Archive for 'News from Second Life'

Bowling and Griefing Going Strong in Second Life

by Justine Babii When I was last a Second Lifer I learned quickly that it’s important not to get too excited about the “Events” listed in the SL search, as most will be a huge disappointment. Empty sims trying to sell or rent lots, struggling clubs, and sex bed sales made up the majority of [...]

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Justine Babii – Post 6 Grrrrrl

[I apologize for my extended absence, loyal Herald readers, but I had some offworld things to attend to. Please accept along with my apology this week's model, Justine Babii, in a special SLebrity edition of Post 6. As you can see from the pictures, Justine is amazing and a pleasure to work with. Thank you [...]

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Fashion-Forward in Second Life: The Viktor-Viktoria Fashion Show

by Justine Babii - SL supermodel/fashionista I logged into SL the other day for the first time in ages, and only one of the old gang was online. I haven’t been a regular here in years, so I guess this should be no surprise. I IM’d my friend and then ended up hanging out with her. [...]

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Hard Alley To Be Cleaned Out March 10?

Failing rental revenue dooms historic Second Life sex sim The notorious Hard Alley may be doomed by the faltering Second Life in-world economy – a shocking development for both militant protesters and forced urban roleplay fans who are likely to lose a formerly vital venue. Hard Rust – the owner and mastermind of the Hard [...]

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Kicking Second Life Addiction – A Life Outside The Grid

by Tenshi Vielle – founder & former publisher of Shopping Cart Disco I joined Second Life in 2006, and it wasn’t long before I was meeting folks on the grid and making a digital name for myself, something I never had when I was growing up. As a child, I was far too smart and [...]

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Second Life Twitter War Goes Beyond Nasty

LabRatuOut accuses Linden Lab staff of Stroker Serpentine smear campaign The long running war of words between Jumpman Lane and Stroker Serpentine took a bizarre turn over the last two days after a newly minted Twitter account named LabRatuOut first tweeted a series of warnings to Mr. Lane asking that he apologize to Serpentine by [...]

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Pat the Rat rats Herald 8th Birthday

Social event of the new millenium (so far) Ponies and Pink Hands get funky at Herald birthday.  Fabulous readers, what can I say except that this was the social event to end all social events on Second Life.  Pixelboys, blingtards, /b/tards, and ponies mingled with robots, giant vore crazy dragons and cute little teddy bears [...]

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Alphaville Herald Celebrates 8 Years on October 6!

After months of frantic preparations, the mushroom cave in Shivar is ready for an historic moment – the 8th birthday party celebration of the most vital, trustworthy, erudite, and incisive newspaper in the metaverse – the Alphaville Herald.  Herald founder Urizenus Sklar and managing editrix Pixeleen Mistral invite our readers to join us as we [...]

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Can Weapon Sales Save FurNation – And Second Life?

Corsi Mousehold moves from sexbeds to combat – a desperate bid to pay land fees for furs FurNation administrator Corsi Mousehold left a message at the Herald offices early this evening to express continued deep concerns about Stroker Serpentine’s full permissions release of the SexGen sexbed base and animations, and claimed Mr. Serpentine’s actions are [...]

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Second Life SexBed Industry Thrown Into Chaos

Stroker Serpentine’s SexGen 600 animation bed now full permission – and free the end of an era This was without question an historic day. If there was any question about Stroker Serpentine leaving Second Life, it was erased Wednesday morning when he made the flagship of his SexGen business available with copy/transfer/modify permissions. The bed [...]

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