Archive for 'News from Second Life'
Reuters is Dead: Eulogy Given
by Sigmund Leominster There is a world of difference between the real world press and the Second Life press. Forgetting this can be fatal, as is evidenced by the recent departure of two journalistic organs, the Avastar and Reuters Second Life. The Herald reported the arrival of Reuters back in October 2006 and its departure [...]
Full StoryThe MegaPrim Spite Fence of Bear Sim
Why is LL powerless to remove “friendly greetings” left by Torley Linden’s wife Ravenelle? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Linden wife and contractor Ravenelle’s megaprim wall blocks the Bear InfoHub view of one resident’s business When you teleport to the Bear sim InfoHub, you won’t see Lias Leandros’s business – it is hidden behind [...]
Full StoryMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in SL
by Lavinia Carver While I was browsing around the other day, something just caught my eye. According to the advertisement, it was the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in Second Life. Now, at first I was skeptical. I thought, "Come on, the Macy’s parade in Second Life? I know almost anything is possible in SL, but [...]
Full StoryTwo New Dance in Performances Open in SL
La Performance and Ballet Pixelle present virtual ballet controlled by arrow keys by Lora Constantine Two virtual world ballet companies premiered new productions on Sunday, November 23, 2008 – with a little help from IBM and Second Life. At 2 PM, “La Performance,” a new dance company, opened its high school gym-style performance of “You [...]
Full StoryHow Many Bots In The World Are There? Half The Green Dots Are Bots
Anya Ristow visits 524 sims, measures 50% bot/camper population by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Opting for science rather than being gulled by Zee Linden’s claims, Anya Ristow of Project Green Dots spend two days visiting 524 sims selected at random for a bot census. The census revealed unlike Zee Linden’s claim of 10-15% bots [...]
Full StoryLab Tries to Hide SL Downturn in 3rd Quarter Economic Report
Pay no attention to the player hours logged in September by Jessica Holyoke Fresh out of the Herald‘s Money office, (unfortunately located right next to Jimbo’s) is the 2008 Quarter 3 Herald financial report. The compilation of this particular report was a bit harder to compile as a key piece of data was missing. Zee Linden [...]
Full StoryAre World of Warcraft Players Better Lovers?
CNN, ABC, AP, TimeOnline cover important news of the metaverseBrave survivor of failed SL/RL marriage moves on, now dating WoW playerby Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk CNN reports that 28 year old Amy Taylor caught her real life husband, 40 year old David Pollard engaged in cybersex with a virtual prostitute – part of a [...]
Full StoryZee Linden Admits Mistakes in OpenSpace Mess
Metaverse shocked as game god listens to residents, answers questions by Curious Rousselot “…its our fault because we didn’t put the proper restrictions on them and then they were naturally used for more than they were intended. Its our mistake. Really. I mean it. Completely our mistake.” – Zee Linden comments on OpenSpace sim fiasco [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab To Print L$ Spacebux For “Linden Prize”
Plywood cubes may also be available by Curious Rousselot It was November 10th 2008 when Robin Linden realized that there was only one way to make all this grief and protesting over price hikes go away. The Lab would have to offer *Big Prize Money* to some lucky resident for their most excellent contribution to [...]
Full StoryWho Will Save Paris 1900?
Paris 1900 in grave danger — reports of OpenSpace landowners flight by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk DATELINE Fri Nov 7 06:27:53 2008 — Paris 1900 (9,175,16)YadNi Monde: I am generally pleased to announce, this time i am not. Laurent Savon, actual owner of Paris 1900, cannot afford land tier anymore and he is going [...]
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