TY - BOOK AU - Ludlow,Peter AU - Wallace,M. TI - The Second Life Herald: the virtual tabloid that witnessed the dawn of the metaverse SN - 9780262122948 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - GV1469.25.S425 L83 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - The MIT Press KW - Second Life (Game) KW - Avatars (Computer graphics) KW - Tabloid newspapers KW - Fiction KW - Computer programs KW - Shared virtual environments KW - Internet N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-295); The death of Urizenus -- Inside the virtual world -- Slinging bolts at the robot factory -- A day in the life of a techno-pagan newsroom -- Dollars and cyberspace -- The case of the broken jaw -- Crossing the line: scamming, griefing, and real-world crime -- Down the rabbit hole -- "Cyber me, baby!": sex, love, and software in the virtual world -- Murdered! -- Behind the pixel curtain -- Taking it to the virtual streets -- Into the code: exploits, mods, and hacks -- The resurrection of Urizenus Sklar -- The power of the virtual press -- Ruling the metaverse -- The day the grid disappeared -- The metaverse is born UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007002794.html ER -