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Latenight with Slatenight
Digital Culture Maven Anya Ixchtel and Gnome of NMC Larry Pixel at Slatenight Holiday Party By Prokofy Neva, Competitor Recon Mission HQ Well, it’s that time of year again when our competitors try to get us to stop writing and getting page hits by luring us to holiday parties on hidden snow sims, getting us [...]
Full StorySHOCK! Banned Griefer’s Tarp Covers IBM Theatres
LL’s database and asset server left uncovered outside by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Gene Replacement created IBM’s roofing material The metaverse reeled today as investigators claim to have discovered the source of the persistent database and asset server problems in Second Life – and why computer giant IBM’s theaters in Second Life use building [...]
Full StoryAvaStar Rising Falling: Dec. 21 Launch for SL’s “First” Tabloid
by Walker Spaight So sedate and august a publication is the Second Life Herald that we’d normally take no notice of the smutty mutterings of the salacious classes — but this is just too much. Attentive readers will recall the recent accouncement that German publishing company Axel Springer would launch what the Guardian idiotically called [...]
Full StoryIBM’s Islands – Circuit City Partnership?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk IBM Circuit City prototype IBM is expected to open it’s 12 island mini-continent in Second Life to the public in the next few days, apparently as part of the computer services giant’s initiatives in the 3D metaverse. The Herald managed to slip quietly onto the islands for a quick [...]
Full StoryJack Linden in Drag – Girls’ Night Out
Jack Linden joins the girls for a shopping spree by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk These sort of things always sounds promising in the beginning – and how could I resist? An e-mail delivered to the Herald offices said, “iVillage, the leading online destination for women, cordially invites you to join us at our new [...]
Full StoryRik Riel Trolls – Unwary New Media Expert Bites
Viral marketing experts may not be immune to viral blogging by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk When Rik Riel cast a bogus blog entry into the metaverse blog-o-sphere last night claiming the Internet naming authority ICANN would be regulating names and addresses within virtual worlds – was he hoping to catch a marketing/new media expert? [...]
Full StoryConan O’Brien Sunburned in Second Life
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Second Life avatar caricature artist Christophe Hugo contacted the Herald to warn us that he will continue to humiliate a virtual Conan O’Brien in the metaverse until the real life talk show host pays a visit to Second Life to rescue his alter ego from Mr. Hugo. This is [...]
Full StoryZee Linden Statistics Spinning Revealed
By Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Today, Zee Linden released a set of eagerly awaited statistics on the Second Life economy that paint a cheerful picture of premium account growth with month-on-month growth running around 8 – 10% and showing a 15-30% growth rate in the last three months. However, Zee Linden only calculated the [...]
Full StoryIs First Land for First Time Buyers?
by Seola Sassoon In recent weeks, first land has been extremely scarce and I wanted to find out why so many new residents couldn’t get first land. I spent 3 weeks, daily, searching for first land, to no avail. My first encounter was what drummed me to this issue. I saw a single parcel for [...]
Full StoryOther Worlds?
Power Trippy sculpture by Sabine Stonebender at the Linden Office in Kirkby. By Prokofy Neva, Department of Rumours, Speculation, and Inside Dope for Inside Dopes It was the great and wise Aldo Stern, originally of the The Sims Online, who once said, “Second Life is not a product in transition; it is a transitional product.” [...]
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