M Linden – Phule Statue Auction

By the time the fool has learned the game the players have dispersed by Pixeleen Mistral Some residents are speculating that by forming a virtual organization to raise funds for legal action against Linden Lab, they may be able to recover what they claim are significant monetary damages suffered due to the OpenSpace sim price [...]

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Paradise Lost

by Kris Dibou It occurred to me today that SL is like a gourmet meal that you eat backwards.  Allow me to walk you through this meal beginning with the dessert.  1st Course: Dessert You’ve joined Secondlife and discovered a world of beautiful women and handsome men, where there is no disease to pick up [...]

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Evan Reuters Says “Linden Can’t Be Trusted With Your Credit Card” ?

Please cancel the “Reuters” surname. It’s not worth the hassle by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Reuters names no longer worth $500 USD? Reuters may no longer be reporting from Second Life, but Linden Lab does not seem willing to let go of one Reuters staff member’s billing information, and is now enhancing Evan Maloney’s [...]

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Post 6 Grrrl – Ayumi Shinn

[It was Darkley Aeon, a former Post 6 Grrl, who drew my attention to Ayumi Shinn's profile. The petite girl in the profile pic looked extremely cute and different and I was curious to meet her. I knew immediately that there was only one place for our photo shoot – Dirty Cute, which is where [...]

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Arms Race Continues – Alliance Navy Developing New Weapon Systems

Marine mech sub-division, railguns, fleet refit could lead to more immersive combat experience by Metallicoe Dezno The Alliance Navy mech being developed I was contacted today by Alliance Navy officer luca Vasilopita, who asked if i would be interested in seeing and reporting on some new AN equipment. Of course, being a gadgets and technology [...]

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Reuters is Dead: Eulogy Given

by Sigmund Leominster There is a world of difference between the real world press and the Second Life press. Forgetting this can be fatal, as is evidenced by the recent departure of two journalistic organs, the Avastar and Reuters Second Life. The Herald reported the arrival of Reuters back in October 2006 and its departure [...]

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The MegaPrim Spite Fence of Bear Sim

Why is LL powerless to remove “friendly greetings” left by Torley Linden’s wife Ravenelle? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Linden wife and contractor Ravenelle’s megaprim wall blocks the Bear InfoHub view of one resident’s business When you teleport to the Bear sim InfoHub, you won’t see Lias Leandros’s business – it is hidden behind [...]

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in SL

by Lavinia Carver While I was browsing around the other day, something just caught my eye. According to the advertisement, it was the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in Second Life. Now, at first I was skeptical. I thought, "Come on, the Macy’s parade in Second Life? I know almost anything is possible in SL, but [...]

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Under the Pixel Sun

by Kris Dibou In the virtual life you’ve ledYou’re neither living, nor are deadYou’ve met them all but met no oneDrifting under the pixel sun. And as you tire of this placeThe sun that doesn’t burn your faceThe water that won’t make you wetThe death that never will be met The wind that cannot touch [...]

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Post 6 Grrrl — GoSpeed Racer

[Sometimes you only have to be patient and wait … I have been looking for quite some time for a woman with a darker skin. This is about diversity, right? All I found was girls meeting all bad clichés – big booty bling chicks who looked like straight out of a 50 Cent video clip. [...]

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