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 StoryLL Luvs LEWIS Spinmeisters
Morgan “LEWIS” McLintic to cover RL with spinning ad-cubes? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Morgan McLintic is loved Feeling the need for perhaps just a wee bit more soft and fluffy press coverage, Linden Lab recently sent some love to Morgan McLintic of the LEWIS public relations firm – Mr. McLintic is leading a [...]
Full StoryThree Years of the Herald! Come Celebrate, October 26.
You love it, you hate it, you wrap your pixelated fish in it, but there’s just no avoiding the Second Life Herald. Though things looked rocky a while back, the Herald has soldiered on, revivified by the bloodhound instincts of new Herald managing editor Pixeleen Mistral, and recently re-joined by Herald founder Urizenus Sklar. Now [...]
Full StoryWashed up Emo Musician Drops F-Bomb on Fans in SL Visit
video by Theage.com paparrazo, Stephen Hutcheon Ben Folds, a washed up solo musician straddling the that rich musical territory somewhere between emo and John Denver, had a “virtual launch party” at Sony BMG’s Media Island, a beach head in the corporate invasion of Second Life. As the above video by Stephen Hutcheon shows, virtual release [...]
Full StoryNew Citizen Stipends Chopped
LL gives itself a 25% discount on new Premium citizens by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Linden Lab recently announced that as of November 1, new “premium grade” citizens will cost the Lab 25% less in Linden dollars – buying in bulk works! Just in time for the holidays, new premium accounts will be paid [...]
Full StoryNY Times Joins Chorus of Linden Fluffers
In yet another nauseating puff piece in a string of nauseating puff pieces about Second Life, The New York Times has offered a story with little depth of analysis, but some nice pictures of Philip and Prok. Summing up the story, the content seems to be this: “Gosh golly, companies that I have heard of [...]
Full StoryYale Daily News blasts SL: “Second Life is a nerdy, Jolt-fueled pastime for social cripples and perverts”
In a blistering assessment of his first visit to Second Life, Micheal Seringhaus of the Yale Daily News cuts through the Reuters fluff and offers that the reality is rather different than the “sober assesments” given by mainstream media. I was mostly ignored, occasionally propositioned for text-based sex and wholly unable to conduct business. I [...]
Full StoryThe Register blasts C|Net’s Terdiman for being Linden Fluffer
The Herald has long appreciated the fine work of Daniel Terdiman for Wired News and now C|Net (not least his reporting on the Alphaville elections and the Roomba Frogger game instantiation event), but today he has come under fire from Ashlee Vance at The Register. According to Vance, Terdiman’s recent “breathless” coverage of Second Life, [...]
Full StoryHe’s baaaack…. Urizenus Returns to Herald: plans Kool-aid-free Zone
Yes, I’m back and working for Pixleen as a regular contributor to the Herald because I just can’t freaking take it. Any. More. As the Lindens are feted for having 1 million non-paying subscribers (99.9% alts) and the so-called serious media goobers come in with their breathless brain-dead Philip-fluffing puff pieces, and as Reuben’s “Minions [...]
Full StoryGovernor Linden Sighted!
by Prokofy NevaSpecial to the Herald Governor Linden, sporting a low-cut, red-and-white-striped tank-top and a pair of snug-fitting peddle-pushers, made a rare inworld appearance in Second Life this evening at about 5:30 pm SLT. Hizzoner turns out to be *Her* honor and — as an amazed Herald reporter exclaimed, "Baby got back!". The pert and [...]
Full StorySecond Life – Over 1 Million registered
Stop back later, the metaverse is full OK, what’s next? The mojo wire sputtered to life minutes ago in the Herald offices with news that Linden Lab marks an historic high number of registered accounts today, passing the 1 million alt account milestone sometime around 9:30 AM. Congratulations! Now, what is the next milestone? update: [...]
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