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Feature-Length SL Documentary slated for October release
by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk. “We aren’t doing this to show what Second Life ‘plays’ like, we are here to make a documentary about what people do in it”, said Anders Ogre when I spoke with him recently. Mr. Ogre is a filmmaker creating a feature-length documentary about Second Life due to be [...]
Full StoryTaking a Chance on Chance Takashi
A special profile to benefit the American Cancer Society, by Walker Spaight Chance Takashi “This is The Observatory, my first big build in SL,” Chance Takashi tells me when I meet her in the Caledon Highlands. “Or anywhere, really.” It’s an interesting addendum: the metaverse, for Chance, is broad enough that a “build” could exist [...]
Full StoryThe Six-Fingered Hand – An Interview With Artist DanCoyote Antonelli
by Fiend Ludwig (with photos by DanCoyote Antonelli) “Do you want a table and chair?” he asked me. It was earlier in the year and DanCoyote (DC) Antonelli was preparing the first showing of his art in Second Life, part of Rubaiyat Shatner’s “The Real” at the Ars Virtua New Media Centre, in the Dowden [...]
Full StorySLStats: Is Big Brother Watch-ing?
by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk SNOOPYbrown’s closest friends: Nobody yet. Only people that you have hung out with for at least an hour are considered your friends.– SLStats.com SLStats.com reveals that SNOOPYbrown has no friends *sniff* Poor, poor SNOOPYbrown Zamboni. Here it is August 1, 2006 and SLStats.com doesn’t think he has any [...]
Full StoryGetting Some Tail at the Furry Rent Party
by Daftcoho Callisto It was an entertaining scene, a couple of Saturdays back, when the massive FurNation sim held its “Tail Sale.” Not unlike “dream date” auction fundraisers, the Tail Sale was an opportunity to buy a Furry for services or company, and all of the proceeds went to keep the FurNation sim alive. All [...]
Full StoryCrime Beat: Murder in Blumfield
by J.L. Prudhomme (Special to the Herald) Residents of the Blumfield sim were awakened early last Tuesday morning (EST), the Fourth of July, to the horrific sight of a bloody corpse lying on a vacant lot in their fair neighborhood. The mangled body of Ms. Ava Arrow was found supine on the Linden-grown grass of [...]
Full StoryWoW SL is the New Golf
Golf has come to Second Life, thanks to the ministrations of talented scripter Kanker Greenacre, and the nice new golf club opened by a pair of residents in the Hollywood sim. Designed and scripted by Kanker, who also built the groundbreaking sailboats raced by the Second Life Sailing Federation, floG!, as the game is known, [...]
Full StorySend Philip Your Pants c/o SecondCast
The SecondCast crew roped in Philip Linden for an interview again last week, and the results are now posted for your listening pleasure. Philip talks about a very cool new golf game in Second Life, LL’s new registration policies, the No Fear policy of Linden Lab as regards lawsuits, and his need for a new [...]
Full StoryPartying With American Apparel — And Recovering From the Hangover
by Dow Jonas Four historic events occurred on a recent Sunday in Second Life: 1. Aimee Weber and Barnesworth Anubis appeared in their underwear in public.2. Philip Linden changed his t-shirt.3. Pictures of RL women in various stages of orgasm were posted around a huge, exciting build on a private island.4. A RL store opened [...]
Full StoryHappy Birthday SL: Snapzilla Closes in Protest!
Happy Birthday, Second Life! Although it’s not such a happy birthday present that Snapzilla is offering up to Linden Lab today. Everyone’s favorite SL photo-sharing site has closed its doors for the day today in protest of Linden Lab’s new all-ages policy: To coincide with the third anniversary of Second Life’s launch on June 23rd, [...]
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