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Genitals, guns, and merchandise in Second Life

After a couple previous visits into Second Life, I decided to give it one more try. Several people sent in suggestions for places to visit, and I hit as many as I could stand while accomplishing a few other objectives. This time, it's all about penises, nudity, sex, guns, politics, virtual artistry, and so forth. These are, after all, the specialties of Second Life. Note that both the subject matter and visual material that follow are in no way safe for work. The report and a few choice pics are after the jump, and there's also a full gallery. Consider yourself warned. More »

1:20 PM on Thu Mar 1 2007
By Chris Mohney
9,863 views, 8 comments

Latest by David Kirkpatrick: I have to agree with Con in saying that this is one of the most useful and entertaining articles about Second Life I have read. We could use many more real reviews like this about it. And for all of more »

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Bad week for backlash

Second Life has been taking it on the puss this past week or so, with more dogpiling on the economic questions, not to mention the whole nuking Reebok thing. And we enjoyed our own foray into supposedly popular SL locales and a first try at sex shopping. Speaking of first-timers, the account by Drew of "Toothpaste for Dinner" fame is one of the funniest things you'll read this month, so get to it. Thanks to those who sent in suggestions for SL places to visit, which we'll get to directly. Of particular interest are real-world entities, groups, or people that have SL presences. Drop us a line if you have tips for same.

UPDATE: Brilliantly amusing Warren Ellis post on Reuters about fighting off sexual infestations on his Second Life land.

12:00 PM on Fri Feb 23 2007
By Chris Mohney
1,301 views, 1 comment

Latest by World of Warcraft Map Guy: Although Toothpaste guy couldn't find a way to hit people, it appears that you can shoot other people and nuke entire areas: The army has staged a number of protests in Second Life to publicize its position. Three gun-toting members shot more »

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Sex shopping in Second Life

As promised earlier, a first-timer's experience when sex shopping in Second Life warrants its own post. I'll tell you right up front that my immaturity levels do not speak well of me as a sex correspondent. Chris Peterson's Second Life Safari at Something Awful puts quite a bit more thought and action into the topic. That said, with even the Dutch getting lathered up about virtual child porn (and not in a good way), Second Life's burgeoning sex industry is almost politely underplayed when everything else about the service is praised to the skies. So let's go penis shopping, shall we? NSFW, if you haven't guessed. More »

4:00 PM on Wed Feb 21 2007
By Chris Mohney
14,570 views, 4 comments

Latest by Randolf: Please keep this series going. There's oh so much more to roast. I think SL is kind of an intersection of the parada village smartset, the would be ground breaking academic types, people who buy stuff from financial opportunity infomercials, more »

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A tour of Second Life's big empty

IBM is in Second Life! The John Edwards presidential campaign is in Second Life! Your mama is in Second Life! Media hype of Second Life has developed a subspecies focused on the novelty of X real-world entity establishing a virtual presence in the pretend world, which should then draw mobs of virtual gawkers. Yet these alleged mobs often boil down to one or two lookie-loos wandering around, or nobody at all. Critics of our SL criticism have rightly pointed out that we miss nuances because we're not "into" SL ourselves. Despite some bad experiences and disappointments, your plucky guest editor is giving it another go. So is born "Valleywag Vuckovic." After the jump, a safari into notable Second Life hype-points to connect with the locals. More »

11:00 AM on Wed Feb 21 2007
By Chris Mohney
9,420 views, 9 comments

Latest by ming666: are there personal injury lawyers in SL? that may explain the edwards SL visit. more »