Archive for 'Media'

The MegaPrim Spite Fence of Bear Sim

Why is LL powerless to remove “friendly greetings” left by Torley Linden’s wife Ravenelle? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Linden wife and contractor Ravenelle’s megaprim wall blocks the Bear InfoHub view of one resident’s business When you teleport to the Bear sim InfoHub, you won’t see Lias Leandros’s business – it is hidden behind [...]

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Under the Pixel Sun

by Kris Dibou In the virtual life you’ve ledYou’re neither living, nor are deadYou’ve met them all but met no oneDrifting under the pixel sun. And as you tire of this placeThe sun that doesn’t burn your faceThe water that won’t make you wetThe death that never will be met The wind that cannot touch [...]

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Google’s Lively is Dead – Requiem to be Announced Soon

Internet ad agency discontinues virtual robot closet sex platform to focus on core business, spend more time with family by By Sigmund Leominster Reports of Lively’s death turn out not to have been exaggerated after all. After the fanfare, hoop-la, bell and whistles of the Second Life killer’s opening, Google have just announced that Lively [...]

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Are World of Warcraft Players Better Lovers?

CNN, ABC, AP, TimeOnline cover important news of the metaverseBrave survivor of failed SL/RL marriage moves on, now dating WoW playerby Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk CNN reports that 28 year old Amy Taylor caught her real life husband, 40 year old David Pollard engaged in cybersex with a virtual prostitute – part of a [...]

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Dean’s Vegas Club: Cher Celebration

Cher – Believe! by Lavinia Carver Dean’s Vegas Club – what a Cher celebration it was! First of all, there was a pretty good turnout, but of course, I came fairly late in the day. There may have been a bigger crowd earlier – you might expect that from a Cher crowd. What I do [...]

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CNN’s SL iReport Hub Vanishes!!!

Experts blame alien abductions for site’s destruction by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Metaverse experts dismissed the possibility that Second Life is a hostile environment for mainstream marketing efforts and media outlets, pointing out that alien abduction is the most likely explanation for the disappearance of CNN’s in-world “iReport Hub”. CNN iReports Hub Nuked! Almost [...]

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So Dark the Con of Jack

By Kris Dibou So dark the con of jackDaggers digging in my backUnder cloak of negotiationLies the lies, premeditation Change the name keep the pricePacify us into miceOh the destruction being wrought!The lack of humanity in thought As the societies passed beforeOur death waits at Linden’s doorsFor profit commits genocideAnd the seas disappear on the [...]

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The BILD’s AvaStar: Game Over

Reliable ally of Linden Lab stops publication by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The BILD’s bold adventure in virtual world journalism ended two weeks ago when The AvaStar met the same fate as that of Reuters Second Life, and stopped publication. The AvaTard also announced it expects to take down the The-AvaStar.com and AvaStar.de web [...]

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SL Military Yiff ‘N Tell

“At least you weren’t recording this or anything” by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk & Vegna Fouroux, military correspondent Christoph Naumova – leader of the Vanguard Militia – has been frantically denying he was involved in a fur phone sex seduction posted to YouTube last week. At stake is Mr. Naumova’s reputation and leadership authority, [...]

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Celebrate 5 Years of the Herald!

Metaverse to be fairly unbalanced October 26, 2008 by Idoru Wellman, staff writer You still love it, hate it, and wrap your virtual fish in it — there’s just no avoiding the Second Life Herald. Is it any surprise that once again, the SLebrity event of the season is the Herald birthday celebration? As is [...]

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