Second Life Holiday Gift Guide: Bondage Xmas Tree, Spanking Santa

Santa gropes, strips, spanks avatars – eggnog bukake surprise awaits by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk This holiday season, a bondage Christmas tree and Spanking Santa illustrate the boundless creativity of Second Life residents. While we don't expect an official mention in the Lab's holiday promotions, the scene at the Something Spunky store in Tovaris [...]

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FTC Report to US Congress Finds Explicit Content in Second Life!!!

…or not so much by Sigmund Leominster Your tax dollars have been at work once again in the expert hands of a committee commissioned by Congress and handled by the Federal Trade Commission. This is the same FTC that failed to catch Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme, and the same Congress that handed out [...]

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Restrained Life – A Vile Perversion, Masked by a Gentle Name

An alternate Second Life viewer reviewed by Miss Petunia Amaryllis Courtney Taliaferro, Second Life League of Decency Beware, innocents! I had such hopes when I transferred the so-called “Restrained Life Viewer” to my personal computer. I do not use the crass term “download,” since it can have a sexual double-entendre. Once I had installed the [...]

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EVEonline Player Visits Second Life

Killing time while EVEonline is EVEoffline by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Last night I ran into poopmaster Oh – an ex-Second Lifer who now spends quality time in EVEOnline. While poopmaster Oh waited for EVEoffline to become EVEonline again – the game had crashed – we discussed the relative merits of the worlds, the [...]

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Alessandra Narayan — Post 6 Grrrl

[Alessandra Narayan IM'd me and introduced herself and I was thrilled. I am a student of the Herald and it was a not just a pleasure to meet a fellow writer, but a chance to meet a gorgeous avatar and a great person. I was thrilled when she agreed to pose for us, and she [...]

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Kokopelli Racetrack Owner Killed In Copybot Abuse Report Collision!!!

Greg Drayman executed by Linden Lab – racetrack closed by Millennium Sands – pictures courtesy of Caz Fresc The world of Second Life motorsports suffered a severe loss when Greg Drayman, famous race driver and owner of Kokopelli Raceway Park (KRP), was banned from the grid by Linden Lab at the end of November. Greg's [...]

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Barbra Winkler — Post 6 Grrrrl

[I met Barbra while out on the grid and was looking at her avie andthinking about asking her if she'd be willing to pose when she IM'd meand said she was a Herald reader.  A perfect coincidence for Post 6readers, I'm pleased to present Barbra Winkler, Post 6 Grrrl. -TimothyMorpork] Hello Post Six Readers, I'm [...]

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A View from the Back: The Hard Alley Protest

by Jessica Holyoke As previously reported, as part of the 16 Days against Gender Violence, a variety of groups, SL Left Unity, Feminists, and Stop Violence Against Women, (disclosure: I am a member of the latter two) descended on Second Life perennial popular area Hard Alley in order to protest the rape role play on [...]

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Second Life metaLIFE Market Grows at XStreet’s Expense

by Coke Supply Ever since XStreet was taken over by Linden Lab, there has been a demand for independent sites that offer the same services due to resident fears that Linden Lab would run their site into the ground. Now that the Lab appears to be doing just that with the introduction of their new [...]

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HRH Princess of Yaximixche Starts 90 Day Virtual World Tour

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The Princess of Yaximixche is embarking on an ambitious tour of virtual worlds beyond Second Life from December through February 2010. The tour marks Her Royal Highness's first major public appearances since failing gravely ill during the summer of 2009, according to the Royal Press office. Over the next [...]

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