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Community Virtual Library Yard Sale Info Island March 14-28 http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/111/105/33 Formals! Dresses! Casual Wear! Costumes! Shoes! Boots! Jewelry! Furniture! Decorations! Outdoor Items! Lamps! and much, much more on sale at the CVL Yard Sale March 14-28 on Info Island! We have some serious shoppers that donated items for this sale – come early and come often, we...
The Future is Now Conference On Friday and Saturday, March 5th and 6th, there will be a conference focusing on libraries and museums in virtual worlds. “The Future is Now” will bring together dozens of people from around the world to explore and discuss current activities and future possibilities....
I am often asked at the reference desk for landmarks to interesting places to visit in Second Life. Fortunately, nearby the reference desk on Info Island, there is a great resource for answering this question. The Virtual World Landmark Center is a ”travel agency” of sorts for Second Life. Sihlshoot Seelowe, who...
The Sci-fi & Fantasy Portal hosts its February Meet the Author event: Goncalo Coelho (RL) = Prospero Milan (SL) is a published author who lives in Portugal. He’s written novels, plus articles for the Portuguese Press and Brazilian magazines. The novel he’s presenting is THE MIRACLE OF YOUSEF “. It’s the...
Join us at The Rainbow Gardens Pet Memorial Center on Sunday, February 21, at 3 pm SLT for our Valentine’s Party! It is never too late to share your love! There will be dancing and ice skating. Please bring a poem about your pet to share during the party. ...
Friday, February 12th @ 2 pm SLT: Guided Tour of Info Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/110/37/33 Wednesday, February 17th @ 4 pm SLT: Guided Tour of Rachelville http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/116/186/26 Mystery Manor event; Tue., Feb 16, 7pm: Maxito Ricardo will lead a book talk at Mystery Manor on Tue, Feb 16, 7pm. This...
The Metaverse Journal - Virtual World News
Virtual worlds and business: 2010 overview
A little over a year ago we created a short discussion paper on the potential impact of virtual worlds on business. Since that time literally hundreds of people have downloaded the paper, so we thought it was worth updating it. It remains a fairly succinct overview of the opportunities presented...
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. Casualgaming (USA) – GDC: Virtual worlds need better player contact, says Habbo Hotel designer. “Speaking at today’s Game Developers Conference’s Social and Online Games Summit, the lead designer of Habbo hotel has suggested that virtual worlds are loosing out on an opportunity to welcome more users because of an...
1. Cypress Rosewood: Live in Second Life 2. Coco Latzo with Miron Batista 3. *SLAP* Second Life I See You...
Education and Second Life: the fear factor
The prolific machinima man, Draxtor Depres, has produced a concise but effective piece on education in Second Life. Educators familiar with virtual environments will perhaps find this a useful advocacy tool when trying to get a point across in a short timeframe. Those totally new to the area may find it...
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The University of Western Australia continues to by the dynamo of Australian Second Life presences, announcing a fourth sim, Virtlantis as well as announcing the February winners of its ongoing 3D Art and Design Challenge. A record 74 entries were submitted for the month. It’s hard to imagine a...
Announcing: The Metaverse Reader
I’m really pleased to be able to announce the availability of The Metaverse Reader, an iPhone application for virtual worlds residents / follower / interested parties. You can download it here for free. What is it? It’s essentially an RSS reader with two sections. The first is our own RSS feed . The...
What's New
Hello Penguins!Puffle Rescue launches March 15th and the island's getting ready to rescue! I wanted to give you another sneak peek into what the new game has in store for......
Hello Penguins!Lots of you have been asking about the new game, and when you'll have the chance to find the missing puffles at the Underground Caves.Don't worry... the wait is......
Hello Penguins. Screenhog here again.We've been hearing reports that the green puffle's missing from the Night Club. Have you seen it?You know, the Night Club is one of those places......
Hello Penguins!Things are going great in the Mine with lots of you joining in the construction. Keep up the hard work! Last week we asked about the bravest underground adventure......
Hello Penguins! Looks like there are lots of you with your jackhammers helping down in the Mine. Some of you are saying that's where you think Rockhopper's missing puffle Yarr......
Greetings Penguins! A few weeks ago, when the team showed the new orange puffle toy, lots of you wrote how stoked you were. (FYI - I think the orange puffle's......
