Sinister Dagger – New Administrator of Tyros

How does an assassin end up in charge of an established city basically overnight? by Humdog, Gorean Affairs desk Sinister Dagger – black caste assassin Humdog: hi — i’m talking today with Sinister Dagger, a black caste assassin, member of the Black Hand, and the new Administrator of Tyros. Welcome Excellency, and thank You for [...]

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Casino Allegedly Pays Jack Squat on $16000 US Jackpot

by Flimflam Edelman, Bureau of Casinos, Scams, and Dodgy Dealings Second Life resident Rhonda Bosen is charging that a casino owned by Hunter Noland failed to pay out on her big win of over 400,000 Linden Dollars — roughly $16,000 $1600 US Dollars. Ms. Bosen has produced chat logs and screen shots in support of [...]

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Innovative… Beautiful… Timeless… Ripoffs?

by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Elexor Matador Jewelry has made some serious L$s lately, what with all the fan press they’re getting. Problem is, they may be ripping off Cartier and various other high-end, real-world designers. Just how much money is involved? Elexor made 25 of the faux-Cartier pieces, and is selling them for L$10k [...]

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Forbes Starts Hating on Second Life

American Apparel disappointed in SL, Starwood Hotels’ Aloft sim to be sold by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs Desk Allison Fass reports that the metaverse can be a “can be a weird, chancy place for real-life brands” in a story for the July 2 issue of Forbes, and notes that avatars enjoy having sex and playing [...]

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Op/Ed: Seven Days in Second Life

by Inigo Chamerberlin It’s not just me, is it? I mean, being a whinger or whatever is one thing. But noticing the current state of affairs at Linden Lab is another. And unavoidable lately. Just this last week is absolutely mind boggling. Last Sunday I got an Email telling me I had no payment information [...]

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Second Convention Saturday Fashion Show

by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Despite my mistake the other day, I attended the Second Convention fashion show on Saturday, and “WOW”, what a knockout. I’m not ashamed to admit it – I’m hooked on fashion shows, and this was the show I was hoping for. Nineteen designers showed as scheduled, on the usualy three-stage [...]

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Dark Life 2 Arrives

Monsters and killers level up in SL Heartun Breaker, Monster Killing Correspondent Dark Life 2 is finally here, sort of. The much anticipated upgrade to Second Life’s longest running adventure role playing game is up and running in Istaria Prime while the game’s home sim, Navora, is being renovated to bring in new monsters and [...]

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Rumored Bug Puts SL Scripts in Jeopardy — Should Lindens Close Grid?

By Prokofy Neva, Fashionable Tech Dept. for Dummies A scripter by the name of Ethan Schuman claims that the Lindens were squashing a scripting bug today that would have enabled anyone in SL to view — and therefore copy — scripts inside objects in Second Life. Linden Lab has not yet published any announcement about [...]

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How Will SL Look in 5 Years?

By Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs Desk Pompo Bombacci pointed out this You Tube video of what appears to be a preview of a new Second Life client. Studying the video carefully, it is clear this is what we can expect the Second Life experience to be in the future. Yes, the future looks bright – [...]

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