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Rik Riel Trolls – Unwary New Media Expert Bites
Viral marketing experts may not be immune to viral blogging by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk When Rik Riel cast a bogus blog entry into the metaverse blog-o-sphere last night claiming the Internet naming authority ICANN would be regulating names and addresses within virtual worlds – was he hoping to catch a marketing/new media expert? [...]
Full StoryPeace, Justice, and the Second Life Way
by Fiend Ludwig [Editor's Note: When my father first set up shop in Second Life, I knew it was only a matter of time before he would find a way to get his peace work going there. Recently, my dad sent me a press release, asking whether the Herald wouldn't be interested in reporting on [...]
Full StoryHorse Racing: Horses Lag in Babcock Downs Grand Opening
By Flimflam Edelman Greetings Racing Fans. I spent the day at the grand opening of Babcock Downs, hoping to earn some spare change to make up for the recent shortfall in my earnings. This shortfall owing to me having shuttered my Fell Off The Truck appliance and cigarette store in protest of that ratfuck copybot [...]
Full StoryWhy Dinosaurs are Extinct
If this cartoon is right, the trouble could have started when one dinosaur invented the “duplicator ray”! Thanks to Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics for permission to reprint this very topical strip, although he says he had no knowledge of the SL copybot phenomenon when he made it. Copybot is the Zeitgeist baby! I found [...]
Full StoryClone Drones
By Prokofy Neva, Stepford Wives and Trumansville Desk So I was flying around the Scion City sim last night, having missed the big party to launch the new car. I was convinced I’d find 717 traffic and 2 green dots — which I did. I startled a coupla kids at a drive-in movie in their [...]
Full StoryGhost Hill – part 4
Fiend Ludwig’s final live report on location in Opelessence: the moon is a harsh mistress After much blind groping I found the release catch on that abomination of spring-steel and made my way a door leading outside. My gore-spackled research indicated that I would find conveyance to Fonzarelli through a mausoleum – Dead or alive? [...]
Full StoryGhost Hill – part 3
Fiend Ludwig reporting live on location in Opelessence: Luckily, I was able to hitch a ride to the end of the road a few hundred yards down the way, leaving Cazzi and her sharp grin behind. From there, I trudged up to the manse on Ghost Hill and entered with some trepidation the gore-spattered house. [...]
Full StoryJust Askin’: Write my story for me?
[Editor's note: the Herald occasionally reprints stories from other highly respected SL-oriented blogs publications that demand special attention for their depth of analysis and insightful comment. Enjoy!] by Alaska Tallahassee – guest columnist from the Second Life Blingsider I know I’m not the only one with this problem. I don’t really have any ideas and [...]
Full StoryMissing Lindens
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Rumours, Conspiracy Theories, and Inside Dope for Inside Dopes They’re still booming the treacherous waters of Omidyar off the rocky coast of Rodeo now, but with the month’s mind come and gone, I’ve been forced to give up my lonely vigil for any clue to the disappearance of my old [...]
Full StoryGhost Hill – part 2
Fiend Ludwig reporting live on location in Opelessence: a Fiend in the Dark On passing the gate to Ghost Hill I was thrust in to some sort of maze. It was too dark to tell of what it was made, and the meager light from my lantern was sucked up by the void. The terrible [...]
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