Kal Cartier Says Nicholas Is Not A “Mafia”

…but still admits to some mischief As our readers know, there has been a recent surge of mafia activities in and around Second Life as gang activities have been more in the foreground of late. Last week, I met with two of the prominent members of Nicholas, Kal Cartier, the current commander in chief of [...]

Full Story

Alynna Triellis — Post 6 Grrrrrl

[Sometimes, despite my best efforts, models get lost in the shuffle and poor Alynna Triellis had to wait several months for her shoot, and she handled it with style and class for which I will always be grateful. Alynna is as nice as she is beautiful, and it is with great pride and pleasure I [...]

Full Story

Jezzabel and Pappy Enoch Jailed

Anti-Collectivist Artwork vandalized, Mount Rushmore plot uncovered by Journey Yellowlist, Herald Legal Desk  Two recent fugitives from justice, Jezzabel and Pappy Enoch, were jailed today in the Really, Really Bad Girls Reform Facility.  This prison, known for its salacious abuse of felons, has a dubious record of rehabilitation in Second Life.   I was able [...]

Full Story

Op/Ed: The First-Hour Experience Before The First Hour

by Gwyneth Llewelyn Unconfirmed rumours claim that Mark Kingdon’s "stepping down" might have been caused by a failure to address the goals he had set for himself and for Linden Lab in two years. Of course we don’t know all the goals, but, besides the creation Enterprise division, we know of two others: introducing a [...]

Full Story

Lab Nerfs SL Combat – Players Demand Server Rollback – Lab Surrenders

Friendly fire has become a serious issue that even the best of us can no longer control Non-violent protests at Help Island Public – demanding more violence in Second Life – and a furious Jira thread have resulted in a rollback of the most recent Second Life server update – an update which crippled combat [...]

Full Story

First Bank of Enoch Holler Fails

Financial Traction Impossible, Fine Art to Cover Debts  by Journey Yellowlist, Financial Desk In a little over one week, deadbeat and drunken criminal virtual financier Pappy Enoch managed to lose both Linden dollars of virtual capital that he had collected to start his bank, plus another 19L in investments from two suckers avatars who came out [...]

Full Story

Lila Corith — Post 6 Grrrrl

[Sometimes you meet a model that is just perfect. Lila Corith is that girl. The shoot was entirely her design and I just hung on in the wake of her vision. I now just want to shut up and get out of the way so that you can meet this week's incredible Post 6 Grrrl, [...]

Full Story

M Poster Linden: Second Life Is Great For Meetings

Crap Mariner – now an official ProkStar thanks to this post pointing out the Lab’s iffy record on DMCA enforcement – shares a video account of life after the Lab for M Poster Linden.

Full Story

Chainsaw M Linden Gets The Chop – Philip Linden Steps In

Linden Lab CEO M Linden is stepping down, after axing 30% of the Lab’s staff in recent weeks and pulling a surprise no-show for his speech at the Second Life 7th Birthday celebration. Philip Linden has been named interim CEO in a move that raised the hopes of residents with short memories, but left those [...]

Full Story

Philip Linden Covers For Speechless M Linden

Why M Linden missed his chance to talk at SLB7 Will Philip give the same speech again today? Players braving the lag at the Second Life 7th Birthday celebration yesterday were treated to a second speech by Philip Linden after M Linden was unable to attend his own speech due to an emergency. Speculation about [...]

Full Story