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Interview With the Agoraphobic: Fighting the Fear in Second Life
by Aidan Aquacade Meet Roberto, quite an eye-catching avatar who is one of the more interesting characters that can be found frequenting random areas of the Second Life world that we explore from day to day. Above Roberto’s head is a floating, spinning, square picture of his real-life self. This floating image of himself is [...]
Full StoryWhat the Hell, Buy a Car
The grand opening of Mororati Island today also coincided with a broadcast on Michigan Radio (an NPR affiliate) about the meatspace car biz in second life. Apart from the velvety Barry White voice talents of Professor Ludlow demonstrating his Scion and his Francis Chung Dominus Shadow, there is some interesting commentary from people that actually [...]
Full StorySecond Convention Hits Second Life, March 1-3
SL resident ZATZAi Asturias has announced the first Second Convention, to he held in Second Life, March 1-3. No word yet on how or whether you need to register in advance, but if avatars don’t choke Artificial Isle to a crawl, it could be a fun few days of sailing, speechifying, fun-poking, partying and hawking [...]
Full StoryPOP!!!
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Virtual Estate The real virtual estate bubble which has prevailed in Second Life since island price hikes in November 2006 started to pop today as Linden Land whacked out some 40 new sims opening at $1000 bids, starting the list with one named “Badly Moor,” which seemed to set the [...]
Full StoryMagic Alley Closing
Metaverse Hogwarts students turned out on the street by Curious Rousselot, Magical Affairs desk Surprised members of the *Hogwarts Reborn* group learned the Harry Potter role playing sim, Magic Alley, would be shutting down when they received a group announcement shortly before 5:00 PM today. Petra Carpenter, the driving force behind the sim, felt she [...]
Full StoryA Tiny Reign of Terror?
by Onder Skall of Second Life Games Larger than he seems… Some might say it’s all innocent fun. Some might say that the advantages a smaller avatar enjoys couldn’t possibly destroy everything we hold dear. Some might say that Hitler wasn’t a bad guy either, but I’m not one of them. Are you? The Tiny [...]
Full StoryMad SL Science Experiments
Flickr-ing light and streaming video by Fiend Ludwig Answering an invitation to preview their newest creations, I recently met up with Hallie the Chatbot developers Anthony Reisman and Navillus Batra, founders of Metaverse Technologies, at their newly acquired location for ‘mad scientist experiments,’ as Reisman puts it. Upon arrival I am greeted by a giant [...]
Full StoryBMW’s No-Drive Zone
by Fiend Ludwig [We sent Herald reporter Fiend Ludwig to test-drive some Beemers in Second Life -- only to find the project could hardly get into first gear.--Walker Spaight] BMW New World: Dude, where’s my SL car? Another corporate sim equals another deserted island. This formula, oft trundled out by the not-so-mainstream media seems, in [...]
Full StoryNot Quite On The Road: Motorcycling Undies of Doom
by Jimbo Quality [Editor's Note: Below, Jimbo Quality continues his Traveling With the Idiot series, in which at the moment he is attempting to spend some time racing virtual motorcycles. Even if you don't enjoy the story, we hope you appreciate the fact that we're doing a community service by employing the mentally challenged.--Walker Spaight] [...]
Full StoryLindens Likely to Limit Landbots
Seismic activity detected to east – new continent may appear soon by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Rockin’ Robin Linden acknowledged today what Herald readers have known for some time – automated bots that scan for land bargains, then swoop in for high speed purchases have made it extremely difficult for puny, slow, weak human-controlled [...]
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