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Out Of Touch Egghead To Pontificate on Second Life
Herald founder keynotes 2009 Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference The Herald's own Urizenus Sklar – who is widely believed to be self-identical – will present a virtual keynote titled "Virtual Communities, Virtual Cultures, Virtual Governance" for the Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference Monday October 26. Virtually viewable here http://compassconference.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/ludlow/ after the virtual presentation Monday – the virtual [...]
Full StoryCrackdown on Third Party Viewer Encrypted IMs?
Emerald Viewer's OTR at odds with SL Community Standards and ToS? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The grid is aflutter with wild rumors in the wake of the Lab's announcement of an impending crackdown on third party viewers. One source pointed the Herald to what is claimed to be an e-mail sent to the [...]
Full StoryWatch “Another Perfect World” Documentary in Metaplace
by NuMedia Econobot Another Perfect World – a documentary investigating the quest to construct digital utopias – premiers in the United States Thursday September 10 at noon PDT in Metaplace at The Stage. For our readers' convenience, the Metaplace space for The Stage is embedded below. showtime: Thursday Sept 10, 12 noon PDT The film [...]
Full StoryNew Vaneeesa Blaylock Performance Art Saturday
I Advance Masked video released by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk If you missed Vaneeesa Blaylock's recent performance art piece, I Advance Masked, all is not lost. The event was documented by Codewarrior Carling in an evocative machinima – and Ms. Blaylock and company have a new work scheduled for Saturday September 12 from noon [...]
Full StoryThe Interchangeable Man
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate She found herself an interchangeable man to fill her needs and her demands If he is not there when she has desires a few spare parts are all she requires An arm here, a leg there; she likes this kind of chest and this kind of hair These animations and [...]
Full StorySleeping Beauty
by Bunny Brickworks Shhh… don’t wake her up. She looks so serene and dreamy as she’s lying there, bathing in sunlight, her head resting on her arm. There’s hardly any public chat around her, avatars just stand and stare, you occasionally hear the sound of the clicking cameras. 3D Soup has created a new sculpted [...]
Full StoryChipmunk Warns Against Second Furry-Troll YouTube War
Time is better spent on Second Life, fur affinity account by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Tamias the Chipmunk – a war weary veteran of troll/furry conflict on YouTube – issued a new video warning against a second furry war in the user-generated content battleground that is YouTube. Although Tamias feels that repeating pro- and [...]
Full StoryIsolation Hood Theatre
by Pixeleen Mistral, New Media desk The audience is invited to consider their own virtual identities, along with 16 female avatars wearing “isolation hoods, boots, and their own unique personalities” at the premier of VB07- I Advance Masked, Vaneeesa Blaylock’s interpretation of the Oracle at Delphi for Second Life. Ms. Blaylock’s describes the performance art [...]
Full StorySilver Hawk Leaders Split After Mercenary Brother Commandos Alliance
Command shakeup leaves Lockjaw and Fanzos in charge by Metallicoe Keng, war correspondent Last Friday, two of Silver Hawks leaders, Bicket Burt and Dayna Lavilleresigned from their positions in Silver Hawk leaving Corwin Lockjaw and Fay Franzos in control of SH. The Silver Hawk military that oncestood on two SIMs now resides on the one [...]
Full StoryFacebook Reaches Beyond the Grave
Dead unlikely to confirm friendships by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnngggggggggggg. The pointer on my irony meter smacked against the max irony peg – hard – and wobbled slightly backwards with a nasty permanent bend. I had just logged into Facebook – a leading contender for the coveted corporate crown in a race to [...]
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