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Facebook Reaches Beyond the Grave
Dead unlikely to confirm friendships by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnngggggggggggg. The pointer on my irony meter smacked against the max irony peg – hard – and wobbled slightly backwards with a nasty permanent bend. I had just logged into Facebook – a leading contender for the coveted corporate crown in a race to [...]
Full StoryBasement Dwellers of WoW — Lives and Loves On Film!
Second Skin documentary online through August 13by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Raids, addiction, online love, and real life meet-ups of WoW players are featured in Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza’s award winning 1998 2008 documentary “Second Skin” – now screening online through August 13th via the SnagFilms.com distribution network. While much of the content covers [...]
Full StorySex and the Second Life City: Toxian City
Horror, murder, suspense, drama and sex – urban roleplay sim coverage continues by Millennium Sands Emerging somewhat less valiant and daring from her adventure at Deadend City, our reporter decides to observe events rather than getting involved as she prepares the trip to the last destination of her tour. Toxian City's dense atmosphere and imaginative [...]
Full StoryMatrix Online Refugees Welcomed to Second Life
Satin Tigress transgender neo-burlesque club and Catzi Radio — a cyberpunk <3 match by Timothy Morpork The MMORPG Matrix Online closed on July 31, 2009. Though primarily a combat game,players developed into a community that socialized in cyberpunkthemed clubs within the game. With their virtual world closed, theyneed a new virtual space in which to [...]
Full StoryThe CryoLife Papers – Fear and Loathing
Copybot code published on Second Life Jira — con artists peddle snake oil by Junius Is the sky falling? The copybot code to make CryoLife and similar clients was published on the Second Life JIRA in mid-June. Anybody can compile a client and add copybot features to their Second Life viewer. It isn’t difficult to [...]
Full StoryThe CryoLife Papers – Prims, Clothing, and Stealth
Pirated content export/import – CyroLife stealth and radar – prim puke by Junius a CryoLife user importing ripped prims In part one, the CryoLife papers documented exporting and pirating avatars. The papers continue with a view into importing stolen content and stealth. Importing Clothing Toimport clothing go to file and select “Import Wearable”. Find theclothing [...]
Full StoryThe CryoLife Papers – Exporting and Pirating Avatars
Second Life piracy made simple by Junius CryoLife is a copybot client that can be used to steal copies of in-world Second Life content. CryoLife does not steal scripts, animations or gestures – the piracy potential is limited to prims, textures and clothing. These papers are a description of Cryolife use and detection, countermeasures that work, [...]
Full StoryIs China Blocking Student Second Life Access?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Why Ning Listern can’t log into Second Life is a mystery – but some suspect selective filters are being applied to student Second Life access in China. According to a post on the Linden Lab RegAPI mailing list, Ning’s account is one of several created by Hongjun, a RegApi [...]
Full StoryFarmers Furious – Sion Chicken Updater Breaks Good Eggs!
Zaius says no to demands for damaged egg refundsby Hayseed Econobot, Agricultural Affairs desk Sion Zaius has admitting that a botched update intended to remove lag-tastic versions of sion Chicken eggs actually deleted any eggs placed in the “ proteggtors”- including the newest non-laggy chicken eggs. The unintentional egg breakage shocked a struggling chicken farming [...]
Full StoryLonely Hyena Seeks Second Life Soul Mate
Will Erk Gloom find true love in the metaverse with a Herald personal ad?by Pixeleen Mistral, Matchmaking Affairs Desk Single hyena loves romantic walks and cuddling in the den – looking for a special someone who is open-minded, not easily offended. Hoping for SL companionship — maybe more. Seeking M/F/Bi/Fur professional career-oriented hyena who shares [...]
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