Archive for 'News from Second Life'

Windows Vista Gets Sexy in Second Life

If you’re wondering whether Windows Vista will be compatible with your Xcite cock, wonder no longer. The OS sees its official launch today, complete with a party at ten locations in Second Life. But as resident Kitten Lulu amusingly points out on her blog, about half of the 10 locations Microsoft has chosen for the [...]

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Inside the Bot Cave

Bot-man Kamilion Schnook‘s underground testing facility by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Inside a mountain on Anarchia Island, beneath a false floor is a cave that – at times – contains around 20 bots – zombie avatars controlled by a single person. Last night, a tip arrived on the mojo wire talking about “a secret [...]

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Ageplay in Second Life: Interview with Jailbait Manager Emily Semaphore

In real life, Emily Semaphore is 35 and works as a librarian. In Second Life, she roleplays as a 13 year old girl. Together, with Ian Manray (her real life husband, who she met in SL!) she manages Jailbait, a Second Life club dedicated to age-play – often involving cybersex between the participants. In this [...]

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Database Problems Cause Haiku Outbreak

Linden Blog infected – citizens seek poetic justice by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A highly infectious strain of Haiku has struck the official Linden Lab blob – affecting residents whose immune systems may have been weakened by chronic exposure to disappointing performance in their game world. As editors scrambled to find a new way [...]

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German Army Beats Unbearable “French Lag”

Land owners’ triumph of will in Porcupine sim by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Ten days ago, after a series of violent yet faintly surreal pro- and anti- Front National (FN) protests, the FN group sold their land and moved from Porcupine sim to Axel leaving a demolished Matrix Mall behind. To the relief of [...]

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Blue Note Jazz Club Clobbered by Sim Crash

Only online Linden asks not to be bothered by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Blue Note before being eaten by databaseBlue Note blown away The Blue Note Jazz lounge was destroyed by a sim crash during a live DJ event – the building was devastated by an apparent bug in the Second Life server or [...]

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Mr. Linden’s Hong Kong Or Level 75

Mr. Ben Linden rides off into a YouTube sunset to his new franchulate. By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Kremlindenology In keeping with its plan to open source and franchulate the popular online 3-D streaming video gangland game vicinity, whose tangled code had become “nearly organic,” Linden Lab has allowed a resident-turned-Linden and long-time loyal servant [...]

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LL Answer Shortage Closes Official Answers Forum

Second Life customers should just STFU, OK? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Metaverse game gods might be completely out of answers and – with dim hopes of clues or answers arriving anytime soon – decided to close the Linden Answers forum friday evening. Previously, the Linden Answers forum was a venue for residents to [...]

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Sim Rollbacks Too Dangerous – Dreamland

Cure worse than disease — months of disappearing object bugs by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Today, Second Life’s largest landlord notified residents that sim rollbacks are too dangerous to attempt until “Linden Labs fixes the many bugs associated with sim activity”. This news may alarm residents who spend significant time creating elaborate structures and [...]

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Ségolène Royal: Second Life OK for French Socialists

SL not just for French fascists – Socialists can play too! by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Joyous news sure to warm the hearts of French socialists everywhere in Second Life arrived on the mojo wire this morning. Supporters of Ségolène Royal have formed a group, purchased land, and constructed offices to support their candidate [...]

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