Archive for 'News from Second Life'
Interview with “Hangin On” Producer Icon Serpentine
By Cienna Samiam With the advent of 1.6, streaming video is now a reality in Second Life. Theaters and mini-screens are rapidly becoming common across the grid, and everything from movies to animated shorts to comedy and more are finding their way into our virtual living rooms. Amongst the trickling stream of new media, there [...]
Full StoryW-Hats honor the Pope
W-Hat build honors both the Pope and 9-11 victims We have often been critical of the W-Hats for their poor taste and sophomoric senses of humor, but thanks to our criticism they have come around and begun engaging serious issues and showing respect for other persons. A recent build by the W-Hats pays tribute to [...]
Full StoryBedazzled and Stark Bollock Naked
The Herald staff aren’t always as quick off the mark as we’d like to be. When a forum thread on the Bedazzle Nude pics got underway, our editorial board were passed out underneath a poker table following a drunken brawl over the six aces Uri had found in his shirt-sleeve.
Full StoryTricking Out Virtual Rides: SL Gets its First Aftermarket Performance Shop!
Yeah, you bought your pixilated Audi TT, or maybe you got that sweet Primouth Fury, but you want more than the factory engine that came with it. Thank gopod SL finally has an aftermarket performance shop where you can soup up your engines with some nitrous and other essentials. In this interview Rizzo Ramona introduces [...]
Full StorySneak-Peak at Second Life’s Future Rendering Engine – ’2.0′
This snapshot of Second Life’s unreleased 2.0 Rendering Engine was leaked to the Herald Ben Linden yesterday posted to the SL Forums 9 screenshots showing the current progress of Second Life’s future rendering engine. These screenshots had been scattered and hidden throughout the grid as part of a sadistic treasure-hunt but were quickly recovered by [...]
Full StorySquags Takes a Break
Uri at anInfoNet terminal, network developed and maintained by Squagmire Stravinsky Squagmire Stravinsky, well known instructor at the Cloud City Campus and architect and manager of InfoNet, is standing down from operations. Citing griefers, demanding and disrespectful students, and a failure of promised help to materialize in the construction of Cloud City, Squags has said [...]
Full StoryVirtually In Love
The Herald is proud to introduce the writing debut of Second Life’s famous nostril-wrestling, Linden-pashing, fashion designer and all-round social butterfly – Aimee Weber. Aimee takes a look at spring-romance, in this that special time of year when, as my parents explained it, all the birds make sweet, sweet love to all the bees singing [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Linden Labs and Griefers – Hands on or off?
by Neal Stewart OKKKAY? One of the perks of working for the Herald, other than the sex, drugs and heavy metal music… and the power… and the riches… other than those, one of… and the fame…. other than those, one of the perks is being able to pass your forum posts off as Op/Ed’s. The [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Supports Invasion of Your Privacy?
New friend…. or spy for your girlfriend? A look at the recent dust-up over detective agencies By Cienna Samiam My editor asked me if I would be interested in doing a story about in-world detective agencies. I scanned the forums and noted the several threads [1, 2, 3] on the matter, read Hamlet’s “Mc-Story” and [...]
Full StoryTails of Betrayal? Using W-Hats to Herd Fellow Furries Could be Serious Business
by Pat the Rat (SLH Gossip Columnist Extraordinaire) Pat the Rat here, with another wonderful story from the depths of Secondlife Drama. If you are like me (or just *wish* you were), then there is nothing you like more than DRAMA! But then you probably also like stories about W-Hats! And stories about Furries! And [...]
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