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Mitch Kapor’s Level Playing Field
Philanthropy and Recursive Reality at Sheep Island by Carl Metropolitan MitchK Linden, avatar of Mitch Kapor–philanthropist, Lotus Development founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder, Linden Lab Board Chairman, and Man with Resume You Would Kill For–made a rare appearance in Second Life Thursday night. Kapor headlined a mixed reality event promoting his Level Playing Field Institute [...]
Full StoryHerald Editorial Director to Wed Sheepish Virtual Videographer?
by Pat the Rat Just what does he propose? Walker Spaight and Destroy Television? You heard it here first, boys and girls. Pat the Rat was lurking in the cathedral in the Big Easy, expiating some sins — and you know Pat has a lot of sins to atone for — when who should wander [...]
Full StoryW-Hat Celebrates 3rd Year in SL
Punk rock and memorials to perma-banned griefersDecomposing Monstre banned & reinstated without explanation the next week by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I was recently in Baku hoping for a two-for-one story – one group of goons griefing another group’s event. While waiting to see if the Patriotic Nigras or another of the up-and coming [...]
Full StoryInterview with Callie Cline
SL Avatar and MAXIM 100 Girl by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Congratulations CALLIE CLINE! Well, it some doing, but only the SECOND LIFE HERALD got to sit down with Callie Cline and savor her experience for all Avatar kind – being a MAXIM 100 girl! I’ve been a friend of Callie’s forever, and I’ve seen [...]
Full StoryPlaying With Magic
For some roleplayers, Hogwarts Reborn is enchanting by Luthien Biziou A charming classroom It’s 5 minutes until 5pm, SLT. I teleport to Oahu, change into my appropriate avatar, and quickly navigate my 1st year Slytherin through the halls of Hogwarts Castle. I take a seat in the crowded Charms classroom. A 3rd year Ravenclaw behind [...]
Full StoryZero Residents Online – Jeff Linden Eats Crayons!
Make more linden space bucks in your great new SL call center careerSPECIAL BONUS: LL’s web site’s super-secret insights!!! by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The mojo wire had certainly been working overtime – unlike the Herald staff — so I sat in the office sorting through the incoming rumors, press releases, and expense reports. [...]
Full StoryOldAge Play
Grandpapa’s got a brand new bag by peppermint fizz Gerontophilia is a sexual attraction to the elderly by someone who is not elderly. Though it’s not nearly as catchy as “Hot for Granny”, more than a few residents of Second Life seem to have it, and more than a few members of the gray haired [...]
Full StoryHarry Potter Role-Play Drama!!!
Shock! – angry in-character and out-of-character role play results in shootings by Hermione Ferraris, concerned role player A conflict in-game has been going on for a while and some of us have never known. Oahu – a Harry Potter themed role play sim – has been experiencing difficulties with in character (IC) and out of [...]
Full StorySUN Working with Linden Lab to Port Second Life to Solaris?
Interview with a Sun storage engineer who wants voice and no morning downtimes by JayR Cela After reading a recent business magazine article about Second Life and “Value Added Integrators of Information Technology Solutions”, I decided to take a tour of several of the major players with established an SL presence. While most of the [...]
Full StorySpanish Politicos At War In SL
One guy with a watermelon gun threatens Second Life society by Onder Skall Terroristic threat or menace? Thursday, Reuters reported that Spanish socialist and conservative party factions are fighting it out in Second Life. The griefing tactics at each other’s party offices include throwing bombs, waving guns around, rezzing fires, and “everything you could imagine” [...]
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