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Fall Real-Life Typist Convention in Chicago – SLCC 2007
truck stops deserted, basements left empty as SL typists convene by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Chicago city official brace for a possible influx of pale squinting kids leaving mom’s basement for the first time in years, obtuse academics, hep cat PR professionals, and swaggering metaverse consultants – some of the typists behind the avatars [...]
Full StorySecond Lag
A typical sunday in Second Life by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk /me sighs not again! oh come on…
Full StoryHow Does Deadbeat Downbeat Dell Pay Land Tier?
Dell corporate island owner has no billing info on file by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk UPDATE – Today the Herald was able to contact Pyrrha Dell who assured us via e-mail that Dell is a good citizen – although the financial arrangements with Linden Lab are confidential. To try to entice Pyrhha to upgrade [...]
Full StoryGoon Creates SL Promo Video
Futuristic machinima from 1930 by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk “Second Life: The Virtual Utopia of the Future” is a retro-ironic vision of our brave new world available here on YouTube. The grainy 1930s-style black and white “talkie” machinima was created by Something Awful goon Mr. Decomposing Monstre and benefits greatly from the blurry YouTube [...]
Full StoryProtesters Demand LL Send Le Pen’s People to M-rated Sims
Pro/Anti Le Pen groups side by side in Matrix Mall by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk FN security is out in force In a press release today, the SL Left Unity group blasted the Front National party in Second Life as a fascist/racist organization and set the scene for ongoing confrontations by buying land next [...]
Full StoryExtortion! Brutality! Ageplay! Goreans!
Mafia extortion price lists revealed -by sparrowhawk perhaps [Gorean administrator Charles Tiramisu reveals mafia-style extortion attempts against Gorean cities along with price lists from alleged extortionists - services cost up to L$ 40,000/month -- nearly $200 USD. Admin Tiramisu also discuses extreme brutality, slave exports, women, and ageplay concerns in an exclusive interview with the [...]
Full StoryLL Deducts Millions in FurNation Assets
Did LL punish innocent furry recipients of multi-million L$ donations? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk In an open letter to the FurNation community, Nexxus Ambassador tells a shocking tale calling into question ownership of in-world assets such as land and L$, and highlighting risks for those trying to support an online community though L$ [...]
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 StorySausalito Smackdown: Millions of Sheep?
by Pat the Rat While Reuben Steiger, who runs Millions of Us, one of the Big Three players in the metaverse-industrial complex, tried to make light of it in a recent blog post, Pat the Rat hears that the recent meeting of the minds between Reuben and Electric Sheep Company CEO Sibley Verbeck was hardly [...]
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