire, elf or feted SL resident, I notice them right away. However, whenever I see a “normal” resident — one who doesn’t obviously belong to any of these cliques — I never take note of their presence.
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