Hiperia3D News
Renderosity Coupon: 15$ Off for $15 Till March 14
Apply coupon code 20100314B15P15 to your order at the time of checkout, and you'll get 15% off of your purchase of $15.00 or more. This coupon expires March 14th, 2010 at 11:59pm (CST) Renderosity system time, so take advantage of these sweet savings... *** CLICK THE TITLE AND READ THE...
Genetica 3.5 Released- Photos From Seamless Textures 25%Off
Spiral Graphics Inc. has released Genetica 3.5, a giant leap forward for its flagship seamless texture, animated texture, and HDRI environment map package. A free trial can be downloaded here. 25% discount ends on March 15. The new... *** CLICK THE TITLE AND READ THE FULL STORY *** ...
New Magazine About Finnish Games, Freely Available
Games industry is the new flagship of northern Finland. Oulu Games Cluster released a new magazine for interest groups at the Game Developers Conference, San Francisco today. The magazine introduces game companies of northern Finland along with some of... *** CLICK THE TITLE AND READ THE FULL STORY *** ...
CLoudSlam Selects Altadyn For Cloud Computing Virtual Conference
CloudSlam’10™, a virtual conference produced by Cloudcor Inc™ March 23 – March 25 2010 developed to promote collaborative analysis of the latest trends and challenges in the world of cloud computing; today announced a “Bespoke” Collaborator Agreement... *** CLICK THE TITLE AND READ THE FULL STORY *** ...
Evolver Pro for 3D Professionals- 50% GDC Discount Offer
Darwin Dimensions, the leader in web tools which turn internet consumers into 3D artists, announced today the launch of Evolver Pro designed to deliver superior quality 3D character models to 3D professionals. During this week’s Game Developer... *** CLICK THE TITLE AND READ...
Renderosity Coupon: 10$ Off for $5 Till March 9th
Apply coupon code 20100309B10P5 to your order at the time of checkout, and you'll get 10% off of your purchase of $5.00 or more. This coupon expires March 9th, 2010 at 11:59pm (CST) Renderosity system time, so take advantage of these sweet savings... *** CLICK THE TITLE AND READ THE...
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Renfold & Tremor’s Carnivale D’ Arcane
Welcome Ladies, Greetings Gentlemen, Hail Urchins, Children and Freaks Thank you for attending... ...
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day - Marney the Blarney Stone!(Click for larger)Kiss her, and you get rewarded with a shower of hearts!(Click for larger)You can get your copy at Designs By Marie or on XstreetSL.x-posted to own journal...
Or is it just me? No terrain, no clothing, no inventory and nothing comes up in the map for search. Both my regular av and the alts.[sigh]...
THERE.COM is closing today. It's the 10th here in Australia, but still the 9th in west cost of the USA. I tried There just after discovering Second Life and for a while it was a contender for the main virtual world that I'd be interacting with. But there were a number...
Come and meet Ozimals bunnies, SL's cutest breedable pets!Ozimals bunnies start as nests and then babies, who grow up, age, and can be kept purely as pets, or bred to make more baby bunnies for you to keep, give to friends, or sell.They come in a wide range of furs...
http://www.prod.there.com/info/announcement"There" is closing, and in some of the circles I am in in SL, it looks like there's going to be a massive influx of people. Of course, LL made the blunder of removing the official Mentors groups, leaving us sort of scattered to the winds (without an "official" group,...
Men's Second Style
You may have thought you’d seen it all. Or, at least, everything I’d ever actually wear in public. After my initial foray into latex (with a Christmas theme, no less!), you may well have been wondering, “What next?” I wondered myself. What would be my next adventure, my final frontier, my...
Quilted Jacket and Ties at NY Couture
OLOURED PIXELS MAPPED in deliberate patterns rush down optical cable to my computer, then somehow leap across the short distance from the screen through curved lenses and into my eyes. Rods and cones fire synapses along optic nerves to parts of this wetware brain that I don’t understand. I smile. And...
Rogues of New Babbage: Part the Second
The Dandy His grandfather, Eustacio Babbage, had founded the great steamworks that had first allowed the great city of New Babbage to rise like a phoenix from the squalor of the grubby hamlet most now dismissed with no small contempt as Old Babbage, but which had then been simply Babbage. He...
