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Second Life Client Goes Open Source
Link for new revolutionary development still not now working (UPDATE 10:00 am EST). I’m sure many more tekkie heads will be around to parse the significance of this cyberspace-shattering development, but Phoenix Linden just announced that Linden Lab is open-sourcing the Second Life Client. First question: what will this do to land values? Seriously, this [...]
Full StoryEstate Ban’s Borked – Residents Asked to Cooperate
Do not access certain regions – especially when you can teleport to them by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk For land owners, the ability to ban others from their virtual real estate can be a powerful weapon in the sad, petty wars between rival factions in the metaverse. Earlier today, I was under the mistaken [...]
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 StoryAgeplay or Pageplay? War Vet Camps New Virtual Capitol Hill
“We demand the People’s right to rez!” says demonstrator Rosenthal, complaining about all scripts turned off on the new Capitol Hill sim, preventing creation or operation of objects by non-group members. By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Virtual Governments Sunmicrosystems and their chosen metaversal sherpa Clear Ink opened up an instance of the U.S. House of [...]
Full StorySilent Sheep-bots Invade Ambat
Are mystery sheepbots connected to SLBoutique? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk three silent sheep appear in Ambat Silent sheep shaped avatars were mysteriously appearing at the Ambat infohub before departing for parts unknown last night. This strange and wonderful wooly tale of virtual sheep bots was captured on film by Kharma Dharma – one [...]
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 StoryScientific Shocker – Virtual Torture Hurts!
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk it hurts me to shock you when you answer incorrectly While this may not be news to some of Second Life’s residents, researchers recently learned that administering imaginary electric shocks to a virtual reality characters creates significant distress for those applying the torture treatment – much as was found [...]
Full Story100 Position SL Sex Bed – in 70’s Porn Plaid!
Does plaid indicate Scotchguard anti-stain treatment? By Pixeleen Mistral – Interior Decorating Consultant inspecting the box spring’s workmanship – or a hawt new position? The IMs were flying today with rumors of a 100 position sex bed for Second Life – and concerns about Gideon Television’s heath should he attempt probe too deeply into this [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year: Copybot
Hot Copybot action Midnight struck, a new year dawned, and the Herald announced that Copybot had won avatar of the year for 2006. Empty bottles of Veuve Clicquot and overturned cat food bowls sounded a delicate tinkling counterpoint to the low whump of nukes going off in the next sim as the Herald offices rocked [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year, 2nd Place: The Unverified
As we ice the Veuve Clicquot in preparation for this evening’s revels – none of the Moet crap for us – the Herald Editorial board continued our deliberations about whether the Scottish smoked salmon should be placed in cat food bowls on the floor for the Neko or on plates on the table for the [...]
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