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Two Parties while the Wizzards work late
Was a busy night in SL last night. Two club grand openings: One Song’s new Club Erotic, and the new Club Elite on Elite Island. But no sooner did I get done doing my paparazzi thing at those events but I was summoned back to the SimCast dev tower. Seems the latest SL update induced [...]
Full StoryAll I can say is … :O
Thanks to the mack of all cyber-paparzazi, Father Callahan, for this screen shot. I think the pic pretty much says it all, don’t you?
Full StorySecond Skin, part 5: Mistress Midnight
By Miravoir Psaltry Believe it or not this is the 5th SL skin artist we’ve talked to. Previously in this series of interviews we spoke with Chip Midnight, Santana Lumiere, and CherryBomb Hare and Kathmandu Gilman. In this installment we speak with Mistress Midnight, best known for her elegant and sensual goth skins.
Full StorySims 2 Marketing Campaign: sex sex sex sex sex
Faithful readers of the Herald know that we don’t like to discuss s-e-x, and only do so under duress, but the new advertising campaign by EA for the Sims 2 begs, pleads and grovels for attention and blogging. What we find fascinating is the conjunction of the new advertising campaign with EAs insistance that there [...]
Full StoryClub Elite moves to Private Sim
Big John Jade flies over Elite Island Long at or near the top property for dwell, and an important site for entertainment ranging from lap dancing to parties for SL gang leaders, Club Elite has also long been plagued with hellish lag. With the recent move to a private island — Elite Island– all that [...]
Full StoryEssay: A History of the Second Jessie War
Stanford is an old, laggy simulator/server, strategically situated between the Jessie combat sim and the Federal sim, which until just days ago was home to Club Elite, the most popular destination in Second Life. Stanford was nevertheless a fairly sleepy sim until last month when a Second Life gang named ?The Associates? bought up two [...]
Full StoryCaptain Will on BBC Online
We’re going to see a lot of Will Wright as the Sims 2 release approaches, but this intereview in BBC Online is special because…well because Doc Pete is mentioned too! What does Will think about the shady side of virtual life?: “it makes the game more interesting.” We couldn’t agree more. Don’t miss the audio [...]
Full StoryTigger escapes the 11 city hood for greener pastures
Tigger! [sorry for the delay in reporting this -- earlier draft got nuked. The Good Father's fault I am sure. --Uri] By: Father Callahan According to Sims Stratics sub-Minister of Thought Control, Leah, and this notice on the SWG boards, Ex Senior Online Community Representative for TSO, Tigger is now working on the ‘Star Wars [...]
Full StoryThe Game within the Game, part 2: Virtual Barn Raising
As reported earlier, I recently bought a private sim and we are currently knitting it together with the simcast sim so we will have two sims dedicated to a medieval themed PvP Dungeons and Dragons type game with D&D-type combat elements, as well as crafting and quest elements. One of the really great things about [...]
Full StoryCyber-escort as power gamer: Interview with Daphne Molinari
One thing that we?ve learned from observing social MMORPGs like TSO, There, and Second Life, is that power gaming is alive and well in these games, albeit in a different form than in EQ and SWG. In this interview we talk to an impressive example of this phenomenon ? Mistress Daphne Molinari. She tells us [...]
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