Archive for 'Sights and Sims'
A Day at the Virtual Races
by Jimbo Quality [Editor's Note: We sent Herald reporter Jimbo Quality out to cover the Second Life racing scene. His report below is presented as the first installment of his Traveling With the Idiot series. You'll soon see why.--Walker Spaight] The author wonders whether he’s made a wrong left turn To avoid looking like a [...]
Full StoryL-Word Beats the P-Word
By Annyushka Apparatchik, Dept. of Worlds, Planets, Universes, Metaverses, Spaces, and Lovely Tea-Party Places Tired of having friends you’ve send to join SL tell you later they turned around and left, after be bopped over the head by a giant phallus? Or caged on a laggy welcome area knee-deep in naked gun-totating newbs, unable to [...]
Full StoryPixel Sumo: The Fattest SL Game You’ve Never Played
by Davgor Edgeworth [Editor's Note: We first noticed Pixel Sumo back in November, courtesy of its creator, Ebenezer Pixel. For a more in-depth look at the experience of becoming a fat, diapered virtual wrestler, though, we turn you over now to the ministrations of Davgor Edgeworth, who has gone the extra mile to bounce the [...]
Full StoryBlackjack! or How To Lose Your Shirt in Second Life
by Magnus Rothlisberger [Editor's note: This shocking tale of loss reaches us from Second Life resident Magnus Rothlisberger, who hopefully now knows better than to keep much cash in his PayPal account. A cautionary tale.--Walker Spaight] Armed with a popular betting strategy I set out to test the internet gambling goodness in Second Life. I [...]
Full StoryYAAR! The Pirates of Sanchon, Parte the Thirde
by Tiny Newt [Editor's Note: When last we heard from him, sea captain Tiny Newt had lost one pirate ship and then recruited the presumably fetching Robin Sprocket to crew his next foray into the dangerous waters of Sanchon. . . .--Walker Spaight] Parte the Thirde: In Which We Are Totally Immersed An expert in [...]
Full StoryYAAR! The Pirates of Sanchon, Parte the Second
by Tiny Newt The view from the crow’s nest [Editor's Note: Three cheers for the currents of the Adriatic, which found another champagne bottle clunking against our hull this morning as I walked the decks of the Herald yacht, attempting to keep down last night's caviar. Unfortunately, though, no hair of the dog was to [...]
Full StoryYAAR! The Pirates of Sanchon, Parte the First
[Editor's Note: The Herald yacht is regularly buffeted by various forms of flotsam and jetsam, most of which we sell to the virtual tin man that plies the waters in which we roam. Recently, however, a champagne bottle clanked against our hull. Believing it to contain the sweet elixir that powers the Herald presses, I [...]
Full StoryThe Ghost Islands of Second Life
Edelman Island, The Loneliest Ghost Island of All It was Morlin, the Prime Minister of Shivar, who called the meeting. Gopod knows I hate meetings, but I am the Overlord of Shivar and I do take my responsibilities seriously. I am Overlord of Shivar because I bought the island as my own personal Xanadu, but [...]
Full StoryDisoriented
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of New Residents Experience Evaluation and Manager, Alt Depot Get ready for the big SL backlash. It’s not just Clay Shirky stirring up a shit-storm at the eggheads’ Terra Nova, prompting a new rigorous discussion of “metrics of use“. It’s not just the leftoid Guardian but now the more conservative London [...]
Full StoryElf Magic
By Prokofy Neva, Community Affairs Desk. A dragon roared. An imposing arctic wolf white lion flourished his cape. Arrows whirred, and mushrooms in the glen glistened. Our lovely elven hostess, decked in a moss-green holiday gown, beckoned to us to dance, and Herald reporters skidded across the aquamarine ice. Jaycatt and a Frogg were on [...]
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