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Defending the Beachheads of Second Life–or Just Griefing the Griefers?
by Clarence Calliope Jim Herbst, defender of SL’s sandboxes, snaps a salute Sandboxes have always been an important part of Second Life culture. Free for all to use and with practically no restrictions on prims or content, sandboxes are the preferred stomping grounds of landless newcomers and experienced builders alike. These unsettled simulators are scattered [...]
Full StoryWelcome Respite: Living the Elven Life
by Seldon Metropolitan (photographry by Lexa Lawson) Standing at the top of the Serenity overlook platform, you can see nearly all of ElvenGlen. Unlike the city sims, which seem to bustle and teem with energy even when unoccupied, there is an eternal calm over the elven land, carefully engineered by its protectors to capture the [...]
Full StoryWhy the W-Hats *Really* Came to Second Life
Various W-Hats may have been up to something awful in SL lately, but the Something Awful crew, from whose bosom the W-Hats sprang, provided a trenchant critique recently on other online worlds, shedding some light on many of the things that no doubt drove the goons to Second Life. click image for more
Full StoryGods and H4x0rs: SL Exploit Aims at Virtual Businesses
In what was probably the first effort aimed at SL’s vibrant business community, a Second Life client was hacked earlier this week to allow ‘god’ mode–in which a user may access copy-only scripts and make account balance adjustments, etc., that are usually available only to Linden Liaisons. Linden Lab moved quickly to patch out the [...]
Full StorySkin Review: CherryBomb Hare
by Matthias Zander Continuing with the Herald’s review of skins, beginning with the five creators previously featured in the Herald, I’m happy to bring you a review today of a skin by CherryBomb Hare! The specific skin reviewed today is her dark male skin with the enhanced abdominal features for males (yes, that means male [...]
Full StoryFashion Show Review: Retro Girl
by Chipsen Queso Tonight, I attended a “fashion show” at a new place called the “cyldane restaurant.” Calling this a fashion show is a complete and total affront to the fashion industry in SecondLife. This wasn’t a fashion show – this was having 6 outfits walk around a square without posing. The entire thing lasted [...]
Full StoryCabinhead is Dead
As reported in the SL Forums, Schwanson Schlegel has pulled the plug on his Cabinhead project – a private welcome island he set up to help acclimate newbs to SL. Several reasons are given, but (1) and (5) stand out: 1) Continued shitty customer service from LL. I find it increasingly difficult to communicate with [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl: montserrat Snakeankle
The Herald is happy to present to you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, montserrat Snakeankle! Monsterrat is not only a very beautiful woman, but she is also a writer for the Herald who arrived here in February and enjoys writing and admiring things that other people do, without actually doing them herself. We at the [...]
Full StoryCommodify Me! Chapter 2
Thanks again to Clickable Culture for reporting on this little gem — A breakdown of the way Massive Incorporated‘s in-game advertising works. Seems that not only are the ads placed in the game, but the marketers collect information about the amount of time the ad is viewed by individual players, the size at which they [...]
Full StorySimcast Project is Dead
The Simcast project is now officially defunct, yet another failed attempt at developing a player vs. player combat game within second life. The Herald is working on a full post mortem on the project (Herald Publisher Urizenus Sklar was involved in the project), but in brief it failed for a combination of reasons, including security [...]
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