Rogues of New Babbage: Part the First
The Ruffian The kid had earned something of a bad reputation for himself in New Babbage. He supposed that was due in no small part to his tendency to, shall we say, not always pay for everything he put into his pockets on Market Day. Also, quite possibly, the fact that,...
Classic Jeans and Isis Shirts at Zaara
HESE ARE the thinking man’s version of the t-shirt and jeans ensemble: Isis Shirts and Classic Jeans from Zaara. There is, of course, a simplicity born of shallowness. But when you achieve simplicity through rich colour and intricacy of detail, you have arrived at intelligence. “Smart casual” indeed. Zaara Kohime’s clothes...
I cannot tell you—I don’t think I can even begin—how much I dislike the word “murse.” It’s not even a word, really. It’s just a fake word somebody made up because they didn’t want to say “man purse.” And you can see why, but still. I mean, why does it...
Second Life Community Convention
The Musician’s Ball in full swing!!!!
Come on down to the The Musician’s Ball. We are in full swing mode everyone is having a great time. Come on down to the Westin St. Francis Hotel Grand Ballroom and join in in the fun!!...
Ray Kurzweil’s Keynote – In-World
Today, Ray Kurzweil will be opening with a keynote speech at 9 am from within Second Life to the entire convention! You can join us in world at the SLCC San Francisco sim in Second Life or thru this SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SLCC%20SAN%20FRANCISCO/141/188/24...
We realize that Second Life is a world of personalization and so we want you to have the opportunity to show off your personal touch with your name badge. You will receive a 2-pocket badge holder with the top pocket (2″x3″) for you to customize with a picture of your...
Missed the deadline for presenting at SLCC? Check this out !!!
If you think you missed the deadline for being able to present at the SLCC think again. The Education Track is running two mash-ups which are open to anyone for their 15 minutes of fame and fortune. SLED 5-by-5 (Thurs @ 1:30pm): Over 1000 colleges and universities are engaged in education,...
SLCC Business Track Community Meeting – Sunday August 2nd, Noon PDT
The business track is really filling up and is promising to be very lively this year. The final office hours meeting will be held this sunday at Metanomics auditorium at noon, so feel free to drop by then if you have any last minute concerns. Please feel free to contact...
The Musician’s Ball: A Night of Peace, Love & Music
‘The Musician’s Ball: A Night of Peace, Love & Music’ Directed by Cylindrian Rutabaga and Lyndon Heart EMCeed by Lauren Weyland Jazz & Instrumentals: 7pm Paisley Beebe w/Pato Milo 7:30pm EvaMoon Ember 8pm Edward Lowell (possible Dallas Horsefly playing in Ed’s stead) Folk/Acoustic: 8:30pm Rosedrop Rust 9pm ...
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Me Avatar og Mi (Me Avatar and Me) - Starring Helena Kirkorian and Rob Danton
Something the whole Paradise Lost crew has been looking forward to for a long (long, long, long, … ) time: the first demo scenes from the semi-documentary film ‘My Avatar and Me’ (Me Avatar og Mi in Danish). Lead star of the - kick ass, of course - video containing...
Second Life web resources for October 21st 2009 through December 11th 2009
YouTube - Heritage Key’s “Ping Pong Dim Sum” Christmas Entry - The Heritage Key London staff have been deprived off Dim Sum this Christmas.. Can those lovely lovely people at Ping Pong please feed us? Virtual Roman Leicester: A Digital Recreation of 'Ratae Corieltauvorum' 210AD | Heritage Key - Virtual Roman LeicesterA...
Second Life web resources for August 16th 2009 through September 24th 2009
More Staffordshire Hoard Treasure: Video Footage of the Dig | Heritage Key - Maleficent Video Party in London: Where the Wild Roses Grow Release | Rezzable - Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Are you Worthy | hidden -...
Second Life web resources for July 24th 2009 through August 7th 2009
German Gamers Stage Protest March Against Govt. Crackdown on Violent Games | GamePolitics - Plato ponders the Legend of Atlantis on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Plato ponders the Legend of Atlantis whilst Archimedes’ rubber ducky floats by. For today’s Heritage Key homepage. Ancient Advertisement - Nefertiti Cigarettes | Heritage...
