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Sweatshop Discovered in Second Life Mieto Sim
Do not meddle in the affairs of Gnome Factory Owners, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Pictured: Owner Peter Guillaume. By Neal Stewart Mieto (Mature) (176, 6) — Second Life citizens have been shocked to discover that an illegal sweatshop has been operating for several weeks in the Mieto sim. The so-called ‘Gnome [...]
Full StoryBonnano vs. Bellini: Round 2
by Marsellus Wallace The Heads of the Bellini Family The discussion of family hoppers, traditional Mafia values and real life versus virtual life combine in this follow up to the battle between the Bellini family formally of The Sims Online and the Bonanno family.
Full StoryOff the Grid with Walker Spaight: Showdown in Street City
The Second Life Herald is pleased to announce the debut of a new column by Herald Editorial Director and Raving Correspondent Walker Spaight: Off the Grid will appear on a strictly irregular basis, featuring news, thoughts and varied offerings culled from Walker’s wanderings. Enjoy. To slap an eye on Louise, who has stolen my heart, [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Xae Withnail
We at the Herald are happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Xae Withnail. Xae is a relatively new resident who says she loves clubbing and is even an escort at one of SecondLife’s many clubs. The Herald would like to take this opportunity to thank Marilyn Murphy, the publisher of Players Magazine [...]
Full StoryEditorial: Simulating Free Speech In Virtual Lives
“If Peter Ludlow is a journalist,then I’m a railroad tycoon whenever I play Monopoly.”– Jeff Brown, Electronic Arts – Vice President for Corporate Communications Neal Stewart comments on Eric Goldman’s draft paper ‘Speech Showdowns at the Virtual Corral’, where under-age cyber-prostitutes, free-speech, corporate censorship – and our very own Urizenus Sklar – are the topic [...]
Full StoryTringo Star
Congratulations to SL resident Kermitt Quirk, inventor of Tringo, the game that’s swept Second Life over the last several months. After developing the game on his time off, Kermitt found Tringo becoming one of the grid’s most popular pastimes. Now it’s about to hit RL, as Kermitt has cut a licensing deal with SF’s Donnerwood [...]
Full StoryBonnano vs. Bellini: Round 1
by Jackie Brown It seems a war is brewing between the Bonnano Family, ran by expert weapon maker Vincent Stravinsky and former Kingpin Mafia associate Carlo Platini, and the Bellini Family ran by Stacy Maracas. We got word of this war brewing and requested interviews on both sides of the fence. So far only the [...]
Full StoryInvisible Man, or teh Peeping Tom?
by Gina Fatale I was in between getting dressed the other day when I noticed on the mini-map a green dot beside me, yet I could not see this person. Next thing I know, I was being pushed around the room by this “invisible man.” Thinking on my feet, I asked for an interview for [...]
Full StoryNeualtenburg – SL`s Most Hated Project
“On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a democractic socialist republic.” At her blog, Gwyneth Llewellyn recently looked at some of the same virtual governance issues discussed in Urizenus’ State of Play discussion. The ever-misspelt Neultenburg projekt, of which Gwyneth is a key figure, has become something of a Bavarian [...]
Full StorySoP Time Capsules Opened, and…
NY Law’s Beth Noveck (swoon) interviews some gamedev that clearly needs a bathroom break. At State of Play 2, last October or whenever, a series of interviews were taped with the grand poobahs and pointy heads of gaming. These “video time capsules” were to allow future generations to marvel over the bleeding edge sophistication of [...]
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