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Saturday, April 7, 2012

SL Newser News: The New Life Church Bixyl Shuftan Reporting...

Saturday, April 07, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Church, Easter Sunday, religion, SL Newser, worship No comments

The New Life Church (Image retrieved from SL Newser)

While people usually think of Easter bunnies and chocolates this time of year, for churchgoers it's also time to celebrate what Easter originally meant, the Resurrection. Second Life has it's share of churches. Among them is the New Life Church in the Shelton sim.

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SL Newser: Still Odd After All These Years: Tuna Oddfellow's Odd Ball

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Odd Ball, Shava Suntzu, SL Newser, Tuna Oddfellow No comments

One of the more unique regular performances in Second Life is the Odd Ball, taking place twice a week. Run by Tuna Oddfellow and Shava Suntzu, it's been running on the Grid for a few years.

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SL Newser: New Wilderness area in Second Life for Premium Members

Monday, March 26, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Linden Lab, premium members, SL Newser, wilderness region 1 comment

Earlier this week, Linden Labs revealed a new region in Second Life, the Wilderness.

Meet other Premium members and travel together through a dense rainforest filled with abandoned ruins, mysterious tombs, and hidden surprises in Wilderness, Second Life's newest exclusive destination for Premium-only fun. Hop aboard a boat cruise for an Amazonian adventure sure to thrill and chill, or check out one of the bars or hangout spots. Rumor even has it there are fish within the waters of the Wilderness, so grab your fishing rod and attempt to catch a rare species - or try to wrangle an ornery alligator!

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SL Newser Commentary: Linden Lab Is Destroying It's Newfound Trust

Monday, March 12, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, culture, Linden Lab, second life, SL Newser, virtual world No comments

Longtime users of Second Life are all too familiar with the days of M Linden. Before him, Second Life was truly seen as "Your World, Your Imagination." But then, Linden Lab began making a number of questionable moves that didn't seem to make any sense, except possibly for short term profits at the expense of long term, or just made no sense at all. People began to have less and less faith in the Lab to run the virtual world in a competent manner. The doubt was to the point among some as to question any new move Linden Lab would make out of fear they'd just screw it up and end up making the Grid worse off. Read More

SL Newser News: Phoenix Team Leader Jessica Lyon Speaks Out About New Third Party Viewer Policy

Sunday, March 04, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Jessica Lyon, Rockcliffe University, SL Newser, The Phoenix "Office Hour", Third Party Viewers, viewer policy No comments

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On February 28th, Jessica Lyon made a public appearance to speak about the recent changes Linden Lab announced of their Third Party Viewer Policy. The Phoenix "office hour" took place at the Rockcliffe University area, and was in front of a packed audience with up to 150 residents in and around an auditorium at the intersection of four sims ... Read More

SL Newser News: Spaceport Alpha/International Space Museum Is Back

Monday, February 27, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, International Space Museum, second life, SL Newser, The SPaceport Alpha Sim No comments

Good news for space fans in Second Life. The Spaceport Alpha sim, home to the International Space Museum or ISM is back online after having been closed for a few weeks. There had been some concerns that the return of the place would be further delayed due to Linden Lab asking for both the back payments and a purchase fee for a new sim. But they were laid to rest when on Wednesday February 22nd the sim was back online for all to see.

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SL Newser News: ISTE Island to Close, March 1st

Saturday, February 25, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, ISTE, SL Newser, The International Society for Technology in Education No comments

Some sad news for Second Life's educational community.The International Society for Technology in Education will be losing its ISTE sim in Second Life. February 28 is the last day the sim is due to be up.

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SL Newser News: Linden Lab Acquires Game Studio LittleTextPeople

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 adventure games, Bixyl Shuftan, entertainment, interactive, Linden Lab, LittleTextPeople, SL Newser No comments

On February 16th, Linden Lab announced they had bought the game studio LittleTextPeople, a maker of interactive fiction adventure games. The press statement informed, "Linden Lab will grow its digital entertainment offering by launching several new stand-alone products this year. Now part of Linden Lab, the talent and technology of LittleTextPeople will support the development of these new forms of interactive entertainment" Read More at SL Newser

SL Newser - What Happened to the Valentine's Day "Kiss a Linden" Event?

Sunday, February 19, 2012 Bixyl Shuftan, Hug a Linden, Kiss a Linden, Linden Lab, lindens, SL Newser, valentine's day No comments

Every year on Valentine's Day, the Linden Lab team have held their "Kiss a Linden" event in Second Life. For this one day a year, the Isle of View and Isle of ViewTwo sims would be brought online just for this occasion. These were heart-shaped islands with huge candy hearts, heart lollipops, and kissing booths with Lindens and sometimes resident volunteers. The Teen Grid had it's own event, though it was "Hug a Linden."

The event was held every year, at least until now. Read More