Archive for 'Mafias, Gangs and Virtual Governments'
Jugband Strikes Back After Wedding Bombing
by Matthias Zander With the Herald not forgetting about the mafia culture in SecondLife, we also decided to do something that we very rarely do – get the OTHER side of the story! The events recently reported by our own Gina Fatale carried consequences beyond what was immediately forseeable, but what exactly does that mean? [...]
Full Story“All on the Same Page”: IRC Chat Logs Support Linden/FIC Conspiracy vs Prok
Although this chat log has been circulating among selected users for several days now, the editorial board of the Herald has decided that that the general community has a right to see it, and further that there is some value to archiving it here as a kind of public record. By way of summary, this [...]
Full StoryMafia Massacre at Art and Creamy’s Wedding
By Gina Fatale So you thought the Herald forgot about the mafias? Never! This just in the newly formed Cinquetti Family pulled a hit on an ex-member’s wedding, declaring it’s personal! Read on my mafia lovers…
Full StoryAnniversary CelebraFICation Leads to Coco’s Party Protest
Coco and friend protest FIC display at 2nd anniversary celebraFICation. One would think that an anniversary party would be a time for everyone to come together, but this being Second Life, and our benefactors being the Linden’s, the SL Second Anniversary Party appeared to be in no small measure a celebration of the Feted Inner [...]
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 StoryCollared! A Newbie goes to Port Kar and gets a taste of Gorean Iron
By Anonymous No0b “Next, the master told me to strip. I didn’t respond immediately, I think mostly because the idea that I was supposed to do something just because he said so didn’t compute in my brain. He repeated the request again, this time explaining that he needed to see me, because I belonged to [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Government: Under Neu Orders
In his final article for the Herald, Neal Stewart exposes Linden Lab’s secret support for Neualtenburg and a new Second Life player-run global government. Will a mysterious new sim give birth to a virtual-world utopia or a shameful miscarriage of justice? Is your freedom being voted away while you sleep?
Full StoryLove Affairs, Death Threats and Scandals, Oh My!
by Pat the RatHerald columnist Pat the Rat (right) with one of his many “sources” Recent comments on the Herald site have inspired the editors to send out little old me, intrepid columnist Pat the Rat, to find out what’s really going on! Keep in mind most mafia folks are tight-lipped about their business (well, [...]
Full StoryThe W-Hat Birthday: Cake, Ice Cream and Murdered-Hooker Bloodbath (2/2)
By Neal Stewart It’s the quick and the dead in Second Life. The murdered hooker I found at Baku today is not the murdered hooker she was yesterday. Yesterday’s corpse had character. A furry, she lay there with eyes closed and brows wrenched, as though her eternal sleep was wrought by nightmares. And who could [...]
Full StoryThe W-Hat Birthday: Cake, Ice Cream and Murdered-Hooker Bloodbath (1/2)
By Neal Stewart 24 hours ago, the W-Hats celebrated their 1-Year Birthday in Second Life at their “W-Hat Super Happy Fun Time Land”. “Cake and ice cream for every girl and boy!”, read the event listing. In classic W-Hat fashion, a host of neon pigs, robots, smoking chimpanzees and wheelchair-bound Mad-Hatters laughed and danced away [...]
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