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Justice League Unlimited’s BrainiacWiki Papers Coverup?
Kalel Venkman now playing whack-a-mole with file sharing sites by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The leaked Justice League Unlimited "BrainiacWiki" papers have been yanked from 5 file sharing sites – an apparent coverup attempt by embattled JLU loyalists wielding copyright infringement claims – but it may be too late for this sort of damage [...]
Full StoryJustice League Unlimited Secret Wiki Unmasked by The Wrong Hands
Roleplay police recruit copies, distributes 1700-page wiki – JLU superhero threatens DMCA, legal action by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The Justice League Unlimited's secret Brainiac wiki used to track suspected griefers, record JLU meeting chatlogs, and plot strategies to entice the Linden game gods into banning players was published to at least 5 public [...]
Full StoryIs Facebook Killing Avatars Again?
Shocking overnight account death toll! by Senban Babii Frightened Facebook users believe avatar hit squads are to blame for mysterious mass disappearances of e-friends from the popular MMO data mining operation social networking website's friends lists this week. Thisreporter can confirm that 45-50 people on her friends listvanished in the night – survivors who contacted [...]
Full StoryNew Breed of Bots Chats Up Second Life
Artificial life with a hidden message? by Senban Babii A new breed of chat bot – exhibiting what could be Nazi sympathies -now roams the grid. Is this how Linden Lab will repopulate a metaversesuffering from an online population meltdown? In this exclusiveinterview, the Herald discovers those silent, haunting mannequins thatflock to infohubs and pretend [...]
Full StoryJumpman Lane Leaps To Lab’s Defense – Burns Stroker Serpentine in Effigy
Slut Magazine owner's pictorial campaign against Second Life SexBed Entrepreneur by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Taking a cue from the NoH8 campaign, Jumpman Lane hopes to mobilize metaverse sentiment against Stroker Serpentine by inviting well known avatars to join a pictorial campaign supporting Linden Lab. Asked for comment about the effigy, Mr. Serpentine said, [...]
Full StorySecond Life Losing Traction? Concurrent Users Slide
Massively details slipping online population – except for an in-world protest of LL policy by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk a year in decline: median concurrency graph courtesy of Tateru Nino On December 25th, Tateru Nino of Massively decided to skip the Linden's Christmas present for this year and opted to hand the Lab a [...]
Full StoryTry All Your Chance – Banlink Passwords Were An Open Book
Rainbow tables, SQL injection, and why you want to use a different password for e-mail by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The new Try All Your Chance blog details the frightening extent of the BanLink security problems that led to the Second Life ban list sharing site's apparent demise – and suggests that BanLink user [...]
Full StoryScript Limits Coming to Second Life
by Jessica Holyoke In the Official Linden Blog, Babbage Linden outlines one of the goals for the next release of the Second Life viewer, soon to be followed in the third party viewers, the concept of script limits. Instead of asking people to look at their avatar rendering cost as a way to reduce lag [...]
Full StoryTrilling on Trilling on The Tallest Thing in Second Life
Will mega-phallic build impress oldbie Linden babes? Freelance SL writer Mariner Trilling interviews SL builder Mariner Trilling Mariner Trilling: Hello Mariner. I appreciate this opportunity to sit down and discuss your latest project.Mariner Trilling: Project? What the fuck are you talking about? Mariner Trilling: I mean your latest structure, “The Tallest Thing in SL”Mariner Trilling: ok [...]
Full StorySecond Life Holiday Gift Guide: Bondage Xmas Tree, Spanking Santa
Santa gropes, strips, spanks avatars – eggnog bukake surprise awaits by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk This holiday season, a bondage Christmas tree and Spanking Santa illustrate the boundless creativity of Second Life residents. While we don't expect an official mention in the Lab's holiday promotions, the scene at the Something Spunky store in Tovaris [...]
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