Archive for 'Media'

Announcement: Nightly Meditation for Troops

meditation for safety of soldiers in IraqDate: Every NightTime: 8:00PM – 9:00PM Linden Time (60 minutes) Location: Shivar (226,187) Host: Montserrat Snakeankle Category: Charity/Support Groups Cover Charge? No If you have a friend or loved one in Iraq, please come to Tenaya Cathedral at Shivar for a time of quietness and good intention towards all [...]

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Political Speech or Land Extortion? Or Both?

by Prokofy Neva Huge, bright blue spinning signs calling on Americans to IMPEACH BUSH and RESTORE U.S. CREDIBILITY have spread like kudzu all over the Second Life grid in recent weeks on numerous plots for sale. Many residents — even those who share the billboard artist’s sentiments about the U.S. president — are increasingly angered [...]

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Herald Literary Suppository: Pencil Me In!

Humdog talks about prehistoric writing instruments. Loyal lifetime readers will recall the contributions from Herald reporter Humdog. Let’s see, there was her interview with Mrs. President Chomsky during the TSO Pet Culling scandals, her ever so insightful “History of the Board Ho” essay, and who could forget her review of Waiting for Godot, performed in [...]

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Post Six Grrrl Silkie Muir

The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Silkie Muir! Silkie loves living out her fantasies in the world that SecondLife presents, and as her first interest, lists (let’s try to act surprised here) SHOPPING! Our thanks to Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky for photographing and submitting this Post Six [...]

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A SLOG Throught the Second Life Political Landscape

The tony and oh so FIC second life blog project known as SLOG, has an interesting piece by Aimee Weber that has caught the attention of residents ranging from Hammie Linden to the ubiquitous Prokofy Neva. It is a fine exercise, in our view, but we wonder if the Herald is correctly placed as endorsing [...]

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The End of Civilization as we Know it?

AP Newswires and Forbes are reporting that Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto) has purchased Firaxis games (Civilization). The imagination goes wild.

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Herald Literary Suppository: Interview with Noam Chomsky on Mind, Representation, and Reality

Say what? An interview with Noam Chomsky? In the Herald? WTF??? Yes, dear readers, it’s true: for too long I have worried that the steady diet of griefer news, Linden screw-ups (known as “brownies” in the post-Katrina era) and nekkid avatars was turning all of you into drooling brain-dead pixel-zombies, seeking your daily dose of [...]

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Grand Theft Dreadnought: EVE Online Crimeplay Rolls On

A dreadnought in flight EVE Online‘s player pirates have struck again, this time in a case of Grand Theft Dreadnought, making off with one of the most formidable ships in the game in a heist that has alternately been called “brilliant,” “stupid” and, inevitably, a reprehensible “h4xploit” that should be disallowed by the game. But [...]

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Post Six Grrrl Lillika Leandros

The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Lillika Leandros! Lillika describes herself as “strong” and “mischevious,” enjoys trying new things that she comes across in SecondLIfe, and enjoys talking to people in every society within SL. Our thanks to Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky for photographing and submitting this [...]

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Family Reunion?

Pat the Rat undercover in Chinatown You didn’t hear it from Pat the Rat, dear readers (well, actually, you did), but word on the streets of Second Life is that the original virtual mobsters are coming to town. Having left The Sims Online and gone to the mattresses some time ago (the virtual matresses, that [...]

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