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A Chat in the Desert
Cooperative gameplay, Egyptian-style Andrew Tepper, pharaoh of Egypt (or at least of the massively multiplayer online world of A Tale in the Desert) has something say, and he wants you to listen. He also wants you to get in his game, and is re-opening free trial accounts to anyone who’s interested, even if you’ve already [...]
Full StoryThe Island of Dr. Zamboni
Okay, so they’re not trying to push democratic governance in virtual worlds, but over at Democracy Island, which opens today in Second Life, the virtual world may may come in handy in settling governance issues in the real world. Under the tutelage of the New York Law School’s Beth Noveck and the guiding hand of [...]
Full Story2005 Avatar of the Year: Prokofy Neva
Avatar of the Year Prokofy Neva (left) with Pathfinder Linden In December 2004, the Herald reported a story that raised few eyebrows at the time, but which would eventually become the single most controversial issue in Second Life during 2005, and would speak to many questions about how governance in cyberspace might shake out. The [...]
Full StoryHTML a Few Weeks Away?
Props to Hiro Pendragon for bringing it to our attention that not only did Cory demonstrate his SL Client running on Linux while in Berlin, but he also announced that HTML for SL was only a few weeks away. Whatever "a few weeks" means. Forums discussion here.
Full StoryAvatar of the Year, Second Place: Anshe Chung
Second place in the Herald’s coveted Avatar of the Year award traditionally goes to the avi who has had the most impact on the virtual world’s economic scene. Last year’s winner, Sir/Father Callahan, was a master of the simolean trade in TSO, as well as a collector of rare cannons and press secretary for the [...]
Full StoryMTV Hosts Nutty Wacky Avi Contest. Joy.
According to a post by Glitchy Gumshoe on the SL Future Salon site, MTV will be “filming’ an in game fashion shoot, and they are soliciting pics of interesting — nay “craziest looking” avatars. Well now. Zero Grace is decidedly unimpressed by this turn of events, but he is a crotchety old man. We, on [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year, Third Place: Plastic Duck
The Herald Brain Trust was working overtime, struggling with the very difficult decision of who should be third place in the coveted SL Herald Avatar of the Year Award (the award given to those avatars who change the news the most, for better or for worse). Last year the third place winners were Mr. President [...]
Full StoryAre You Ready for the Avi of the Year Awards?
Herald Staffer with One of the Avatar of the Year Trophies! Once again, boys and girls, it’s time for the most eagerly awaited event of the virtual journalistic year: the Second Life Herald’s Second Annual Avatar of the Year Awards. Each year, the Herald brings you the three avatars who have had the most impact [...]
Full StoryWooot! 100K Dormant Alts
In another milestone in the history of meaningless statistics, Second Life has now passed 100,000 “residents” — i.e. accounts (mostly free) that have been created and may or may not be in use. The last time we reported such a milestone — 40K “residents” — there were actually *more* people in the game. Obviously, the [...]
Full StoryZero Grace to take SXSW on Sex-in-Games Gutter Crawl: Panel of Degenerates to include Herald Editorial Director
In yet another sign of the end times and/or the ascendency of what those in the moment call The Herald Aesthetic, the Interactive Component of the world famous South by Southwest conference in Austin Texas will feature a panel on the secret sex lives of video games. According to Zero Grace, aka Tony Walsh, on [...]
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