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Post Six Grrrl Kitty Zamboni
We at the Herald are happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Kitty Zamboni! Kitty is a not only a lovely model for talented photographers, but she is also a DJ and dancer who can be seen and heard in SecondLife. Thanks to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine for these wonderful [...]
Full StoryOne Life is Not Enough
by Budka GroshommeThe brains behind Linden Lab? See below. Three months ago somebody whispered “Ever tried Second Life?” When I hesitated he added, with a knowing smirk, “Come on, the first week’s free.” Since then I’ve become a regular, but I’m not particularly worried about it. I’ll make certain that it doesn’t start controlling my [...]
Full StoryRevenge of the FIBB, or a Promise Fulfilled?
by Walker Spaight A Linden-sponsored public meeting will be held this afternoon at 3pm game-time to discuss “how to resolve transactional disputes in a fair manner as well as the possibility of an in-world ‘Better Business Bureau’.” But more than one major SL landowner is concerned that the purported FIC may hijack any such body, [...]
Full StoryThe Miraculous Lifting of the Lag
by Budka Groshomme, Science Fiction Desk editor In an incoherent string of broken IMs, Thaddius Tinkle reported to the Herald Science Fiction desk this week that, as she was meditating at the Immaculate Heart Church in Maude, she thought that she had a vision. “There he was, up against the back wall. Sure as I’m [...]
Full StorySomeone’s Been Reading the Herald
Now you too can rake the muck! ValuSoft, publishers of such classic games as Tempest Tetris, Fire Tetris, and Stratosphere Tetris (and you thought Tringo was fun), is bringing out the first title from Black Lantern Studios, a game called Tabloid Tycoon, that lets you “report rumors . . . or create them!” as the [...]
Full StoryInterview with the Anthropologist
Tom Bukowski (no relation to Charles) We know they are here. Philosophers, journalists, sociologists, anthropologists, proctologists… And worse! But what are they up to as they skulk around the grid? In this interview our intrepid reporter Montserrat Snakeankle talks to Tom Bukowski, who by day is an anthropologist at UC Irvine and an avid shopper [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl – Cheryl Mysterio
The Herald is pleased to present this week’s Post Six Grrrl – Cheryl Mysterio. Cheryl is an officer in security groups for Club Pharoah and Club Fusion. A big thank you goes out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine (available at Semang (208, 170)), who is responsible for these pictures and all of [...]
Full StoryAnother Meeting. Another Post-Literate Future.
Yesterday I attended a meeting of the SL Future Salon, organized by Jeffrey Paffendorf (SNOOPYbrown Zamboni ) of the Acceleration Studies Foundation. The idea of the SL Future Salon is to bring clever futurists (and presentists?) together in SL to discuss the shape of things to come. This round the speakers were Betsy Book (Skyllar [...]
Full StoryHeard on the Hardware
Heard at a Slingo game, May 16:Resident #1: Now you HAVE to tell us how old you are!Resident #2: No! You’ll crash the sim! Heard at the same game, same day: Resident #3: I swear, I can give up Slingo anytime!Resident #4: Yeah yeah, we all can LMAO!
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl – Angelica Ludovico
The Herald is pleased to present this week’s Post Six Grrrl – Angelica Ludovico. Angelica is the chief officer of the groups Decrepid Darkness and Dark Depressions. A big thank you goes out to Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine (available at Semang (208, 170)), who is responsible for these pictures and all of [...]
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