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Linden Lab Screws .Edu and Non-Profits: The Silver Lining
Second Life just gets better and better by Doc Egghead, Dept. of American Decline, Big American U Now that Linden Lab has, in the midst of an academic and fiscal year, ended discounts on tier for education and nonprofits in SL, the gnashing of teeth has been so profound that dentists everywhere are eyeing the [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab: We Don’t Need No Education
Discounted Second Life virtual land will be phased out for non-profit organizations and the education sector as of January 1, 2011 according to this announcement by Nelson Linden. Reaction was predictably negative from those whose budget cycles do easily accommodate costs doubling with three months notice – in other words, essentially all non-profits and education. [...]
Full StoryLetter to the Editor: Jesus Loves the Little Yiffers
"Give hospitality to the zoosexuals and furries of the furry fandom" – Kobidobidog Saturday, Urizenus Sklar received Kobidobidog’s response to the 2007 Herald story Are Furries Doomed? On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:37 PM, kobidobidog wrote: I am sending this to you because you are only one of two humans I can send this [...]
Full StoryTizzers Trolls Twitter: Microsoft <3 Second Life
Media depends on echo chamber for "news" 24 hours after Tizzers Foxchase placed a single post on Twitter – a little birdie told me that Microsoft may have silently offered tp buy Linden Lab this week – the outstanding quality of reporting in the internet age is all too apparent. Tizzers Foxchase Trolls Twitter While [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Missing Statistics
Fat Men, Fapping, and Graft Offer Hope For Linden Lab by Journey Yellowlist This reporter, after breaking and entering an undercover assignment at Linden Lab, discovered a veritable trove of statistics that the company had chosen to suppress when they recently revealed a complete stagnation steady-state model of player activity in Second Life. Given that [...]
Full Story“Punk Ass Pranksta” p0wns Digital Worlds Sim
Prokofy Neva Suspended – The Wrong Hands Banned – Rancor Sim Trashed By Linden Lab? Friday afternoon, all homes in the Digital Worlds sim were destroyed, the Digital Worlds group membership was decimated, and Chainsword Audion gifted L$103,000 – his entire account balance – to the ever-popular Prokofy Neva. How was this possible? According to [...]
Full StoryThe Cat, the Reverend and the Slave
Those outside France interested in a view of the real life players behind the Second Life screen can only hope that The Cat, the Reverend and the Slave documentary moves into wider availability after last week’s opening in Paris. Perhaps the Oprah Winfrey Network will be interested in a companion piece to Life 2.0? Markus [...]
Full StoryBan Hammer Smashes Emerald – Phox Threatens Linden Tell-All
Eshi Otawara Creates Protest Nazi Deathcamp — Soviet Woodbury Celebrates Linden Lab’s ban hammer struck the Emerald Second Life viewer Wednesday, as all versions of the formerly popular client were locked out of Philip Linden’s user-generated-content cyber paradise. Meanwhile, two high profile members of the Emerald gang – Lonely Bluebird and Arabella Steadham – discovered [...]
Full StoryEmerald Developer Lonely Bluebird Interview
Soft Linden: I love that you guys are doing this — Lonely Bluebird: Saves you guys some work I guess This evening, Emerald developer Lonely Bluebird – a.k.a. Phox – took time away from what has certainly been a difficult day, for an exclusive interview with the Herald in which he confirmed that a leaked [...]
Full StoryEmerald Gang Implodes – Viewer Ban Hammer Next?
Jessica Lyon has resigned from the Emerald viewer team and published the formerly secret requirements Linden Lab made of the group – which include the expulsion of Skills Hak, Discrete Dreamscape, and Lonely Bluebird (a.k.a. Phox) from the development team – previously Fractured Crystal resigned from the group. Emerald meeting M Linden, Marty Linden, Joe [...]
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