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Second Life Image Tarnished by Users?
RiversRunRed CEO warns against allowing residents to create 3D content by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk MIT Technology Review writer Brian White advises the metaverse that users may make “shoddy and even offensive content” if allowed to create in 3D worlds — sentiments echoed by the CEO of RiversRunRed Justin Bovington who praised internet advertising [...]
Full StoryAOL Tightens Belt, Massively Chokes Off SL News?
“Massively Staff” blogs for free at AOL properties after gaming writers are told to stop posting by Idoru Wellman, staff writer Techcrunch reports that AOL has savagely cut their blogging empire’s staff, chopping personel budgets up to 25% and telling writers to take a few weeks off while they wait and see if they have [...]
Full StoryThe Pearl:Victorian Brothel/Promiscuous Mermaids
Inventory server mishap creates inseparable siamese-twin stories Something went horribly wrong when I put the prims holding the notecards for these two stories on Pixeleen’s piano at the Herald offices in Jessie sim – I crashed and when I relogged the prims holding the stories were fused – along with the stories! My interview at [...]
Full StorySlouching Toward Bethlehem: The Anti-Poet
Spam filter fails — critic battles emo poetry outbreak by Sigmund Leominster, new media critic Following the tragic failure of my spam filter to do its job, I recently received an unsolicited email containing a piece of poetry from what was described as someone with “a poet’s heart and pen.” Here’s a clip from the [...]
Full Story[Resolved] Land Store taken offline repeatedly
Resolved 10:43 a.m. PDT Our Land Store is open! ZOMG! Thank you again for your patience while we got hammered – that is how we keep SL going!! Update 10:18 a.m. PDT Our InterWebs Developers are taking great care to make sure the Land Store is 100%. Someone told them about testing last night over [...]
Full StoryIt’s Official, we cannot be Supporting Second Life after Today
Whoresday, July 17th, 2008 at 5:43 PM by: Phatt Linden Back in early May 2007, we thought about blogging to let you know that we were seriously considering whether Linden Lab would ever fix Second Life. It was easy to blow off the old Mac users but some new Macbook Pro users were even whinging [...]
Full StoryUpdate on Mainland supply
Caturday, July 19th, 2008 at 5:75 AM by: Hack Linden Since my previous post – which I am sad to say I cannot find right now, but is certainly on the interwebs somewhere — I’ve been wearing this special metaverse infallibility HUD thingie from Philip Linden. It was part of the “stay positive” welcome pack [...]
Full StoryNanao Mahfouz Ejected From Alliance Navy!!!
Former Admiral to pursue other interests, spend more time with family by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Mr. Mahfouz studies his civilian options in an elaborate heads up display As word spread of the ejection of former Admiral Nanao Mahfouz from the Alliance Navy last weekend, the big questions in the Second Life militia community [...]
Full StoryElite Armed Forces Leave the Iron Symphony for Vanguard’s Sovereign Regime
Merczateer operatives unmask and attack the EAF weaponssmugglers, but Vanguard comes in to back up their new allies – resulting in thelatest battle between two old foes. By Caine Constantine, Herald War Correspondent A sting operation conducted just a few days ago caught theleader of the Elite Armed Forces – a marvelously named group allied [...]
Full StoryNew Torley Linden Documentary Features Mitch Kapor
An all too accurate picture of the state of SL by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Mitch Kapor promises less novelty, less freedom, uneasy transitionas Torley Linden signals disapproval with bad sound, gray textures, low framerates Noted virtual filmmaker Torley Linden’s latest production is a documentary of the closing keynote address from the SL5B 5th [...]
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