Archive for 'Miscellaneous'

Sweatshop Discovered in Second Life Mieto Sim

Do not meddle in the affairs of Gnome Factory Owners, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Pictured: Owner Peter Guillaume. By Neal Stewart Mieto (Mature) (176, 6) — Second Life citizens have been shocked to discover that an illegal sweatshop has been operating for several weeks in the Mieto sim. The so-called ‘Gnome [...]

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Off the Grid with Walker Spaight: Showdown in Street City

The Second Life Herald is pleased to announce the debut of a new column by Herald Editorial Director and Raving Correspondent Walker Spaight: Off the Grid will appear on a strictly irregular basis, featuring news, thoughts and varied offerings culled from Walker’s wanderings. Enjoy. To slap an eye on Louise, who has stolen my heart, [...]

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Post Six Grrrl Xae Withnail

We at the Herald are happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Xae Withnail. Xae is a relatively new resident who says she loves clubbing and is even an escort at one of SecondLife’s many clubs. The Herald would like to take this opportunity to thank Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine [...]

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Tringo Star

Congratulations to SL resident Kermitt Quirk, inventor of Tringo, the game that’s swept Second Life over the last several months. After developing the game on his time off, Kermitt found Tringo becoming one of the grid’s most popular pastimes. Now it’s about to hit RL, as Kermitt has cut a licensing deal with SF’s Donnerwood [...]

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Bonnano vs. Bellini: Round 1

by Jackie Brown It seems a war is brewing between the Bonnano Family, ran by expert weapon maker Vincent Stravinsky and former Kingpin Mafia associate Carlo Platini, and the Bellini Family ran by Stacy Maracas. We got word of this war brewing and requested interviews on both sides of the fence. So far only the [...]

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Invisible Man, or teh Peeping Tom?

by Gina Fatale I was in between getting dressed the other day when I noticed on the mini-map a green dot beside me, yet I could not see this person. Next thing I know, I was being pushed around the room by this “invisible man.” Thinking on my feet, I asked for an interview for [...]

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SoP Time Capsules Opened, and…

NY Law’s Beth Noveck (swoon) interviews some gamedev that clearly needs a bathroom break. At State of Play 2, last October or whenever, a series of interviews were taped with the grand poobahs and pointy heads of gaming. These “video time capsules” were to allow future generations to marvel over the bleeding edge sophistication of [...]

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Controversial German Designer Returns From Her 8th Suspension – Interview 2/2

Athel Richelieu’s screen-shot of the now-erased compound, moments before he abuse-reported it. SS logo in foreground. by Neal Stewart In part two of our interview with controversial designer Katja Eisenberg, Katja responds to allegations that she is a Neo-Nazi and connoisseur of racist humour. She explains her true views on Adolf Hitler, George Bush, the [...]

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Post Six Grrrl Nim Liu

The Herald is happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Nim Liu. Nim is a long-time member of Second Life who recalls a time before most had even heard of it, making her not only beautiful but knowledgable of the world that we all play in. The Herald would like to take this [...]

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Nude Romp in SimCast

by Matthias Zander On a recent afternoon, the women of the group known as the “Kao’an Exiles” stripped bare and posed in the three sims that make up the SimCast island group. They began in SimCast, where they were fully-clothed (the picture up above). They then moved to Midgard, where they spent quite a while [...]

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