Archive for 'News from The Sims Online'

Three Years of the Herald! Come Celebrate, October 26.

You love it, you hate it, you wrap your pixelated fish in it, but there’s just no avoiding the Second Life Herald. Though things looked rocky a while back, the Herald has soldiered on, revivified by the bloodhound instincts of new Herald managing editor Pixeleen Mistral, and recently re-joined by Herald founder Urizenus Sklar. Now [...]

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New Crimes, New Punishments

The New Scientist is running an article in its May 20th edition all about crime and punishment in the virtual world — one of the Herald’s favorite subjects. In fact, most of the piece could have been ripped from the Herald headlines — and probably was. Of course, it features yet another interview with mafia [...]

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Teh Clones Invade Friendster

Loyal readers of the Herald may recall several episodes of cloning that took place back when the Herald had its HQ in The Sims Online. Most notable was the episode involving a toon named Lead Architect, who was impersonated by a scammer named Lead Archeticht, who used the original’s good name to abscond with unsuspecting [...]

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Mafia Boss Gains Control of SL Stratics

In an ongoing investigation into the news that a Second Life portal was coming to Stratics, the Herald has learned some alarming news: the avatar chosen to manage the soon-to-be-launched Stratics site covering all things Second Life appears to be none other than renowned mob boss (and occasional Herald contributor) Marsellus Wallace.

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test post for Herald TV

This is a test post for what in the fullness of time will evolve into the Herald TV branch of the Herald media empire.  Posted here is actually a story from TechTV on the ESRB ratings of online games, featuring former Herald staffer Jessica and cranky professor L. VE_EmbedPlayer(“gid325/cid1093″, “TypePad/274032_1138387069″);

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BUY BUY BUY!!! Uber-Authors’ Doomsday Book Debuts on Amazon.com

Woot! If you didn’t believe it before, now you can actually feast your eyes: The Doomsday book recently penned by uber-authors Peter Ludlow and Mark Wallace in a flurry of champagne, clattering typewriter keys and cigar smoke is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. For those who aren’t already aware, the book recounts the adventures [...]

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2005 Avatar of the Year: Prokofy Neva

Avatar of the Year Prokofy Neva (left) with Pathfinder Linden In December 2004, the Herald reported a story that raised few eyebrows at the time, but which would eventually become the single most controversial issue in Second Life during 2005, and would speak to many questions about how governance in cyberspace might shake out. The [...]

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Family Reunion?

Pat the Rat undercover in Chinatown You didn’t hear it from Pat the Rat, dear readers (well, actually, you did), but word on the streets of Second Life is that the original virtual mobsters are coming to town. Having left The Sims Online and gone to the mattresses some time ago (the virtual matresses, that [...]

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Major Media Discovers Dirty Mods!

TSO modded with the Kingware Nude Skin Patch Well gosh golly, it looks like the NY Times, the LA Times, and Hillary Clinton have finally caught up with Clickable Culture and have discovered dirty mods for Grand Theft Auto, San Andreas! The GTA San Andreas Hot Coffee mod is a bit different than the usual [...]

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End of an error era: JC Soprano avi for sale on eBay

I have to say that I personally had a nostalgia attack and shed a tear or two when I saw this: The JC Soprano avatar/founder account on TSO is up for sale on ebay. Yes, this is the very same JC who fought with the Sim Shadow Government (both in game and on CNN), who [...]

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