Pixel Sumo Summer Grand Basho

Avatar Sumo Wrestling at its finest! by Ebenezer Pixel Pixel Sumo is having it’s Summer Grand Basho on Monday, 27 August at 6 am, 2 pm and 8 pm at Artificial Isle (174, 89, 26). The basho is three events spread over one day to allow maximum participation by SL citizens around the world. This [...]

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Sabotage in Badnarik Sim – Avalanche!!!

Badnarik sim pwned! Who is to blame for man-made disaster? Merczateer officers? South South African security staff? by Ace Graveling – war correspondent Searching for survivors of the Badnarik avalanche I stood upon the frozen ground and surveyed the landscape, my trusty photographer Llama Mike at my side. I had been assigned to cover this [...]

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Celebrity Trollop – Post 6 Grrrl

[Note from Justine- This week it is with great pleasure I bring you one of the great fashionistas of Second Life, Celebrity Trollop. Celebrity is the owner and publisher of Second Style Magazine and Second Style Fashionista Blog, two of the most widely read publications in Second Life - that also makes her my boss, [...]

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What’s the Harm?

by Onder Skall This story began when I was directed to an essay over at the SLLU blog entitled "What’s The Harm?". Basically it was a review of Second Life’s more hardcore sexual enterprises and a little walk down "Hard Alley", with the general message being that real harm was coming from it all. I [...]

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The Voyeur: You’re the Only One

Answers to your questions about love and sex in the metaverse by Wendell Holmer, virtual advice columnist You’re the Only One Q: My girlfriend is an escort, a very busy one. She makes good money and enjoys the parties and her friends at the club. She says the work is just an act and isn’t [...]

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Sex in SL: Dude Looks Like a Lady — part two

after the bomb drops – love does make impossible things happen sometimes by Aurel milesAs some of you might remember, my first article for the Herald was all about spotting imposters. Specifically it was about men who inhabit female avatars primarily for the purpose of getting their lesbian fantasies fulfilled. A lot of upheaval in [...]

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Second Life Stability Numbers Look Grim

24 Lindens work part time on 5% of the problem – what is everyone else doing? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Not WorkingOnIt Linden – 99% of the server bugs are safe The 5041 residents who signed an open letter to Linden Lab asking for virtual world stability ahead of new features may not [...]

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He’s Baaaaaack! The Return of Gideon Television.

“The last thing I remember, I was running for the door….” That was eight months ago, at the Aloft. The fog clears, and memory comes streaming back to me, gushing across my eyes like an enthusiastic actress in a hard-to-believe-it’s-real stag loop. But as the drugs finally wane, I begin to question. Where am I? [...]

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Second Life Corporate Hype Bubble Deflates – Now What?

Riding a DotCom non-strategy into the ground? by Inigo Chamerberlin Recent articles have focused on various issues affecting Second Life of late. But they have simply reported issues and, sometimes, commented on the issues as isolated events. I think it’s about time the causes were discussed, the likely outcomes and potential future moves. Most of [...]

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Kristina Dell Can’t Get the Box Off Her Head.

Time magazine joins SL haters by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista I’ve been rather annoyed with Time magazine the past few days. Icracked open an issue to read the interview with Drew Carey, and thenseveral pages in I was assaulted with an article about Second Life -illustrated by some horrible mash up of a Second Life [...]

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