ADV: Metaplace Needs Hugs

You can dance. You can give balloons. But where is the love? What if you lived in a world where shaking hands was impossible?A world where you couldn't even hug your best friends? A world without love… what kind of pixelated life would that be? Sadly, such a world exists today – in Metaplace. But [...]

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Mystery Inside Investor Sells Stake in Linden Lab

Someone unloaded their Linden Lab holdings – but who? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk With reports circulating that an individual investor's equity stake in the Lab had been sold to Stratim Capital, the rumor mill can be expected to go into overdrive speculating about exactly which insider sold their shares – and why. Stratim [...]

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Op/Ed: But What About The Children?

by Jessica Holyoke In the U.S., the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the re-hearing of a man who was convicted for e-mailing child sexual fantasies that he had.  Dwight Whorely is currently serving 20 years in prison for 74 counts of child pornography and obscenity, including 20 counts of obscenity involving writing about his [...]

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Lab Moles Dig Up Second Life Adult Mainland

Empty adult storefronts just as boring as PG/mature mainland by Jessica Holyoke   Mixed messages from LL: a safe hub on the new Adults-only continent Today I had a chance to travel to Zindra, the new adults-only continent, and plumbed new depths of dullness for what was supposed to be a continent of sex and [...]

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Zonra Darkmatter — Post 6 Furry

[I bumped into Zonra Darkmatter one day,  fell in love with his kittycat avie and I was thrilled that he agreed to pose for us this week. During the course of explaining the Herald, and Post 6, I learned that Zonra is very new to Second Life but seems to be having a good time. [...]

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Transworld Omnigendered in Metaplace

Will avatar poses lead to matriarchal society? It works for hyenas! by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Fiend sits uncomfortably The story of how Fiend Ludwig and I discovered of the transworld omnigendered nature of Metaplace started simply enough. Fiend was in the Herald offices sitting uncomfortably on a couch, leaning slightly forward and rubbing [...]

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SLchan.com — W-Hat.com’s Bratty Little Brother?

New media watchby Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Our attention was recently drawn to www.SLchan.com – an image-driven site catering to the tastes of Second Life’s /b/tard community – mixing the ironic hypercute, the profane, and a smattering of iconic griefers as the community collectively defines an internet subculture with random pictures and short comments. [...]

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Residents Join Flickr Photo Fight for Same-Sex Marriage Rights

NoH8 Proposition 8 silent protest picture campaign comes to Second Life by Bunny Brickworks The ordinary Second Life resident is a lazy, unmotivated and unpolitical slobhiding in mom’s basement without knowing or caring what is happening in thereal world. That might be true for some – but a growing number of residentsare voicing their opinions [...]

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Underground in Gor: A Kinder, Gentler Counter-Earth?

Part 6 in a series by the Wanderer “Welcome, stranger.” I was not in Gor anymore, at least the Gor I'd known. Maybe it was the kajirae, dressed in their finest silks and not rags. Maybe it was the “wedding” cake they were serving.  Or maybe “welcome” and “stranger” used together, in a world where [...]

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Ulaa Coronet — Post 6 Grrrl

[I was walking through the park one day, in the merry merry month ofMay, and I spotted this week's Post 6 Grrl, Ulaa Coronet as you see herhere in the first picture. I thought her avie was great- part cupcake,part faun, all fun. When she finally said yes to posing, she offered upthe second avatar, [...]

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