A New SL Magazine

The other day I was approached by Cheri Horton the publisher of a new magazine in Secondlife called PixelPulse.  Cheri was interested in doing an article on my art gallery Secondlife Erotica which features my own erotic creations using SL avatars and a few of the old world masters works which I have recreated. Of course I was more than happy to give this very nice and professional lady an interview.  The interview was rather short and sweet, to the point and left me curious about PixePulse and its publisher/editor

According to her website, http://www.slpixelpulse.com, “PixelPulse maturely covers adult establishments, business ventures and entrepreneurs; alternative sexuality; conventional sexuality; gender; the adult club scene; and adult avatar relationships, among other topics. Profile pieces highlighting the different personalities that populate SL also are a big focal point of editorial content.”

Cheri’s About the publisher page on the PixelPulse blog  states she has been in SL since September 2005 and works as an editor for print media in real life and observes the fundamentals of journalistic ethics in SL as well as Real.  After following a few links from PixelPulse I found a bit more about Cheri and her real life activities.

* PREVIOUS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

–        Sex in Video Games Conference: Exploring the Business

of Digital Erotic Entertainment. Held June 8-9, 2006, in

San Francisco, Calif., USA. Participated in the panel titled

“Pleasing the Player: What Emergent Sex Can Teach Developers”.

* SOME INTERVIEWS  PARTICIPATED IN:

–  Wired, “Red Light Center Exposed”, Aug. 4, 2006.
–  Reuters, “Gamers Bend Gender for a Winning Edge”,

July 28, 2006
–  Columbia University graduate journalism student, for

an online multimedia project titled The Science of Sex

(not yet published)
– New Scientist, “The Irresistible Rise of Cybersex”,

June 15, 2006
– Game Today, “Cybersexual Relations for Linden Dollars”,

May 30, 2006 (published in Dutch)

*AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

– Gender identity, presentation and self-exploration in cyberspace

– Simulated sex and BDSM (a chief area of personal interest)
– Online relationships, specifically avatar relationships that involve

genuine emotions (another chief area of personal interest)
– How the human form is depicted in simulated environments
– The burgeoning role of the synthetic environment as a place for

human interaction and commerce
– Online identity
– Virtual space as an outlet for catharsis
– Voice in virtual space and how it affects user immersion

After reading more about the impressive Cheri Horton… it was time to pick up a copy of PixelPulse which she states the layouts will be improving.  I feel the magazine is worth the price, so maybe you want to stop by one of the locations below and pick up a copy.

The HUD edition of PixelPulse is available at:

• The Black Rose Mall, on the right-hand wall just past the shopping mall’s archway. (The Black Rose, 164,73,41)
• Dark Delights, (Dark Delights, 232,209,25)
• Le Cimetiere Shops, (Le Cimetiere, 136, 138, 61)
• The Little Shop of Kink, (Myeolchi, 114,18,62)
• PixelPulse Magazine Headquarters, (Orion, 230,42,44)

Copies of the notecard version can be purchased:

On the Second Life Exchange.