Archive for 'News from Second Life'
Slexchange ATM Script Cracked?
Secret requested when Secret is unknown by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk UPDATE: According to über-scripter Day Oh, the bytecode/scripting exploit described in this story is real, but was fixed a month ago. Mr. Oh told the Herald that when crossing between regions, sometimes sims would randomly send sim-to-sim packets to clients. If scripts need [...]
Full StoryFlagging Virtual World Provider Linden Lab Now to Flag Content
By Prokofy Neva, Kremlindenologist Second Life residents in some select groups like SLDev were alarmed this morning to discover that in addition to nerfing traffic, and pitting residents against each other to police their “avatar rendering costs,” the Lindens are planning on instituting a system to flag objectionable content on SL parcels via search results. [...]
Full StoryState of the Economy
Lowest profit per capita growth ever in Q1 2008 by Jessica Holyoke Zee Linden recently posted graphs reflecting the strength of the SL Economy here – and Zee is very happy to report that the SL Economy grew by 15%. However, the story is not that simple. By several other measures, the economy growing slowly [...]
Full StoryClub Owner Slain
Police search for suspects by Femme Bleu freereed Freenote found dead Early the morning of Thursday April 17th, the body of club owner freereed Freenote was found dead in Birdland, Moondust. Although there were no signs of a struggle first responders on the scene said the cause of Ms. Freenote’s death is being ruled “foul [...]
Full StoryFirst In-World Sighting of M Linden
Exhausted emperor favors the simple look by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk ex-digital marketing agency CEO shows the metaverse how it is done – afk in t-shirt and jeans Melanie Kidd took what is likely to be the paparazzi photo of the year – a candid shot of the new emperor/CEO of Linden Lab demonstrating [...]
Full StoryOFFICIAL: Second Life To Become Giant Advertisland
Unclear if Coke or Procter and Gamble will purchase avatar behavior patterns by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Any lingering doubts about the advertisland direction that Linden Lab has set for teh 3D Interwebs were erased last night when the new emperor of Second Life was named – Mr. Mark Kingdon, formerly of the e-vertising [...]
Full StoryGriefing Under the Old Regime
part 1: Reminiscing about days soon to be past by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer Plastic Duck – a metaverse pioneer I still stand by my belief that Philip cannot be blamed for all of the Chaos in Second Life. Linden Labs has had so much to do in the last few years trying to fix so many [...]
Full StoryNASA Wants An MMO – For Free!
RFP asks developers to create a game for fun by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Friday, NASA released an RFP seeking a partner to help create a massively multiplayer online game to help teach science and engineering. The project has been seen as an exciting opportunity since it was initially announced in 2007 – a [...]
Full StoryDiSSENTiON in SL
YouTube communique warns of asset server attacks and malicious code by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A new griefing group – “DiSSENTiON” – released several YouTube videos over the last week illustrating new weapons testing on help island, and warning of “ushering a new era of chaos into the virtual world of Second Life as [...]
Full StoryHunter Talon Remembered
Our world loses a real superhero by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I never knew Hunter Talon – a Justice League Unlimited (JLU) member who died last Thursday – but Tizzers Foxchase did, and took time from writing a farewell message for the JLU this evening to tell me about Hunter, and suggest that I [...]
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