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Underground in Gor: Playing by Their Rules
by the Wanderer The girl's bare feet whisper over the fine rugs, as her Master sits, brooding, watching the gyrations of the dancer in the pit. Her only rag, a mere wisp of silk, rustles as she kneels carefully, lowering the bowl of cold paga into his waiting hands. She looks up, bashfully, into his [...]
Full StoryUnderground in Gor: Stuck in The Kajira SkyMall
by The Wanderer My avatar was about as ready as I planned to make him. I’d joinedseveral Gorean groups to listen in on announcements and get a feelingfor their RP. Then I went to the first Gorean Sim that looked more orless “by the book” and also had enough green dots present to make thejourney [...]
Full StoryHow Profitable is the Second Life Fashion Game?
by Tenshi Vielle I recently ran a very informal survey at Shopping Cart Disco in attempt to learn what Second Life's fashion designers cash out of Second Life per month. The results are summarized in the table below — the average earnings for all designers was $850 USD/month. Inexperienced designers claiming to take home an [...]
Full StoryUnderground in Gor: A New Series
by the Wanderer Recently, a blogger named Joan Sweetwater explored Gorean culture and regions in Second Life, as a freewoman and, later, as a kajira. I began to wonder what a geeky man would do in these settings. Sweetwater began with a large chip on her shoulder: she despises Gor and its culture of male [...]
Full StoryMob Attacks Second Life Vice
by Miss Petunia Amaryllis Courtney Taliaferro, SL League of Decency An overflow crowd recently gathered to protest vice, depravity, and bad taste that mark the current state of Second Life. SLOD reserved a PG region (there being no G regions, sadly) and came well armed against any roaming perverts. Overflow crowd demands end to [...]
Full StoryBetter Than a Freenis – Tenshi Gets A Boob Job
by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista Skin: Blowpop Skins, Bikini: Shai, Hair: ETD Ladies, digital boobs are no longer good enough for us. There are places the skin layer simply cannot go. That skin you love so much might just need a little enhancement for that special night out on the town. Nobody wants to look [...]
Full StoryWhy the SL Avatar Mesh Fails
by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista slmesh.jpg – Courtesy of Annyka Beckers, creator of Blowpop Skins Inan amazing feat of web-stumbling, it has been revealed that 3D mesheswork best when they do NOT contain triangles. Triangles, due to theirodd nature when subjected to division createbumps and humps in the avatar's appearance. We, of course, see thisnearly [...]
Full StoryEx-Second Life Newspaper SLNN Now Covering Golden Grrrls?
Metaverse loses another news source as SLNN changes ownership and direction by Tenshi Vielle SLNN's coverage of the Second Life world has gone missing and is now feared dead. For nearly two weeks, the formerly Second Life-oriented news service's web site has been unresponsive. Readers attempting to access current or past articles are greeted with [...]
Full StoryCrowdsourcing Grief in Second Life’s Remembrance Garden
Will residents remember the dead in Linden-approved style? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I join several scantily clad residents in Linden Lab's new "Remembrance Garden" and click on Flower Dispenser 55. The dispenser replies in soothing tones, "Please type the name of the person to commemorate. The person must be a SL avatar name. [...]
Full StoryIt’s 4/20 — Do You Know Where Your Medical Marijuana Is?
Part time griefer and journalist advocates for medical marijuana By Doctor Ocularis, Herald Medical Desk photo stolen from Metro Spirit Today being April 20 (aka 4/20) it is only fitting that we link to a story about weed. In this case we link to a story by Joshua McCracken in the Augusta Georgia Metro Spirit. [...]
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