Crowdsourcing Grief in Second Life’s Remembrance Garden

Will residents remember the dead in Linden-approved style? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I  join several scantily clad residents in Linden Lab's new "Remembrance Garden" and click on Flower Dispenser 55. The dispenser replies in soothing tones, "Please type the name of the person to commemorate.  The person must be a SL avatar name.  [...]

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Op/Ed: Asking for it

by Jessica Holyoke A friend of mine used to joke that you can't rape the willing.  It was a silly statement that is fundamentally true.  You can't rape the willing.  The act and crime involves a lack of consent for sex.  That consent can be either taken by force, induced chemically or statutorily unable to be [...]

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Write About the Herald, Get a Pulitzer Prize

by Urizenus Sklar, reporting from the Zac Efron party tent at the Pulitzer awards.   The Herald is pleased to report that Jim Schaefer and some of his colleagues at the Detroit Free Press have received a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Kwame Kilpatrick affair. What we media insiders know is that while Schaefer [...]

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Metaplace Gift Economy Balloons – Subscription Fees Loom

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Adz is the lucky recipient of three gift balloons Gift balloons and subscription fee discussions have appeared in Metaplace during the last week – signs of an impending move to an open beta and broader access to the web-browser based world construction kit. Last week, the game gods of [...]

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It’s 4/20 — Do You Know Where Your Medical Marijuana Is?

Part time griefer and journalist advocates for medical marijuana By Doctor Ocularis, Herald Medical Desk photo stolen from Metro Spirit Today being April 20 (aka 4/20) it is only fitting that we link to a story about weed. In this case we link to a story by Joshua McCracken in the Augusta Georgia Metro Spirit. [...]

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From EVE: More TITANic Fail

Another $10,000 USD Down the Toilet by Urizenus Sklar, at the He's Everywhere Desk. Recently we showed you the epic joy that goons and other humanoids can feel at the (permitted) destruction of $10,000 in assets in EVE Online. It involved the recording of the first destruction of a Titan. Forgot? – here is the [...]

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Another MMO Bites the Dust. RIP Shadowbane

Details via Massively. Of course it's not like no one saw this coming. –Uri

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Which SL Celebrity Inspired This RL Avatar?

This Second Life Avatar created by Shawn Wheeling was inspired by which SLebrity? select one answer o        M Lindeno        T Lindeno        Z Lindeno        Hamlet Lindeno        Philip Lindeno        Plastic Ducko        Gene Replacemento        Luc Bessono        Leon The Professional

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SHOCK! Sky News Closes Second Life News Bureau!!!

by Sigmund Leominster The Prophets of Doom can wallow in the demise of yet another major newscorporation's exit from the Second Life virtual world. Britain's Sky News has announcedthat it is formally closing down its SL island and moving to a "new'Immersive Workspaces' platform in Second Life where employees meet toexchange ideas and do business." [...]

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W-HAT Goons Protest Supports Babyfur Rights in Second Life

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A group of W-HAT goons recently staged a noisy protest in Archers sim in support of the rights of babyfur avatars in Second Life. Babyfurs – the diapered underage segment of the furry society – have had ambiguous support from the greater community, at best. However, apparently in the [...]

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