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History of Star Wars Roleplay in Second Life
Mandalorian sects unite to war against the Galactic Dominion by Cayce Urriah The first major Star Wars Roleplay was Korriban, created by the Dark Lords of The Sith, the first Sith group in Second Life. Shortly after, The Jedi Alliance formed the sim New Holstice. In this era, late 2005, combat was fairly primitive. Using [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Screws .Edu and Non-Profits: The Silver Lining
Second Life just gets better and better by Doc Egghead, Dept. of American Decline, Big American U Now that Linden Lab has, in the midst of an academic and fiscal year, ended discounts on tier for education and nonprofits in SL, the gnashing of teeth has been so profound that dentists everywhere are eyeing the [...]
Full StoryCode Slacker — Post 6 Pokémon
[Several people IM'd me simultaneously the other day and said I needed to meet Code Slacker. Code then expressed an interest in posing for Post 6 and the rest is cartoon history. I have to say that Code is the nicest Pokémon I've ever had the privilege to work with, and that it is truly [...]
Full StoryGameCrush – Hawt Online PlayDates for Basement Dwellers
Gamers have been frequently stereotyped as having poor social skills. Consider, for example, Felicia Day’s Web series The Guild that relates the stories of a group of dysfunctional World of Warcrafters who are good at looting and farming, but not at interacting with one another or maintaining a relationship. But help is on the way [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab: We Don’t Need No Education
Discounted Second Life virtual land will be phased out for non-profit organizations and the education sector as of January 1, 2011 according to this announcement by Nelson Linden. Reaction was predictably negative from those whose budget cycles do easily accommodate costs doubling with three months notice – in other words, essentially all non-profits and education. [...]
Full StoryLetter to the Editor: Jesus Loves the Little Yiffers
"Give hospitality to the zoosexuals and furries of the furry fandom" – Kobidobidog Saturday, Urizenus Sklar received Kobidobidog’s response to the 2007 Herald story Are Furries Doomed? On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:37 PM, kobidobidog wrote: I am sending this to you because you are only one of two humans I can send this [...]
Full StoryEpic Google Translate Fail: Goat-time with Wind, Pole, Dragon
An insult to father’s stones? Working at the Herald, I have cultivated an appreciation for broken english robot haiku comments submitted by non-anglophone entrepreneurs looking for just one more link to web sites featuring vital lifestyle accessories. After all – gaming Google search ranking is what passes for marketing in the Internet age and it is [...]
Full StoryWhy Does Jeanne Whalen Have a Hardon for Julian Assange?
Little did I realize when I began to investigate this story that I would fall into another interwebs rabbit hole ™. It seems that this was not the first time Whalen has engaged in a disinformtion campaign against Assange and Wikileaks, and thanks to John Young of Cryptome we have an inside look at the desperation of her methods (Young trolls her and the WSJ for good measure). We are left to ask, who is this woman working for?
Full StoryTizzers Trolls Twitter: Microsoft <3 Second Life
Media depends on echo chamber for "news" 24 hours after Tizzers Foxchase placed a single post on Twitter – a little birdie told me that Microsoft may have silently offered tp buy Linden Lab this week – the outstanding quality of reporting in the internet age is all too apparent. Tizzers Foxchase Trolls Twitter While [...]
Full StoryCaete Chevalier — Post 6 Grrrrrl
[I was wandering around the grid one day and bumped into a petite and gorgeous gothy avie named Caete Chevalier. I snooped her profile, struck up a conversation and convinced her that she would make a great Post 6 grrrrl. It was a pleasure to work with, and is an honor to introduce the lovely [...]
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