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Doomsday Book is Finished!!!
As uber-journalist Mark Wallace has reported on his blog, the Doomsday Book (Otherwise known as “Only a Game: Online Worlds and the Virtual Journalist who Knew too Much”) is complete — coming in at a hefty 118,819 words spread over 17 chapters, it is quite possibly the longest book on MMOs that ever has or [...]
Full StoryOpus 1000: The 20 Greatest Herald Stories?
I meant to post a top 10 list at the time of our 2nd Birthday, but it seems that post 1000 gives an excuse that is just as good. I found it impossible to narrow the list to 10, even getting down to 20 was difficult. I’d be interested in what others think should be [...]
Full StoryBook Review: Synthetic Worlds
Author Ted Castronova demonstrates approximate size of words used in his new book (photo by Cory Linden) Run, don’t walk, to Amazon.com (is that even possible?) and order your copy of Edward Castronova’s Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games today. For anyone interested in deeper thinking about MMOs than just whether the [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Elesha Aleixandre
The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Elesha Aleixandre! Elesha claims to be the shy type, but at the same time, seems to enjoy criticizing the Herald, asking why we don’t simply post the same girl week after week, since they all “look the same”. Our thanks to Heart [...]
Full StoryTimes Uber-Reporter at it Again! Wallace Dishes on the Virtual Vacation that is SL
Forget about Plamegate, Harriet Miers, the war, and the next hurricane. The big news in today’s New York Times is clearly the story by Mark Wallace, discussing virtual travel, but with a big emphasis on Second Life. But the big dish in here is the news that former Post Six Girl Diamond Hope – the [...]
Full StoryGoldfish Scandal Spreads. Rome Bans “Cruel” Goldfish Bowls
The scandal, first reported by the Herald in which Linden employee Cory Linden was seen to be mistreating an innocent goldfish in the Herald Suite has turned out to have international repercussions, with the city of Rome passing a law to prevent innocent fish getting Coried, as reported by CNN. We will stay on top [...]
Full StoryParty On, Grid
In case you’ve nothing better to do today, just a quick reminder: The Herald turns two this weekend, and we’re having a party! Click that link for details. The festivities begin at noon SST (that’s Server Standard Time), and continue till whenever we all get bored and go home, so even if you can’t make [...]
Full StoryInfonet Infiltrated! (Well, Not Really)
Squagmire Stravinsky’s Infonet (or is it the g.Net now?) only gets more and more awesome. In fact, so formidable an operation is it that the Grid’s own “innernet” has now drawn the attention of cyberpunks and VW hackers. The Herald has learned that the Infonet complex was recently the target of an infiltration exploit that [...]
Full StoryMea Culpa: Don’t Blame the NY Times for Judygate. Blame Uri.
by Urizenus Sklar If you read the blogs about journalism (as of course I do), you know that there is a shitstorm brewing over the way the New York Times handled Judy Miller. Critics say that they basically ceded their editorial policy to her, and that she was in effect not a 1st Amendment martyr, [...]
Full StorySteee-RIKE!! Bowling Kingpins Knocked Over for Big Bucks. None are spared!
Anonymous sources are reporting that there has been a rash of exploits on the TP Bowling lanes in Second Life – perhaps all of them – and tens of thousands of linden dollars were scored by the turkey perpetrating this scam before he split from SL. According to Herald sources, the exploit involves using a [...]
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