Second Life web resources for July 5th 2009 through July 13th 2009
Ancient Raving: The Egyptian Festival of Drunkenness | Heritage Key - We may think we’ve got the market cornered of drunk behaviour nowadays, but there was no shortage of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll in ancient Egypt. 'Transgender' Mummy Discovered in Birmingham Museum Collection | Heritage Key - Namenkhetamun -...
Second Life web resources for June 29th 2009 through July 4th 2009
Brussels’ Sky on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Brussels’ Sky Mummies Taken To Hospital For CT-Scan | Heritage Key - YouTube - True Blood Intro - Higher quality - The intro sequence to True Blood is truly outstanding, and it captures the feel of the show perfectly. This is the kind...
Second Style Magazine
Our very own Brigitte Belgar will be at Fabulous Fashion TV Monday the 15th at 6pm SLT. Brig will be doing the Guest Stylist segment of the show, so we hope you will all head on over to catch her in action. I hear she has some great stuff to share with...
Second Style Island Gift Giveway
The first gift of the Second Style Island Group Giveaway is out now! I know it’s a bit early, but we are too excited to wait! Below is a picture of the outfit you can get for free simply for being a group member!! Ashoka Eales of Phoenix Rising released this...
Second Style Island Gift Giveway
March 15, 2010 is the kickoff date for our Second Style Island Group Gift Giveaway!! All you have to do to get some very cool gifts is join the Second Style Island group in-world, wear your tag and tp to Second Style Island and buy the gift for 0L! Each...
I put together this cute punky look with a few new and recent releases, and it turned out just perfect to showcase this upcoming Second Style gift from Glitterati. Yes, you read that right… GIFT!!!! FROM GLITTERATI!!!! Are you intrigued now? I certainly hope so! Starting March 15, a free...
Date Night:Maybe Something from the Relay For Life?
In any world I’m always a flibbertygibbet about WHAT TO WEAR – especially on special times like dates. Want to watch me melt down? Watch me try to decide which piece of gorgeousness to wear tonight. But as I was running the gauntlet through the Relay for Life Clothing Fair...
You know that time when you start to really wish that winter would end, when the first “warmer” days start to tease you? What’s worse, is when designers start to release the spring/summer fashions that make you yearn for those sunny, carefree days on the beach. Luckily, blessed with SL,...
Tinsel Silvera - Virtual Worlds Traveler
Today is an important day for Second Life resident Steller Sunshine. Not only is today her rez day, but Steller also has the distinction of being the first resident in Second Life eight years ago.According to the Second Life Wiki page, entitled History of Second Life, "On March 13th,...
There.com residents receive a helping hand
The announced closing of There.com has elicited an amazing response from some of the virtual worlds companies to the plight of the soon-to-be homeless There.com residents. Here's just a sampling from Twitter:Frenzoo - Free lifetime VIP for There.com creators http://blog.frenzoo.com/frenzoo_blog/2010/03/free-lifetime-vip-for-therecom-creators.htmlBlue Mars - There.com Re-connect event in Blue...
There.com is closing it's doors
There.com is closing on March 9th, 2010. It's been a few months since I last visited There.com. I guess I need to drop in and get some last pictures. Always sad to see a virtual world close its doors. My condolences to the full time...
My Linden Home Shire's Hearth by Molly Linden Visit Cameleopard (154, 202, 72) ...
M. Linden Round-table Discussion
M. Linden held the first Round-table Discussion yesterday, in response to his blog post in January regarding Second Life 2010 and beyond. The meeting was attended by a mix of residents and Lindens. The time was short and the issues were many. Two of my concerns going in...
Happy Rezz Day to me! It's been three years now. Hard to believe all the changes. This is how I started out looking. Thank you Linden Lab for making this possible. Thank...
Gabe's Virtual World
[Wishlist] datastore maintenance and categories
Just a short post on some thoughts I had on improvements for VMware vSphere when I wanted to delete a datastore holding 10 VMs. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to put a datastore in maintenance... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,...
VMware Capacity Planner troubleshooting tips
My last VMware Capacity Planner job with a customer was a little cumbersome. The customer had around 350 systems spread all over the world and links between them with high latency which normally is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!...
