Meerkat Viewer Runs Wild in Second Life – And Beyond

Is unleashed client a threat to Linden Lab supremacy? by Tenshi Vielle The long anticipated Meerkat viewer has been released for both Windows and Mac – and features radical goals such as cross grid access without a central authentication authority and cross grid content import/export – goals that may ultimately threaten Linden Lab's control this [...]

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Adrenaline Lite – Adventure Sports in Second Life

by Fiend Ludwig I like that you can't die when skydiving in SL. The blood poolanimation when you hit the ground (much) too hard is about as real asit gets. Or is it. Why would anyone want to skydive in SL when you canfly…? With a healthy dose of virtual trepidation, I strapped on my [...]

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DJ Cuppycake vs Bruce Schneier – Event Showdown Part 2

Dancing to DJ Cuppycake's tunes in an embedded Metaplace world by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Thursday night, after a disappointing Bruce Schneier event in Second Life, I stopped by Metaplace community manager Cuppycake's blog to see how well embedding a Metaplace space into an independent web site would work – and what sort of [...]

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Richard Bartle in Metaplace — MMOs FTW & WTF

The best way to get into it is to go where it isn't and wait for it to come – Richard Bartle by Idoru Wellman, staff writer [Richard Bartle recently visited Metaplace, and although the most of the Herald staff were unable to attend, one of Urizenus Sklar's contacts provided this transcript.  Cuppycake (Metaplace community [...]

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Bruce Schneier vs DJ Cuppycake – Event Showdown Part 1

No questions from the audience makes for a bad show by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Security guru sinks into his chair while talking to disembodied voices in virtual world Second Life – a fancy dress party trying to become serious business – came in a poor second place to Metaplace in Thursday night’s virtual [...]

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XStreetSL Hates on Yo Ass Sometimes

Inconsistent Linden Lab censor can't make up his mind by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Orion Shamroy was surprised earlier this week to learn that all of his XStreet offerings had been pulled by Linden Lab for a ToS violation – using the word “ass” in the product description. But as of this writing, “Bukkake [...]

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Avatar Mute Feature May Have Dangerous Side Effects

New mute feature: No avatar at all! by Tenshi Vielle the One and Only Delora Starbrook – muted I love this new feature. SOMUCH. Now when I mute someone, I don't even have to look at them. Idon't have to see any obscene avatar poses, obscene t-shirts, or anything. See no evil, hear no evil! [...]

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The Second Greatest Story Ever Told. Now in Paperback!

Dawning of the Age of Metaverse Enlightenment by Dr. Ocularis, Herald Book Club As we survey the broad sweep of the last two and a half millennia of Western culture, several efforts stand out as “Great Books” of this tradition — The Bible, Plato’s Republic, and Aristotle’s Poetics, for example. Is it not time to [...]

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Silvana Lefevre — Post 6 Grrrl

[As the Post 6 Photog, whenever I'm on the grid I have my eyes open forbeautiful avatars. Shopping, clubbing, hanging out with friends- younever know when a gorgeous, or sophisticated, or sexy, or interestingavatar will appear, so I'm always scoping the people around me lookingto bring you a face that's new and pleasing. I found [...]

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Anti-Inspect Prims’ Growing Popularity

by Tenshi Vielle Ah, the new, shiny, stupid things Second Life residents create to makepeople spend L$. It's like your Aunt Gertrude buying the ShamWow! froma television commercial. Not necessary, completely stupid, and yet sheloves the thing like a long lost child. The new trend in Second Life Stupid Products is the Anti-Inspectprim. These showed [...]

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