Interview with alt-right Pepemancer and Kek/Trump supporter, weev
by Urizenus Sklar on 22/09/16 at 1:27 am
weev with a recent tat In this Herald Instant Classic © interview, we talk with Andrew Auernheimer (aka weev) about his white supremacist politics, his work for the Daily Stormer website, the Kek/Trump political agenda, and his involvement in the pepe the frog meme-storming of Hilary Clinton’s campaign. Pepe and Hillary have words
Full StoryVirtual Worlds 2007, Report No. 4: $5 Million Worth of Worlds
Prokofy Neva, Corporate Watch So they had this big conference with 600 of the most influential people in the world, in terms of middle management or even CEO level, from major broadcast media, online games, social media, advertising, development companies, educators and government. It was kind of scary, in fact, thinking of what a terrorist [...]
Full StorySecond Life Back Stories: The City of Lost Angels
[All the fanfare about Second Life and virtual worlds more generally has to do with the builds and the things you can capture with Fraps and screenshots. But in my view that isn't where the action is. The builds and textures and skins and clothes are just eye candy designed to facilitate the creation of [...]
Full StoryVirtual Worlds, Report No. 3: Half Time Score: There, 10; SL 3
Well, alright, maybe it’s 6-4, as one MTV guy conceded. The ad people in the room, the suits, respond to control. And Viacom/MTV/There offer them control. There won’t be any “flying objects,” as Colin Parris, the IBM VP, delicately called the Anshe Chung flying penises problem. He’s staying with SL because it’s on balance a [...]
Full StoryVirtual Worlds 2007, Report #2: How the Hair Holds Up
Prokofy Neva, Kremlindenologist So I walk into the 55th floor of the Millenium Hotel and I see it…The Hair. Our Hero’s Hair is Holding Up. Relieved, I shake Philip Rosedale’s hand and ask him how he’s holding up, but the message has already been telegraphed to me: gelled, sturdy, stellar, architectural — thank you very [...]
Full StoryVirtual Worlds 2007, report #1
By Urizenus Sklar All quotes guaranteed to possibly be accurate. I climbed out my cab in Battery Park, eager to take in Virtual Worlds 2007 conference and hear the latest developments in virtual worlds. But what is this? The other taxis pulling up are not yielding scruffy game devs and virtual platform development geeks, but [...]
Full StoryShay Savon – Post 6 Grrrl
[Editrix’s note: This week we have a super special treat from deep in the heart of Texas - a mid-week Post 6 Grrrl - Shay Savon. Shay is dancing her way into hearts all over the metaverse with a good ol’ fashioned texas charm as big as the lone star state.As always, our Post 6 [...]
Full StoryH&R Block Heads
by Onder Skall Just do me, baby! H&R Block recently announced the construction of H&R Block Island. The story goes that SL residents (at least, those from the US) can swing on by and get some free tax advice. “Fifty years ago, we changed the tax preparation landscape by opening up our first office on [...]
Full StorySL Combat Expo Underway
by Onder Skall, courtesy of SL Games The SL Combat Expo 2007 has officially launched and will be running until April 2nd. This is a great opportunity to see some of the cooler weaponry that Second Life has to offer and ask questions of the weaponsmiths themselves. From the official release: William Dalgleish, Project Manager [...]
Full StoryThe Medicis of Second Life
The Magic World of Leo Burnett; Big New Tree of Media Life By Prokofy Neva, Virtual Corporation Watch The big corporations that have entered Second Life are a rough analogy to the Medicis of medieval Florence – avidly (avariciously) engaged in commerce, yet sponsoring art and architecture. I haven’t worked out all the analogies yet [...]
Full Story“No Deal With CB,” Sez LL; Purple Land’s “A Bug”
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Virtual Estate Linden Lab did not encourage Coldwell Banker (CB), the real-life real estate company, to come into Second Life, John Zdanowski, LL’s chief financial officer, known inworld as “Zee Linden,” told the Herald this weekend. Asked if there was any contact, encouragement, or special tier breaks, Zee replied, “Absolutely [...]
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