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Fighting the SL Way – Copy & Resell For Free
Content theft in Second Life on the riseDon’t like someone? destroy their business by Tenshi Vielle, fabulous fashionista Resident content theft runs wild while Philip and Robin Linden have gone missing Content theft has been absolutely rampant in Second Life lately. It’s like scabies – once you think it’s gone, a whole new bunch of [...]
Full StoryPrimjackers Trash LL’s Digital Rights Management
Copy “protected” prim hair, motorcycles now easy to copy -In-world economy threatened? by d3adlyc0d3c, ex griefer video demonstrating use of a prim replicator for potential customers on onrez Recently it came to our attention that certain devices have begun to circulate inside Second Life that allow object owners to circumvent Linden Lab’s digital rights management/permissions [...]
Full StorySL Laser Eyes Worth Looking Into
More residents improve vision with heat, X-ray, and lasers by Siobhan McCallen, metaverse weapons expert Coherent light leaves Macbeth Shostakovich with a burning sensation Remember how Superman had that great heat vision, and could just squint a little and turn a bad guy’s gun into a puddle of molten steel, or slice Braniac’s spaceship into [...]
Full StoryOne Night with the Free Women of Port Kar
by Jessica Holyoke Free Men of Gor abusing an innocent woman A Green Caste enters the Courtyard. “Lady, I hear you are looking for a Feminist in Gor!” So began an interesting and enlightening night in Port Kar. Readers of the Herald, or those who just like seeing naked men, might remember Hanze Melnitz, Admiral [...]
Full StoryIBM Sending Nasty Break-up Note to SL?
Spurned corporate lover Philip Linden watches IBM ad, thinks: “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”? What’s it do?Business – its innovation – its all the rage – I have my own islandMaking any money on your island?Virtual money or actual money?The point of innovation is to make actual money My avatar doesn’t know how to do that Ouch.
Full StoryPixel Clothes, Virtual Fashion Summit, IMVU, and HiPiHi
The Celebrity Trollop interview by Pixeleen Mistral, fashionable reporter IMVU fashionista Recently, Celebrity Trollop took time from her busy schedule for an interview about the pixel clothes scene in SL, IMVU, HiPiHi and elsewhere. Celebrity also mentioned what promises to be a very interesting event – The Virtual Fashion Summit – a conference for virtual [...]
Full StoryWhy Griefing = Drama: Broken Immersion
A virtual “world” creates an environment where griefers can do the most damage by Mudkips Acronym [I recently invited the founder and retired leader of the notorious PN invasion/griefing group to write an expanded version of his recent thesis on the serious business of griefing. Here is his response - the Editrix] “Griefing” takes many [...]
Full StoryAd Farmers Face Game-God Induced Drought!
Resident urged to conserve ads as abuse reports fly!!!Visual Spam cleanup – or ban on unreasonably land value increases? by Jessica Holyoke fewer roadside attractions? Jack Linden announced a new ban on Ad Farms this past week. While advertising is still allowed, it will be an abuse reportable offense when “it crosses the line into [...]
Full StoryFirst Meta and Meta Card
Pay reward points instead of interest? by Jessica Holyoke Prior to the banking ban being put into place I had an opportunity to sit down with JP Mougin and Tyra Fierrens, co-founders of First Meta and Meta Card, the first in-world Credit Card. They came up with the underlying idea behind First Meta a few [...]
Full StoryLL Borks Shields – Just Another Phase?
Breaking user-created content to protect users by Siobhan McCallen, metaverse weapons expert Darling Brody – creator of the Quantum Core – and phase shield fan Okay, here you are, ready to test your first weapon, the Zingblatt XXX-4J Super-Defenestrator with Tint Control. But you don’t really want to build it in your little 512, surrounded [...]
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