Assigning VLAN / Portgroup permissions in vCenter 4
Something I have been wanting since Virtual Center 2.5 / ESX 3.x is VLAN permissions. I would like to be able to allow certain admins to connect VLANs (actually to be 100% correct I should call them... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other...
Converting vscsiStats data into Excel charts
Some time ago I wrote a posting on how to use vscsiStats to gather even more data from your VMs and their SCSI performance ( See: Using vscsiStats – the full how-to). Last week I received an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other...
Chinwag with Mike Laverick and Gabrie Van Zanten
Mike Laverick asked me to do a little video Chinwag with him. The main topic we discussed was about VDI licensing. Follow this link to Mike’s post:... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
GabesVirtualWorld moved to new hosting provider
Dear readers, I have just finished the transition of this blog to a new hosting provider, which also happens to be my new employer. As from today your no longer connecting to the USA when visiting my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,...
FreeToPlay.biz
Monetizing Your Game Outside of Sponsorship – Flash Gaming Summit
Flash Gaming Summit liveblog from the following panel: Monetizing Your Game Outside of Sponsorship Moderator: Andy Moore, Andy Moore Games Colin Northway, Fantastic Contraption Daniel James, Three Rings Sian Yue Tan, Rocketbirds William Stallwood, Cipher Prime Daniel (when introducing himself): Whirled is at $300K revenue, $5M invested. Abject failure. Andy: How do you...
4 Keys to a Successful Social Game That Every Developer Should Know
Flash Games Summit, March 8, 2010. Please excuse spelling mistakes as these are pretty much liveblogged. Session ended 5 minutes ago. Moderator: Sana Choudray, Traffichoney Dan Fiden, Playfish David Stewart, Playdom Gavin Barrett, Crowdstar Mark Skaggs, Zynga Sana: What are four words that are the keys to successful social games? Dan: Social - provide a context...
F2P.biz Attending GDC 2010 & Flash Gaming Summit
From March 7th to 13th, 2010 I'll be at Game Developers Conference 2010 and the Flash Gaming Summit in San Francisco, California. These are both superb conferences that draw many first-rate developers from around the globe. In the past, I've attended GDC as a speaker, delivering a...
Challenges In Designing A Casual MMO (Free Realms) – GDC Austin 2009
Laralyn McWilliams (Creative Director, Sony Online Entertainment) Designing for a casual MMO. Differences in designing a casual MMO Play sessions are shorter - as short as 5 mins Competition - lots of distractions... new games for this group every single day Skill set and skill level - way different from traditional players... don't spend...
Developing Licensed Games: Doing It Successfully in Tough Economic Times – GDC Austin 2009
Feargus Urquhart, Obsidian Entertainment Jean Marcel Nicolai, Disney Leo, Bioware Eugene Evans (Moderator), EA Mythic As a developer, what is your bias/approach when you're pitching your own products vs opportunity to do a publisher's IP? Feargus: Pubs are more willing to take risks when there is money. When we are looking at what we will...
How to Make the Free-to-Play Model Work for You – GDC Austin 2009
Craig Sherman, CEO of Gaia David Georgeson, Producer ZOMG Gaia been around for 5 years 10M uniques/month #1 time spent in social media - avg 51 mins/visit Gaia feels like a mix of a socnet and an MMO like WoW Dig into user experience or talk to ppl using it and they describe it differently -...
Africa in Virtual Worlds
Nelson Mandela has Always been Free…
'I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But...
Emerging Social Capital of Virtual Africa
If the the exchange of KINDNESS is an indicator of the existance of social capital, then Virtual Africa inSL has growing social capital based on our experience of kindness. As a community in virtual worlds with an affinity for Africa we recognised we are facing collective challenges, expressing aspirations and...
67 Minutes in Second Life (Mandela Day)
It is middle July and it is winter in South Africa. It is also an important day on 18 July in Africa and in the world – a celebration of and for Madiba: “Mandela Day is an annual celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life and a global call to action for...
Africa UnPlugged for the Future – President Obama in Ghana
In my opinion, ingenuity in adversity and richness of cultures are two of the greatest gifts that African can share with the world. Both grow from the nurturing soil of having an identity and dignity. So when someone ran into me on the virtual worlds' platform that Obama now...
