Further Cost Savings Planned at Linden Lab

First they came for the animals… by Journey Yellowlist At great risk to this reporter’s virtual health, I have obtained plans by Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon for additional cost saving as his company prepares for acquisition by a firm run by adults restructuring to focus on the consumer market. This reporter gained access to [...]

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Will Lab’s Over Half-Off Sale For Large Landowners Continue?

According to a reliable source, Linden Lab has been heavily – and secretly – discounting the initial “purchase” price of virtual land for the largest landowners – those with holdings of 20 or more regions in Second Life. Under the Atlas program, standalone Second Life islands are sold for approximately $440 USD rather than the [...]

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T Linden Visits His Own Grave In Second Life!!!

T Linden – also known as Tom Hale in real life – apparently departed Linden Lab this afternoon, after taking a few minutes to visit his avatar’s virtual grave site in Rouge sim and chat with Second Life players. I was paying my respects at Blue Linden’s grave site, when I was surprised to see [...]

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Linden Lab To Generate Short-Term Income While Hoping For Takeover by Real Software Company

Company’s last-ditch plan to include gutting the virtual world experience, joining doofus nation at Facebook By Chainsaw Al Linden SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 – Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual world Second Life®, made blood run in the gutters of the city, as well as Brighton England and Singapore, to increase focus on the company’s [...]

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M Linden’s Bloodbath! 30% of Lab Staff Axed!!!

Rumors that 30% of the Lab staff were being terminated began circulating at about 8:30 PDT yesterday, along with word the Linden Lab office in Brighton was to close. By mid-afternoon the first official word appeared on the PRnewswire – "Linden Lab will also improve its geographic and cost efficiencies. The company’s product and engineering [...]

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Fah Xue — Post 6 Grrrrl

[I met Fah Xue a couple of weeks ago and begged her to be a Post 6 Model based on the look she was wearing in what you'll see as the third picture. Little did I know she would come to the photoshoot armed with several other fantastic looks, forcing me to choose from many. [...]

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Fashionista Review: Look at Them-There F*cking SLipsters

by Pappy Enoch, Alphaville Herald Fashion Desk Since I are a fashion expert (I done found me the best set o’ clothes ever and don’t change ‘em, till they wears out) I got me some "ethos" (that am what a city feller said, but I punched him anyhow) on this-here subject. Ol’ Hamlet Au, over [...]

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SL-Newspaper.com Folds – Slams Lab – Shuts Doors

SL-Newspaper today announced the end of their 4 year run covering Second Life, as editor Dana Vanmoer pointed out that real life might be more important than Second Life. This news may come as a surprise to some Linden fanboys and certain comment section sock puppets – but is a common enough reason to depart [...]

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Op/Ed: Avatars Have No Feelings

by FoxM Ember Is love an emotion or is it a choice? If actions speak louder than words, then an act of love towards someone is profoundly louder than simply uttering those three little words. So, is love here in SL a feeling or an action, a noun or a verb? Although we each must [...]

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Tizzers Foxchase: Linden Lab is Linden Lab’s Worst Enemy

I recently interviewed Tizzers Foxchase, the perma-banned Woodbury University faction leader, as part of a post-mortem of the mass delete of the Woodbury group from Second Life. Of course, this is far from the first Linden Lab group ban – many of us remember the mass ban of Voted 5 on September 19, 2006 when [...]

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