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Creationism – Your Divine Alt?

Unlimited free alt accounts – they’re not just for griefers! by Lacie Babenco After an SL suicide you can start over – like this! In my short time here in SL, nearly every individual I’ve come across has a secret, or semi-secret or very public additional life in-world. The idea of having more than one [...]

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Second Life’s Slide vs. Everyone Else

9 months of losing ground against IMVU, TSO, World of Warcraft by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk SL web site rank falling since January – WoW, TSO & IMVU rankings rising By at least one measure, Second Life’s growth since January has not kept pace with other 3D immersive environments – including World of Warcraft, [...]

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LL Ducks Responsibility

Our world, your liability by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Will university faculty be held responsible for bringing students to the libertine free for all educational opportunity that is Second Life? How long until controversy spills over to real life for in-world harassment? Michael Bugeja, director of the school of journalism and communications at Iowa [...]

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SL Gay Military Fetish Group Strangely Quiet

One member wants to sell his uniform by Tillery Woodhen, military enthusiast Anyone who’s spent any time knows that gay men kind find a fetish in anything. One of the more common and popular fetishes is military gear. As fetishes go, it’s rather vanilla. (Note to readers: If you see someone with a brown hanky, [...]

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Natalia Zelmanov – Post 6 Grrrrrl

[Note from Justine Babii- Natalia Zelmanov is one of my heroes. She has done a lot of good with charitable fundraising in Second Life. Also, through her famous Blog, she has helped a zillion residents do everything from grow out of noobdom to learn the secrets of making hair. As her pictures hopefully show, she [...]

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9/11 Memorials

by Jessica Holyoke September the 11th came around once again, and this year it fell on a Tuesday, just as it did in 2001. For some, 9-11 is a precursor to Madrid’s March 11th or London’s July 7th. For others, it is the greatest controversy of our time. But ignoring for a day the wars [...]

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Fiddy Likes Free Hot Dogs

With a $100,000 credit line you need to be getting hot dogs for free by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Okay, so 50 Cent was brought in-world a few days ago, a special in-world screening and live interview. I watched the video for a whole five minutes until the first "N word" was uttered; then I [...]

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Second Life Is Indefensible

“banning griefers is a worthless excercise” – ACS DreamlandPN rumored to be preparing megaprim-based weapons by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Dreamland construction forgot to auto-return the particle spam emitter The landlord’s role in the Second Life virtual land business may be getting a bit more challenging. Consider the group notices from Anshe Chung’s Dreamland [...]

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Kinky Demographics of SL BDSM Community

Why do virtual Doms accumulate a fleet of subs? by Victorria Paine To the consternation of some residents, alternative lifestyles featuring some element of what falls under the umbrella term “BDSM” are very common in SL, and much more “in the open” than in the material world. While the presence of this community, and its [...]

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Ben & Jerry’s SL Island – Dookie Chunk Ice Cream Swirl

Players flee fecal collection game in ice cream factory advertislandCorporations step in mixed marketing messages by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I have seen strange and wonderful things in Second Life, and Ben & Jerry’s virtual ice cream factory/cow poop collection facility/new resident “orientation” area left me in awe. Not a good kind of awe [...]

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