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SL 4th Birthday Celebration – Nobody Does It Better!
Philip Linden locked out, Pools Closed, and other marketing best practices by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Video Linden shouts: Philip can’t get back inMorgaine Dinova shouts: Look at it from the point of view of all the people trying to join the party but stuck outside: the griefing is the only party enjoyment they [...]
Full StoryLimbering Up for Lawsuit?
Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Evil Land Barons, Capitalist Pigs, and Running Dogs Anybody notice the auctions were closed, or were you too busy trying to get on the birthday sims? I wandered over to the auctions to see if anything cheap in Lindens was appearing in the used category and saw that there were absolutely [...]
Full StoryDevelopers Rule, OK?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Apparently standard-issue residents of Second Life are so glutting the market that it is not important for the Lab to consult with them on fundamental changes to the game metaverse monetizing platform. As far as we can tell, even concierge-level land owners – those with a sim or more [...]
Full StoryBaroness Worries Metaverse May Interfere With Sex
Telephones and television not currently a threat by Onder Skall, Mainstream Media Desk The Telegraph alerts us to dangers of excess sexiness in Second Life. Baroness Susan Greenfield (her real name), director of the Royal Institution, thinks that Second Life could replace dating in the real world. “Could it be that in the future they [...]
Full StoryJonathan Fanton Takes Flight
By Prokofy Neva, Community Affairs Dept. In his real life as the President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Jonathan Fanton probably has to fly thousands of miles to check out his many philanthropic projects and branch offices in other countries like Russia. Today was probably the first time he took flight [...]
Full StorySinister Dagger – New Administrator of Tyros
How does an assassin end up in charge of an established city basically overnight? by Humdog, Gorean Affairs desk Sinister Dagger – black caste assassin Humdog: hi — i’m talking today with Sinister Dagger, a black caste assassin, member of the Black Hand, and the new Administrator of Tyros. Welcome Excellency, and thank You for [...]
Full StoryInnovative… Beautiful… Timeless… Ripoffs?
by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Elexor Matador Jewelry has made some serious L$s lately, what with all the fan press they’re getting. Problem is, they may be ripping off Cartier and various other high-end, real-world designers. Just how much money is involved? Elexor made 25 of the faux-Cartier pieces, and is selling them for L$10k [...]
Full StoryForbes Starts Hating on Second Life
American Apparel disappointed in SL, Starwood Hotels’ Aloft sim to be sold by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs Desk Allison Fass reports that the metaverse can be a “can be a weird, chancy place for real-life brands” in a story for the July 2 issue of Forbes, and notes that avatars enjoy having sex and playing [...]
Full StorySecond Convention Saturday Fashion Show
by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Despite my mistake the other day, I attended the Second Convention fashion show on Saturday, and “WOW”, what a knockout. I’m not ashamed to admit it – I’m hooked on fashion shows, and this was the show I was hoping for. Nineteen designers showed as scheduled, on the usualy three-stage [...]
Full StoryDark Life 2 Arrives
Monsters and killers level up in SL Heartun Breaker, Monster Killing Correspondent Dark Life 2 is finally here, sort of. The much anticipated upgrade to Second Life’s longest running adventure role playing game is up and running in Istaria Prime while the game’s home sim, Navora, is being renovated to bring in new monsters and [...]
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