Archive for 'Opinion'
Op/Ed: Repression, Tyranny and Corruption = Economic Stagnation
by IntLibber BrautiganKREMER, SL – The recent LL blog announcement by Jack Linden that LL is holding off any new mainland land sales indefinitely, due to flat land prices, indicates that there is little new interest in land buying by the general public. This means literally zero economic growth in SL for the past two [...]
Full StoryRemembering Carmen Hermosillo
The Herald is sorry to report that Carmen Hermosillo (aka humdog, aka Montserrat Tovar, aka Montserrat Snakeankle, aka Sparrowhawk Perhaps) has died irl. Below the fold are my memories of Carmen, starting from when I met her on the WELL back in 1993. Others of you will have very different memories of her because you [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Tortured Thoughts
by Jessica Holyoke, Gorean kajira Torture has been on my mind lately, not only due to my Gorean excursions, but also in real life as well. Back in June, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was on the U.S. news magazine show "60 Minutes." He was asked why is the U.S. government allowed to torture….I [...]
Full StorySL Herald – the literary backbone of virtual worlds?
Mario Gerosa Interviews Urizenus Sklar on the New New JournalismDoes this explain all the damn poems? by Idoru Wellman, Dept. of Literary Salons and Euro-Trash Intellectuals Mario Gerosa (Frank Koolhaus in SL) wears many hats (some virtual). He is real life editor of Architectural Digest Italia He has also made headlines here and elsewhere with [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Google Whacks LL’s Ad Options
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk unemployed bots forced to seek Lively jobs as chat session miners and ad customizers? The Herald newsroom was quiet – staff writer Idoru Wellman had headed out muttering something about “Ginger & Jack, and four or five Feminax”. After the door closed, I stopped sorting through pictures of the [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: The Great Watermelon Strikes Back
Banned for abuse of support staff by vandalizing Torely Linden’s SL Wiki page? by Jumpman Lane No one labors under the impression that the kindly game gods of Linden Lab who traipse around the grid in (as) who-knows-wtf-that-avi-is-supposed-to-be avatars are anything but human on the meat side. However, some mistake the sudden appearance of a [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Whose Product Is It?
by Jessica Holyoke As reported in a few other metaverse news outlets, the fifth Second Life Birthday celebration has come under fire from residents based on certain policies. In prior years, the SLB celebration has featured content that was labeled Mature. This year, the celebration is being zoned PG and initially no builds that are [...]
Full StoryDrama & Dismemberment
Euripides’ The Bacchus and the future of SL theatre by Night Morrisey Agave sorts through a box of her butchered son’s body parts, cradling his severed head I must admit… I approached the MUSOFYR Productions recent staging of Euripides’ The Baccus with serious skepticism. I’m a theatre major – a degree that left me spectacularly [...]
Full StoryMetaverse SHOCKER!!! — Free SL Accounts Locked Out?
Why are free accounts sometimes disabled to make room for paying customers? by Avil Creeggan Dear Linden Lab, I am a free account. I have been a free account for the past two years. During that time, I’ve dealt with a lot of stuff that, frankly, shouldn’t be happening; flagrant asset loss and dehabilitation, incompetent [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: New ‘Corporate SL’ – Ominous Sign of Things to Come?
Losing faith in Second Life by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer I was recently banned from Second Life (again) where I had an account as Adromor Wierwight for a period of 3 months. During this time I established a company called ‘Pomilio Enterprises’ where I saw some success as an SL business person raking in over 34k Lindens [...]
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