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Will Lab’s Over Half-Off Sale For Large Landowners Continue?
According to a reliable source, Linden Lab has been heavily – and secretly – discounting the initial “purchase” price of virtual land for the largest landowners – those with holdings of 20 or more regions in Second Life. Under the Atlas program, standalone Second Life islands are sold for approximately $440 USD rather than the [...]
Full StoryT Linden Visits His Own Grave In Second Life!!!
T Linden – also known as Tom Hale in real life – apparently departed Linden Lab this afternoon, after taking a few minutes to visit his avatar’s virtual grave site in Rouge sim and chat with Second Life players. I was paying my respects at Blue Linden’s grave site, when I was surprised to see [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab To Generate Short-Term Income While Hoping For Takeover by Real Software Company
Company’s last-ditch plan to include gutting the virtual world experience, joining doofus nation at Facebook By Chainsaw Al Linden SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 – Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual world Second Life®, made blood run in the gutters of the city, as well as Brighton England and Singapore, to increase focus on the company’s [...]
Full StoryM Linden’s Bloodbath! 30% of Lab Staff Axed!!!
Rumors that 30% of the Lab staff were being terminated began circulating at about 8:30 PDT yesterday, along with word the Linden Lab office in Brighton was to close. By mid-afternoon the first official word appeared on the PRnewswire – "Linden Lab will also improve its geographic and cost efficiencies. The company’s product and engineering [...]
Full StoryFah Xue — Post 6 Grrrrl
[I met Fah Xue a couple of weeks ago and begged her to be a Post 6 Model based on the look she was wearing in what you'll see as the third picture. Little did I know she would come to the photoshoot armed with several other fantastic looks, forcing me to choose from many. [...]
Full StoryFashionista Review: Look at Them-There F*cking SLipsters
by Pappy Enoch, Alphaville Herald Fashion Desk Since I are a fashion expert (I done found me the best set o’ clothes ever and don’t change ‘em, till they wears out) I got me some "ethos" (that am what a city feller said, but I punched him anyhow) on this-here subject. Ol’ Hamlet Au, over [...]
Full StorySL-Newspaper.com Folds – Slams Lab – Shuts Doors
SL-Newspaper today announced the end of their 4 year run covering Second Life, as editor Dana Vanmoer pointed out that real life might be more important than Second Life. This news may come as a surprise to some Linden fanboys and certain comment section sock puppets – but is a common enough reason to depart [...]
Full StoryTizzers Foxchase: Linden Lab is Linden Lab’s Worst Enemy
I recently interviewed Tizzers Foxchase, the perma-banned Woodbury University faction leader, as part of a post-mortem of the mass delete of the Woodbury group from Second Life. Of course, this is far from the first Linden Lab group ban – many of us remember the mass ban of Voted 5 on September 19, 2006 when [...]
Full Story1-8-7 Family Owns Carona Mafia
Another classic Second Life mafia showdown is playing out both inside Second Life and on YouTube. The conflict apparently started in early May when the Carona Mafia issued a video warning that they have been “watching closely” since the Nicholas and Sephora gang wars broke out and plan to strike soon. Although the video claims, [...]
Full StoryStaff Killer Plague Decimates Linden Lab Governance Team
What is behind the sudden disappearance of former Linden governance team staff members? Colton Linden and Plexus Linden are no longer found in the Second Life search people tab, and a reliable source informed the Herald that Teagan Linden will succumb to the staff killer plague within 2 weeks now that she has given her [...]
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