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Did Lindens Attempt to Prevent Plastic Duck from Talking to the CBC?
Several days ago we posted an announcement that a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio station in Toronto was looking for SL residents to interview about the game. They were looking to find residents without going through the Linden Lab filter. In the comment thread to that announcement, infamous SL griefer and Toronto area resident, Plastic Duck [...]
Full StoryBlogosphere Debates Philip’s Turn to the FBI
As first reported by Dow Jonas in this newspaper, a few days ago Philip Linden announced that he was turning to the FBI for help with griefers that were involved in global attacks on the grid – effectively taking Second Life offline. Since then the blogosphere has been all a gaggle over this move (assuming [...]
Full StoryHiro Quits Meatspace Job, Becomes Full Time Secondlifer
Hiro Pendragon, co-organizer of the Second Life Community Convention and Charter Member of the Feted Inner Core recently sent us news about the appearance of Make editor Phillip Torrone at the most recent SL Future Salon. That’s news to be sure; we always raise a glass to fello media giants who join us in world. [...]
Full StorySpotted in the News: That Other Book on Virtual Worlds
The Economist gets down with Ted Castronova this week, calling his new book an “illuminating guide to these new synthetic worlds.” We agreed back in October. If you haven’t already bought your copy, now’s the time — you only have three more months to read it before the Doomsday Book appears.
Full StoryA Merry Denominational Xmas to You!
Happy Hannukah! Joyous Kwanzaa! Lovely Diwali! Have a nice Ramadan! Merrrrrry Christmas!!!!1! That’s what Blizzard Entertainment, the corporate cog behind World of Warcraft, is saying to their 4 million-plus players this holiday season. A new holiday patch released this week adds some fun new content to the game, in the form of a big Christmas [...]
Full StoryExtra!!: Philip Calls the FBI. W-Hats Shit Themselves
by Dow Jonas Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab, announced at a resident virtual winter holiday party in Second Life’s Wengen today that he is turning to real-world authorities to investigate Monday’s deliberate crashing of his virtual world’s grid. When the party was bombed today by a griefer with pixelated C-4, Rosedale, whose avatar is [...]
Full StoryEA to Pay $680 Mil for Jamdat Mobile
EA Corporate Headquarters Last new years I predicted that EA would shell out a billion for another game company. I’m saying that their purchase of Jamdat Mobile is close enough to count as a score. Notice I also predicted a griefer attack that took out the SL grid. I’m just wiping the floor with Cory [...]
Full StoryAnnouncement: CBC Radio looking for Toronto area SLers
Thanks to Zero Grace for passing along this message: The pilot episode of a new radio show airing on CBC Radio intends onfeaturing one or more Second Life residents in their daily onlineactivities. Lindsay Michael from the show is looking to get in tough withToronto, Canada residents who spend a lot of time in Second [...]
Full StoryLINDEN ADMITS TO INSIDER SNOW SIM DEAL ON TEEN GRID
By Dow Jonas In a fascinating glimpse into the life of teen-agers in Second Life and the internal pressures with which Lindens cope in their San Francisco office, a land scandal has emerged on the Teen Grid (TG) involving confirmed charges that Blue Linden gave a teen land buyer an unfair insiders’ heads-up about a [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl dreams Anubis
The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, dreams Anubis! Dreams is a long-time SecondLife resident who is very short-winded and who loves building and making textures in PhotoShop! Our thanks to Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky for photographing and submitting this Post Six Grrrl.
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