Archive for 'Media'

TV: The Cappuccinos

Zee delivers crowbar-enhanced newspaper by Inigo Chamerberlin [On the previous episode of The Cappuccinos: Street-smart Zee, having just joined "The Family" is eager to prove himself one of the goodfellas, and starts looking for an informant to whack while working the family numbers game. Philip visits the consigliere and returns quiet and subdued - but [...]

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A Day at the Virtual Races

by Jimbo Quality [Editor's Note: We sent Herald reporter Jimbo Quality out to cover the Second Life racing scene. His report below is presented as the first installment of his Traveling With the Idiot series. You'll soon see why.--Walker Spaight] The author wonders whether he’s made a wrong left turn To avoid looking like a [...]

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L-Word Beats the P-Word

By Annyushka Apparatchik, Dept. of Worlds, Planets, Universes, Metaverses, Spaces, and Lovely Tea-Party Places Tired of having friends you’ve send to join SL tell you later they turned around and left, after be bopped over the head by a giant phallus? Or caged on a laggy welcome area knee-deep in naked gun-totating newbs, unable to [...]

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Pixel Sumo: The Fattest SL Game You’ve Never Played

by Davgor Edgeworth [Editor's Note: We first noticed Pixel Sumo back in November, courtesy of its creator, Ebenezer Pixel. For a more in-depth look at the experience of becoming a fat, diapered virtual wrestler, though, we turn you over now to the ministrations of Davgor Edgeworth, who has gone the extra mile to bounce the [...]

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Database Problems Cause Haiku Outbreak

Linden Blog infected – citizens seek poetic justice by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A highly infectious strain of Haiku has struck the official Linden Lab blob – affecting residents whose immune systems may have been weakened by chronic exposure to disappointing performance in their game world. As editors scrambled to find a new way [...]

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Fear and Loathing in Second Life, part 6: My rod and my staff

by Gideon Television Forgive me, children, for I have sinned. It’s been two weeks since my last confession, In that time I have taken hallucinogenics, I’ve had impure thoughts about my neighbor Lanna, I’ve fornicated many times (with both women and animals) and become an apprentice to the current fad of guerilla bukkake. And frankly, [...]

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Secret Grids?

by Agent Molder, Department of Rumors, Conspiracy Theories, and Tinfoil Hats. When the Second Life client software went open source several days ago, we all wondered what marvelous new permutations of the client we might see. Few of us thought to ask, “what secrets will be revealed?” But according to one reliable source who has [...]

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Fear and Loathing in Second Life, Part 5: Helping You to Lead the Way

by Gideon Television I guess it was an innocent enough comment, right here on YesButNoButYes: “Is there any sort of drug scene in Second Life for Gideon to explore?” I’d been clean six months, but as soon as I read the words, the roof of my mouth went dry, and I got that weird itching [...]

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Blackjack! or How To Lose Your Shirt in Second Life

by Magnus Rothlisberger [Editor's note: This shocking tale of loss reaches us from Second Life resident Magnus Rothlisberger, who hopefully now knows better than to keep much cash in his PayPal account. A cautionary tale.--Walker Spaight] Armed with a popular betting strategy I set out to test the internet gambling goodness in Second Life. I [...]

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YAAR! The Pirates of Sanchon, Parte the Thirde

by Tiny Newt [Editor's Note: When last we heard from him, sea captain Tiny Newt had lost one pirate ship and then recruited the presumably fetching Robin Sprocket to crew his next foray into the dangerous waters of Sanchon. . . .--Walker Spaight] Parte the Thirde: In Which We Are Totally Immersed An expert in [...]

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