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Conned!
In the good sense of “conned,” as in there is going to be an SL Con (convention) in New York City this coming Oct. 8-9. Actually, the 8th is just a party, and the 9th will be a hangover filled meeting with all of your favorite Lindens, FICians, and best of all: a talk by [...]
Full StoryGravity Space Station Returns
Gravity Space Station was one of the most popular clubs to ever grace the face of SecondLife when it first opened last November, and stayed open for approximately 9 weeks. Yesterday, it was re-opened in Nyna Slate’s Dragon Moon sim for a 3 day birthday bash for the Bedazzle team. Many know Bedazzle as the [...]
Full StoryBetrayed! Lindens Phuck Gaming Open Market!
Why do I rob banks? Cuz that’s where the money is.–Willie Sutton There aren’t a lot of online institutions that you can trust, but Gaming Open Market has always been one of them. Readers will recall being introduced to GOM by the Herald two years ago, and how GOM came to the rescue of Urizenus [...]
Full StoryShape up!
When I’m in game, people often ask me how I am able to keep my avatar in peak form, and whether my RL free weight ripped and pilates tuned body contributes to my outgoing and frankly irresistable virtual personality. The answer, of course, is yes. A healthy real life contributes to a healthy virtual life, [...]
Full StoryInvasion of the Virtual Body Snatchers
Most sorry for the delay in reporting this, but I was up at the Herald duck blind in Canada when the story broke and only just found it. Many of you will recall Chipsen Queso’s highly positive review of Asri Falcone’s fashion show. Now it seems that her account was hijacked and another mystery typist [...]
Full StoryBig Brother Linden is Watching You!
Big Brother — more demonic and horrifying than even Orwell could have imagnied. (pic stolen from Pirate Cotton’s site) There’s been some buzz on the forums lately about the extent to which the Lindens monitor convos in SL. I’ve always just assumed that in-game communications are unsafe, but perhaps that is a bit of paranoia [...]
Full StoryText Rulez!
Richard Bartle paid a visit to the SL Future Salon last week, under the sponsorship of Salon Host with the Most, SNOOPYBrown Zamboni, and of course the usual salonistas. I was busy fishing for walleyes at the Herald hunting retreat in northern Minnesota, but there is a transcript on Terra Nova, and a review by [...]
Full StoryProtest Continues as Former Gigas Officer Removed from Ouranos. By Lindens.
by Prokofy Neva Hank Ramos, a former GIGAS Group mall investor battling other GIGAS officers in a dispute that led to Linden Lab’s seizure of their land, continued his protest in the Ahern Welcome Area last night about a new development in his land-grab saga — his summary removal from the officers of Ouranos group, [...]
Full StoryPermabanned??? Did Xaph get the Moe Linden Special?
Permabanned? Virtual Brutus, Xaphon Mendicant, in Happier Times According to a number of reliable sources, Xaphon Mendicant has been either banned or permabanned for his role in the betrayal of the Space Monkey Corporation and the theft/liberation of its land in Jessie. Since his actions only involved using his privileges as a group officer to [...]
Full StorySleeze! Sleezywood Contest Brings out Dregs of SL Society
by Trailer Park Prok Sleezywood, a highly-popular building contest for the trailer trash set, opened to wild applause yesterday at high noon game-time for judging. Clutching clipboards, hard-hatted Jamie Otis and mush Caldera, owners of the private island and sponsors of the contest, announced winners (see below) and started shopping car races by 3:00 p.m. [...]
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