Archive for 'Media'

Browser Based 3D Worlds: Are the Pieces Finally Falling in Place?

by Urizenus Sklar, Contributing Editor Raph Koster is expressing a kind of jaded been-there-done-that-saw-it-coming attitude about what he is seeing at the Game Developers Conference this year, and I’m not surprised. One year you are the crazy nut describing the future to an audience of twelve other nuts, and the next year the room is [...]

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Will the Confusion Never End?

SL Fanboiz confooz cashing out with earnings! by Urizenus Sklar, just off the the phone with Tim Geithner, and TARP money or not, Herald staffers are not giving up their phat bonuses! In a recent post on New World Notes, Hamlet Au attempts to recharge the Second Life hype cycle by headlining the news that [...]

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Uri Gets All Sparkly

3D on iPhone3G — Genkii asks "Where the angels investors at?" by Urizenus Sklar, from the 30,000 iPhone apps and counting desk. So there I was, reading TechCrunch on the Herald yacht, when I saw that there is a new iPhone app named Sparkle that will let me chat with my Second Life friends without [...]

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SHOCK! Spamhaus Blacklists Linden Lab – E-mail Reputation Ruined!!!

Real Life heartbreak: metaverse postcards blocked, love letters lost by Tenshi Vielle Are you wondering why you haven't been able to send in-world to email postcards recently? The answer could be that Linden Lab's mail servers have been added to the Spamhaus real-time black list – a move that flags e-mail from Linden Lab and [...]

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Oh Noooooooes! News delivery in video games.

Kathleen Parker illustrates why traditional media is Fail. by Urizenus Sklar, at the This is So Stupid I Had to Come out of Retirement Desk In today’s Washington Post there is a monumentally inept essay by Kathleen Parker that both bemoans the death of the print newspaper and aptly illustrates precisely why it is dying, [...]

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SLHA Hockey League Renamed – Forms Alliance With Second Life Cable Network

Second Life Hockey Association Is Now Global Online Hockey Association by Alessandra Narayan Do you love hockey? Do you want to cross check other avatars into the boards here in Second Life? If so, you should visit Jack Belvedere’s sim and give it a try. You might end up absolutely in love – like so [...]

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The History of OWK in SL — Part I

A personal account of a Second Life FemDom communityby Barbie Starr, SL and RL Dominatrix [This story is a collaboration of those who worked hard at OWK in SL and kept at it through thick and thin. FemDom in Second Life is a growing part of the BDSM community. FemDom stands for Female Domination. Female [...]

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GoDaddy.com Whacks NicholasMafia.com Website!!!

Abuse reports lead to Nicholas Mafia website suspension by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Ego and pride are an essential parts of the SL mafia lifestyle – and rival gangs are quick to take credit for any misfortune that might befall their enemies. This could explain why an “associate” of the Nicholas mafia was eager [...]

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New SL Post 6 Grrrl Photographer Announced

Additional staff photographer position remains open by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald Editrix I am sad to report that Bunny Brickworks has taken an indefinite leave from the Herald Post 6 Grrrl photographer position due to real life commitments. While Bunny has promised to contribute to the Herald occasionally, we agreed that – at least for now [...]

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Open Life Users Banned from Second Life?

Running outlawed clients could end in tears by Miley Stewart, Open Life correspondent According to numerous reports, users of the OpenSim-basedOpen Life are receiving IP-bans from Second Life. Multiple residents havereportedly been unable to access Second Life after joining Open Life. Thereason for such bans is currently unknown, as Linden Lab could not be reachedfor [...]

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