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To Telehubs Like Moths to Flame
by Walker Spaight Will the Grid soon find itself teleporting into the middle of the holiest of holy sites on Second Life‘s new northern continent? Formerly inhabited by moth-worshipping stilt-dwellers, the continent recently dubbed “Mothball” by one wag has so far been free of telehubs. But if one Linden has his finger on the pulse, [...]
Full StoryExtra Extra! Love, Betrayal, Seized GOM Accounts and Bannings
Alyeska poolside in the old MoMo mansion In a shocking series of developments, Mr. Fairplay/One Song, Reno Parks, and Lord Charming have all been banned (possibly permanently) due to a dramatic conflagration with Alyeska Zamboni, an SL denizen romantically linked with both Baller Momo King and Mr. Fairplay, and a leader of the Street Killaz [...]
Full StoryI’M HAVING AN ALIEN BABY IN SL!
From the reaches of the Herald’s Science Fiction Desk, presided over by Budka Grosshomme, comes a cautionary tale of avatars, attachments, and what can happen when the firewall breaks. In an amazing revelation, Zzyzzk Threadmore announced that she suddenly found her avatar pregnant when she logged on last week. “At first I thought it was [...]
Full StoryInterview with “Hangin On” Producer Icon Serpentine
By Cienna Samiam With the advent of 1.6, streaming video is now a reality in Second Life. Theaters and mini-screens are rapidly becoming common across the grid, and everything from movies to animated shorts to comedy and more are finding their way into our virtual living rooms. Amongst the trickling stream of new media, there [...]
Full StoryW-Hats honor the Pope
W-Hat build honors both the Pope and 9-11 victims We have often been critical of the W-Hats for their poor taste and sophomoric senses of humor, but thanks to our criticism they have come around and begun engaging serious issues and showing respect for other persons. A recent build by the W-Hats pays tribute to [...]
Full StoryBedazzled and Stark Bollock Naked
The Herald staff aren’t always as quick off the mark as we’d like to be. When a forum thread on the Bedazzle Nude pics got underway, our editorial board were passed out underneath a poker table following a drunken brawl over the six aces Uri had found in his shirt-sleeve.
Full StoryAdvertisement: SLB Boxingmania 2!!!
SecondLIFE Boxing will be hosting one of their biggest events ever.. Boxingmania 2. Some of you might remember or have heard about the first Boxingmania, the match involving One Song vs. David Jacobs & Tank Levy… Well it is back and no one knows what is going to happen, with fights, drama and special appearances, [...]
Full StoryTricking Out Virtual Rides: SL Gets its First Aftermarket Performance Shop!
Yeah, you bought your pixilated Audi TT, or maybe you got that sweet Primouth Fury, but you want more than the factory engine that came with it. Thank gopod SL finally has an aftermarket performance shop where you can soup up your engines with some nitrous and other essentials. In this interview Rizzo Ramona introduces [...]
Full StorySneak-Peak at Second Life’s Future Rendering Engine – ’2.0′
This snapshot of Second Life’s unreleased 2.0 Rendering Engine was leaked to the Herald Ben Linden yesterday posted to the SL Forums 9 screenshots showing the current progress of Second Life’s future rendering engine. These screenshots had been scattered and hidden throughout the grid as part of a sadistic treasure-hunt but were quickly recovered by [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Queenie Extraordinaire
The Herald is now very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Queenie Extraordinaire! Queenie is the co-owner of Club Hellraiser in SecondLife and is a large part of the day-to-day operations of RockNgames Radio, which can be heard all throughout SecondLife and in many other games. We would also like to take [...]
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