Archive for November, 2009

PayPal No Longer The Only Option for International Second Life Payments

It looks like PayPal will no longer be the only option for international Second Life payments. As business for Linden Lab continues to stretch across the globe and multiple languages it is becoming increasingly more important to be flexible when accepting payments from international customers using different currencies and under different financial regulations.

In that [...]

Liden Lab Selects Edelman as New PR Firm

We wrote before that Liden Lab was looking for a new PR firm. It looks like Edelman has been chosen as the new company to try and reinvigorate the public image and advertising of Second Life.

Time will tell if this can be a highly beneficial move for Linden Lab and Second Life.
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No More Freebies at XStreet SL

Linden Lab has announced a new freebies policy for listing products on XStreet SL. There will now be a fee for listing freebies. Within the next 90 days the policy will become active. While freebies will not actually be removed completely, they seem to be highly discouraged.

Basically the Monthly Listing Fee will [...]

HD Machinima: Trying to Get That Monkey Off Your Back

The below high definition video machinima was created in the virtual world of Second Life. It was filmed as a version of Move Along at the S.I.C. 49.
Dude…You’ve got a little red monkey on your back.

The video is about 4 minutes long. Check it out below.

Trying to Get That Monkey Off [...]

Virtual Smoking Games Machinima

We have written before about virtual smoking in Second Life.

Smoking is a terrible and addictive habit and I hate it. That being said, you can virtually smoke all you want in a video game or MMORPG.

Check out the below machinima that features exactly that. It is about 1.5 minutes long.

Virtual Smoking Games Machinima

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Machinima: Anything Can Happen in the Second Life Sandbox

A Sandbox in Second Life is where …… well…. anything can happen. The below machinima video demonstrates that perfectly as all kinds of strange and creative things are rezzed in a Sandbox in the virtual world of Second Life.

The video features some strange and disturbing builds.

The video is about 6 minutes long. Check [...]

Machinima: This Cockroach is Build Like a Tank

I have always heard in a nuclear disaster that cockroaches would be the only thing to survive.

This particular cockroach would certainly survive because it is built like a tank. Actually it is a tank.

Check out the below video featuring TankRoach.

Machinima: This Cockroach is Build Like a Tank

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Video Tour: The Innsmouth Sim is Scary

In the below video we take a virtual tour opf the Innsmouth virtual sim in Second Life. It is a pretty scary sim.
Teleport there now

The video is about 3 minutes long. Check it out below.

The Innsmouth Sim is Scary Video Tour:

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Telstra BigPond Leaving Second Life

Telstra BigPond is a large Internet Service Provider in Australia. They have had a presence in the virtual world of Second Life for some time The BigPond virtual sim included cinema, racetracks, games, dance areas, and company information areas in addition to a customer service area that was fully staffed.

Telestra BigPond will close down [...]

Ronald Mc Donald Griefer

The below video features a griefer in Second Life dressed as Ronald Mc Donald and rezzing french fries and chocolate swirls in a sandbox.

The video is about 2 minutes long.

Check it out below.

Ronald Mc Donald Griefer:

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