Second Life Boobs Jiggle In Emerald Life Viewer

Shimmy your way through the metaverse by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk [UPDATED: Ayumi's Jiggletastic video added after the jump] Open source advocates are pointing to the newest feature of the Emerald Life viewer as proof positive that open source software makes life better for everyone. The latest version of the Emerald viewer includes the [...]

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Land Baron Meltdown Leaves Residents Homeless

Intlibber Brautigan's estate taken offline by Linden Lab by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk   Between 30 and 40  sims are offline tonight after what appears to be a Linden Lab repo-man job on the estate of Intlibber Brautigan. Mr. Brautigan's base -  Venture Square – and neighboring sims are offline and inaccessible. In addition [...]

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A Techno-Communist Manifesto

Autonomous chicken-collective lags Linden lackey Neva by Pappy Enoch, Techno-Revolutionist I salute all working avatars of the fake worlds!   A specter is haunting Second Life – the specter of Prokofy Neva. Yes, I mean the same avatar who claims to defy the cabal of Linden plutocrats by being an anti-collectivist “free-market capitalist.” I laugh in [...]

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Lindens Turn To Cheaper Lawyers in Class Action Complaint?

Lab’s insurance won’t cover Michael Rhodes $800/hour fees by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk According to a story in LAW.COM, the Lindens can’t afford their first choice in legal representation – Michael Rhodes of San Diego law firm Cooley Godward Kronish. At issue is the Eros LLC/Nomine vs. Linden Research class-action trademark and copyright complaint [...]

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Davida Tolsen — Post 6 Grrrl

[I met Davida Tolsen when I was freshly hired on as the Post 6 photographer, but because SL played hide and seek with her bio, she has been patiently waiting in the wings all this time, and ironically, making these both the latest and the earliest of my Post 6 pictures. Davida is charming and [...]

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Metaverse Glitterati, Community Leaders Swarm Post 6 Party

Whacha gon' do? Let's get small!!! by Chatterbox Telltale, society reporter The Greenies' mega-sized kitchen table may never be the same after yesterday's Post 6 Grrrls, Guys, Furries and Robots party set a new standard for how the most beautiful people in the new media metaverse can be movin' and groovin' gettin' small all across [...]

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Residents Displaced as AzureIslands Takes a 5% Haircut

Sim closures blamed on Linden Lab price increases, bad economy by Pixeleen Mistral, National affairs desk Evidence that the virtual land market is not immune to real life economic woes appeared this weekend when a number of residents were informed that their parts of the metaverse will be closed by the end of the month. [...]

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Saving Time in a Virtual Bottle

How is your time in Second Life best spent? by FoxM Ember What is time?  “Time,” measured in minutes and hours, days and weeks – even here in SL.  Is it simply an awareness of events and occurrences sorted in our minds in such a way, as to allow us to perceive them in an [...]

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Party With the Post 6 Grrrls, Guys, Furries, and Robots

by Chatterbox Telltale, society reporter The metaverse glitterati will be out in force – and at a euro-friendly time – during the second open-to-the-public Post 6 reunion bash – so brace yourselves for the party this Saturday, October10, from 11am to 3pm SLT.  Post 6 alum SammyBarrett will DJ and the festivities will be held [...]

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Linden Lab’s Baitbox Nabs 50 Copyright Infringers?

Have the banned residents already returned to the grid? by Jessica Holyoke The SL community is safe again as reports that due to the heroic efforts of Soft Linden, and the alleged infringers themselves, 50 residents were banned from Second Life. The residents were all users of the Neil Life viewer.  This viewer – which [...]

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