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3 Sims That Will Make You Want To Return to Second Life!
by Cayce Urriah, Mandalorian Reporter Hoi Herald readers! It’s been some time, but with the total concurancy of SL dropping, it’s time for your favorite helmeted journalist to step in and show off some of the best sims in Second Life again. Even as griefers pummel the grid, even as Redzone revivalists plot to gain [...]
Full StoryzFire Xue and Redzone Collide with Banhammer
Tuesday evening Soft Linden ventured in-world to delete zFire Xue’s merchandise after banning Mr. Xue from Second Life. Word spread quickly and a crowd of zf Redzone critics gathered at the empty Mad Sci City Shopping Mall to witness the historic event. When I visited, the sim had reached its capacity – 40 avatars slowly [...]
Full StoryzFire Xue Slams Redzone Enemies
Threatens critics with animal control – hopes for security system to delete accounts Controversial zf Redzone developer zFire Xue told me he believes that Linden Lab has failed to provide Second Life players with an adequate security system, saying "DMCAs take too long, stolen objects are passed off to alts, Linden Labs does nothing to [...]
Full StoryThe Hand What Taketh
by Pappy Enoch, Philanthropist My enormus fan klub at the Herald will know that I gits me a heap o’ mail thru them-there Internet-tubes. I done writ about this befo’ but I reckon it are too good to omit when it happens again. In fact, I done got this-hear same letter a year ago from [...]
Full StoryzFire Xue Interview: RedZone is not Spyware
RedZone protects users from 77283 people they have banned plus their alts The zF RedZone security scanner scandal continues to churn, creating what seems to be a nearly unstoppable epic thread in the SL Universe forums which has grown to over 320 pages (8100 posts) as of this writing. At the heart of the controversy [...]
Full StoryDo the Prokonova – SL’s Next Dance Craze?
Chantal Harvey and Phaylen Fairchild broke out the chroma key – and busted some moves – in an instant classic YouTube response to serial google bomber and internet bully Prokofy Neva’s recent whinescraper. The video’s credits detail the gestures that make up Chantal and Phaylen’s dance routine, including Funnyfarm, Do you take it in the [...]
Full StoryThe Great Rod Humble Twitter Metagame
A furry-led cargo cult on Twitter hopes to entice silent Second Life CEO into community dialog A new Twitter-based Second Life metagame raises interesting questions about online identity, social media, and just how unprepared Linden Lab leadership was for the curiously-timed December 23rd announcement of Rod Humble as new CEO. Given the level of investment [...]
Full StoryRap News Asks Hillary Clinton – How Does It Feel To Be Leaked On?
How Ad-supported user-generated content subverts the mainstream media [UPDATE: TheJuiceMedia have pointed out that they depend on donations to fund their productions and do not sell advertisements, so some clarification is in order. I am not suggesting that TheJuiceMedia have adopted Google's ad-supported free services business model. Instead, they are subverting the model by taking [...]
Full StoryGalactic War Rages – Star Wars Roleplay in Second Life
Join the war effort today by Cayce Urriah, Mandalorian Reporter Very recently, in a galaxy far, far away within the Metaverse of Second Life, battles rage, blasters light the night with crimson, and there is… yes, there is only war. The long standing order of the Dark Lords of the Sith, ruling from their fortress [...]
Full StoryGeneration D is for Disruption
Gene Simmons: Be litigious. Sue everybody. Take their homes, their cars Kiss bassist Gene Simmons announced he is fighting back against the “popcorn farts” – that would be Anonymous – for having launched Operation Payback. Anonymous, with its latest operation, has declared war against the media giants. But the content czars are not going to [...]
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