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Creationism – Your Divine Alt?
Unlimited free alt accounts – they’re not just for griefers! by Lacie Babenco After an SL suicide you can start over – like this! In my short time here in SL, nearly every individual I’ve come across has a secret, or semi-secret or very public additional life in-world. The idea of having more than one [...]
Full StorySecond Life’s Slide vs. Everyone Else
9 months of losing ground against IMVU, TSO, World of Warcraft by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk SL web site rank falling since January – WoW, TSO & IMVU rankings rising By at least one measure, Second Life’s growth since January has not kept pace with other 3D immersive environments – including World of Warcraft, [...]
Full StoryLL Ducks Responsibility
Our world, your liability by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Will university faculty be held responsible for bringing students to the libertine free for all educational opportunity that is Second Life? How long until controversy spills over to real life for in-world harassment? Michael Bugeja, director of the school of journalism and communications at Iowa [...]
Full StorySL Gay Military Fetish Group Strangely Quiet
One member wants to sell his uniform by Tillery Woodhen, military enthusiast Anyone who’s spent any time knows that gay men kind find a fetish in anything. One of the more common and popular fetishes is military gear. As fetishes go, it’s rather vanilla. (Note to readers: If you see someone with a brown hanky, [...]
Full Story9/11 Memorials
by Jessica Holyoke September the 11th came around once again, and this year it fell on a Tuesday, just as it did in 2001. For some, 9-11 is a precursor to Madrid’s March 11th or London’s July 7th. For others, it is the greatest controversy of our time. But ignoring for a day the wars [...]
Full StorySecond Life Is Indefensible
“banning griefers is a worthless excercise” – ACS DreamlandPN rumored to be preparing megaprim-based weapons by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Dreamland construction forgot to auto-return the particle spam emitter The landlord’s role in the Second Life virtual land business may be getting a bit more challenging. Consider the group notices from Anshe Chung’s Dreamland [...]
Full StoryBen & Jerry’s SL Island – Dookie Chunk Ice Cream Swirl
Players flee fecal collection game in ice cream factory advertislandCorporations step in mixed marketing messages by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I have seen strange and wonderful things in Second Life, and Ben & Jerry’s virtual ice cream factory/cow poop collection facility/new resident “orientation” area left me in awe. Not a good kind of awe [...]
Full StoryA Year in the Second Life
El Diablo investigates virtual girlfriends, freaks, parties, and drive-by penising by Mariner Trilling, man of many parts As my first rez day approaches, it gives me an occasion to look back upon my first year in Second Life. There were the obvious changes as I went from dickless noob to anatomically correct avatar but SL [...]
Full StoryWedding Stories in the Metaverse
by Katrina Eales 7.05 pm on August 22. Venue: Love Story Weddings. After months of meticulous planning Alleggra Whitfield’s big moment had arrived. She was anxious to step down the aisle and take the hand of her betrothed, Bert Cramer, sealing the promise they had already made to live only for each other throughout their [...]
Full Story24% of Second Life Sessions End in Tears
LL consistently unstable January-July Some residents have had enough of 3D advertisement world by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk For the last 6 months, nearly a quarter of Second Life sessions have ended abnormally according to numbers recently released by Meta Linden. For SL players who have been begging for stability instead of more new [...]
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