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Developer Megabucks?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Prokofy Neva reports on the Second Thoughts blog that he has obtained a leaked e-mail with the results of an independent developer survey conducted by Linden Lab and distributed to a select developers list today. The numbers reported suggest that significant sums are being invested in third party development [...]
Full StoryDuran Duran – Where Art Thou?
concerned Duran Duran fans wonder if the show will go on by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Three and a half months ago – on August 9th – CNet reported the 80s pop group Duran Duran had discovered Second Life and was planning an “exclusive private island” and events – including a concert – in [...]
Full StoryTSO Shocker – Urizenus Sklar Part of Sim Shadow Government
by Pixeleen Mistral, Internal Affairs Unit Anya Ixchel’s interview of Herald founder Urizenus Sklar in SLatenight ends with a shocking revelation – Uri confesses that while in The Sims Online he was a secret part of the Sims Shadow Government – a vigilante group that appointed itself to police the TSO world – and a [...]
Full StoryPhilcon: Welcome to the Matrix, But You’re Not Sleeping
By Dae Tilling Camaraderie, in a room full of people each shielded behind their own laptop? That was the first oddity that struck me at the Virtual Worlds track of Philadelphia’s annual science fiction convention. For an entire day, panels about virtual worlds were broadcast into Second Life from Philcon. In the seventy years that [...]
Full StorySecond Life Philcon
by Budka Groshomme, Raving Reporter – Science Fiction desk some virtual Philcon attendees check under their chairs for a griefer’s bomb With the sweep of flashing fingers across multiple keyboards the Philadelphia Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Convention’s inaugural Second Life/Real Life panel was underway on Saturday at 0700 PST. This was the second East [...]
Full StoryPaparazzi Infiltrate IBM’s Private Islands!
Herald newspaper vendor sighted on computer giant’s docksby Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Exclusive picture from inside secret island IBM02 The much discussed IBM island chain – reportedly 12 sims in a configuration of two rows of 6 islands joined together – is home to at least one Second Life Herald newspaper vendor – based [...]
Full StoryStupendous Ironic Bad Ass Race Too Close to Call
W-Hats envious of new libsecondlife entries? by Pixeleen Mistral, Sports desk Over the last week, competition heated up in one of the metaverse’s favorite spectator sports – the race to be the most stupendously ironic bad ass on the grid. A recent entry in the race may have jumped into the lead – by way [...]
Full StoryColonia Nova: Civilization on the frontiers of Second Life
Confederation of Democratic Expands [editor's note: Saladin Salyut was a member of the original team that proposed the Colonia Nova project and will be a landholder in what is hoped to be a new democracy in Second Life. Here Mr. Salyut describes the project and their plans.] by Saladin Salyut Colonia Nova has opened to [...]
Full StoryA Couple Copybot Podcasts (say that three times fast)
Actually, the first podcast is not about copybot per se, but SLlib. Johnny Ming and Walker Spaight interview SLlib h4x0rs Eddy Stryker (John Hurliman) and Bushing Spatula (Ben Byers) The Second is an episode of SecondCast, recorded *since* the copybot event, hosted by Johnny Ming, with Cristiano Midnight, Torrid Midnight (no relation), Jeremy Flagstaff, and [...]
Full StorySecond Life Philcon 2006 Schedule
Raving reporters likely to appear – exercise caution while in attendance As previously reported, the Herald will embed crusading SL journalists in the Philadelphia Science Fiction and Fantasy Society convention this coming Saturday – November 18. All sessions will be video streams to the SF Geeks Museum auditorium (INDIGO). The session may also be podcast [...]
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