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W-HAT Goons Protest Supports Babyfur Rights in Second Life

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A group of W-HAT goons recently staged a noisy protest in Archers sim in support of the rights of babyfur avatars in Second Life. Babyfurs – the diapered underage segment of the furry society – have had ambiguous support from the greater community, at best. However, apparently in the [...]

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Near-Disaster Delays Doily Quest – Latex Maid Suit To Blame

Isolation hoods stand in way of Second Life civilization by Miss Petunia Amaryllis Courtney Taliaferro, Second Life League of Decency Why what could be MORE innocent than a doily? At one time, these small lacy tokens of ladies’ handiwork graced the homes of the lowly and their betters.  The doily was the harbinger of civilization [...]

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Conservative Republicans’ Second Life Fantasy World

[Politics in the United States have not been kind to the Republicanparty of late, so it is understandable that some of the party faithfulhave taken refuge in the fictional entertainment world of Second Life. Reporting on this trend, Alessandra Narayan's interview illustrates how virtual conservatives have adopted the immersive workspaces of Second Life to meet [...]

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Brunoo Loon Spends L$ Spacebux Fortune on Ads

Half million L$s to buy top spots in Second Life classified ads by Alessandra Narayan Look at SL’s search engine and you’ll find three or four companies spending 500’000$L per week in advertising, or around 2000$USD. Whether this should be considers a large or small fortune depends on your point of view, but in any [...]

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Rapist, At Your Service, Madam

by Alessandra Narayan  Roleplay themes are always controversial, right? Especially when it comes to sex and even so morewhen it’s about rough sex, hardcore, and reaching the imaginary worldof forbidden fantasies. Of course everyone knows there are certain thingsyou must do to keep it safe -  starting with not being specific about reallife details. Also, [...]

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Linden Lab and BP Hold Second Life Graduation Ceremonies

Senior prom will go on as scheduled by Idoru Wellman, Class of 2009 Assistant Glee Club and Pep Squad Leader Senior Second Life executives who parted company with the Lab recently had simply tested out of their remaining coursework, so there is no cause for concern – theSenior Prom and Linden Remembrance Ball will be [...]

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Financial Domme Stimulus Package for Second Life Economy?

by Tenshi Vielle Financial Domming has recently popped up in Second Life, and is exactly what it sounds like — there are submissives who fork over their Lindens to the Domme willingly. This may be the greatest scheme in Second Life – even better than the ponzi schemes virtual banks – because all the rules [...]

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Kossacks Invade World of Warcraft!!!

by Dr. Legion, staff reporter It seems like just yesterday that denizens of the politically progressive (i.e. "communist" in Foxlish) social media site The Daily Kos invaded Second Life during their Annual Politburo meeting. That was bad enough, but now they have formed a guild in World of Warcraft. What horrors will these progressive bloggers [...]

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The Awful Truth About Internet Dating!

by Dr. Denise Levertov, virtual advice columnist dear dr. denise: i'm lonely, desperate, and thinking of dating on the internet. my friends tell me I'm crazy, but what is the worst that could happen? is there anything I should watch out for?  - miss lonelyhearts Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, I sense that you have self esteem [...]

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EVE Game Gods: Council on Stellar Management better than Reading FICky Forums

A Lesson for other MMOs?by Dr. Legion, staff reporter In this very interesting interviewon MMORPG, Petur Oskarrson talks about the EVE Online Council on Stellar Management (CSM) — a group of players elected to represent the players interests with the game company at face to face meetings in Iceland. Petur describes some of the changes [...]

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