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Forbes WoW Player Talkin’ Smack On Second Life
Will SL be the first virtual world to fail? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk WoW player Dave Ewalt says SL players are losers The iMojo wire’s inter-world taunting alarm went off this morning – and with good reason. After sitting through a couple ads in the Forbes video clip here, and some blather about [...]
Full StoryWe Luv Borked SL Betaverse – Every Single Weekend!!!
Blinged-out Mia Linden leaves customer support award up for grabsLinden leadership missing – front line support left twisting in the breeze by Pixeleen Mistral, food critic Volunteers don’t have answers, and neither does Mia Long suffering residents of the Second Life betaverse – a sometimes semi-functional virtual world – enjoyed the by now traditional weekend [...]
Full Story3 weeks in SL – A Photographic Portrait of the Betaverse
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk welcome area – 50% off
Full StoryExclusive Pix from the Developer Grid: SL’s New Zone Concepts Interface
The next version of SL? by Pixeleen Mistral, food critic Zone Concepts Interface: brighten the corners I considered having another glass of wine while waiting for the wild coho salmon filet slathered in finely chopped fresh organic parsley to finish steaming over a what I hoped would become a Grey Goose vodka and sicilian blood [...]
Full StoryLove and Love Seats
What do you do when you come home and find a couple humping in your bed? by Wendell Holmer, metaverse home and garden reporter Prim Perfect publisher Saffia Widdershins and a pet In one day, Prim Perfect’s blog got as many hits as the number of magazines sold in the previous month—and three new advertisers [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Metaverse Maths: 1 + 1 = 10
SL must grow constantly to be profitable – a sophisticated Ponzi scheme?3000 servers for 50k simultaneous users – 1/3 of LL’s income from selling new servers each month by Gwyneth Llewelyn, mostly harmless meta-resident We believe Linden Lab is a profitable company, at least since April 2007, because Jeska Linden blundered that out in a [...]
Full StoryVirtual News Briefs
by Curious Rousselot Residents protest gambling ban August 9th at Linden Village Castle [photo by Argo Pollis ] Gambling Still Available in Second Life Reuters reported on August 14, 2007 that the recently enacted gambling ban in Second Life has not been completely successful.Honest former casino owners are not happy seeing others reap theprofits they [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Pools Closed …so it goes
Linden Lab really, really sucks at security – if one of the Lindens can be harassed for hours without as so much as a ban, what about the average resident? [Mudkips Acronym recently stepped down from leading the PN - a notorious griefing/invasion gang in Second Life. When I contacted him for comment, Mudkips was [...]
Full StoryNEWSFLASH: First Ever Live Concert In Second Life!!
by Onder Skall August 14, 2007 – 9:20PM – According to The Sydney Morning Herald, there’s going to be a concert performed by real professional musicians in Second Life. It’s going to be the very first time that has ever happened, and will change the Internets forever. Here’s an explanation of this completely original concept: [...]
Full StoryAngel Fluffy’s Security Services Connected to PN Griefers?
Sources claim Angel Fluffy is Mudkips Ackronym – notorious PN leaderGriefing group created to fuel demand for Proactive Security? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Running what may have been an anti-griefing protection racket in the virtual world could have backfired on Angel Fluffy – if the rumors flying around the metaverse are true. A [...]
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