Cape Town Housing Project in Second Life
So, when Profesora Farigoule (SL) of Delaware Technical & Community College in the USA and Alanagh Recreant (SL) of Uthango Social Investments in South Africa met, the potential to ‘do something meaningful’ in terms of architecture related to Africa surfaced from the first conversation. Sustainable housing development in townships was...
We could not say it much better, so here are most of the reasons why we also love Second Life (R) with thanks to : “Dave Pollard’s environmental philosophy, creative works, business papers and essays. In search of a better way to live and make a living, and a...
Mermaid Diaries: Natalia Zelmanov's Second Life Adventures
Day 1251: Sirena NEW Animated Hair (Alyssa) + Free Hair Ribbons
Have you seen the Rose Theatre Opera House in SL?It's like an old opera house come to life, full of amazing details like crystal chandeliers and reflective marble floors. You almost expect the Phantom to pop out any minute ;PThe SLURL is Angel Manor (133,182,22)."Alyssa" is a long Animated...
Day 1245: Sirena 2 NEW Animated Curly Hair (Layla/Elaine)
The new Alice in Wonderland is opening soon!Time to check out those Wonderland sims :) The coolest one so far is New Wonderland. It's a role-playing sim full of little doors and things that tell you to eat or drink them :PThe SLURL is Silence (188,6,27)."Layla" is a long, curly...
Day 1238: Sirena NEW Animated Hair + Free Scripted Locket
Happy Valentine's Day :)In case you havent been there, you've got to check out My Funny Valentine. It's a sim stuffed full of interesting scenes. You wear a free HUD, and answer questions you find along the way. And there are some funny ones ;PIt'll only be there thru Feb,...
Day 1231: Sirena NEW Animated Flexi Braid (Brooke)
Nice to be able to sit around the mermaid pool without clicking "Edit", isnt it? ;POK, that's not entirely true...I spent the week working on the new flexi braids. It's an animated hair that goes to a flexible braid, including the fuzzy ends. And the best part is, it comes...
It's done. Yay!If you have been following along these last 2 weeks, thank you so much for your encouragement, tips, advice, and support! There were times when it looked like it would never end. There were times when I almost gave up.Im so glad I blogged about this build and...
Day 1224: Grand Opening + Wet Hair + Free Gift
The new Sirena Hair sim is officially open! :)The theme is freedom, without walls or doors, accessible from land or sea (or air). A magical island with sights and sounds.To celebrate the opening, I made a special unisex WET hair sized for men and women, along with a sim-warming Free...
Second Life® Fashion Addict
Hold On To The Things You Love!
There is one thing I know for certain about my Second Life®, is that nothing is for certain. By that I mean that one day you discover a shop that has precisely your style of clothing, the kind of stuff you wish you could yank through the screen and wear...
Well Whoopee! Another Valentines Day, another reason to eat chocolate and drink champagne alone in a hot bubble bath. Yes being single has it's perks. I am a sarcastic little bugger, I know it, and yes it would be really nice to say I was in love, but I am...
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Ok, my powers failed me with the title, but still, this outfit is a live-in-it keeper!There are some things that are just winter wardrobe essentials and turtlenecks are one of them. I've heard people asking in various groups where to go on the grid for good turtlenecks and I...
We've all been having so much fun looking back. What did we look like in high school? How about in our early days of SL? Well, this begins a new theme for me. What if you live the past, but also need to keep one foot in...
Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before
I really like this challenge from Sylvia Olivier. Basically, recreate your high school self.How to create high school Nikk: Take two parts "Heathers," one part "Breakfast Club" and one part Bret Easton Ellis. Sprinkle liberally with The Smiths and just a pinch of "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous...
Since the New Year is a time of looking back as well as forward, I thought Sophia's challenge was a great idea. I searched through my inventory for the oldest skin, clothing, hair, etc. and threw them on.Yeeeeek!Interestingly, when I changed from old shape to new, it wasn't that...
Virtual Economy Research Network
JVWR issue on virtual economies, goods and service delivery published
The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research has published its latest issue (volume 2, issue 4) titled Virtual Economies, Virtual Goods and Service Delivery in Virtual Worlds. Official announcement and list of articles below the fold. In other news, slides from my presentation at the Game Developers Conference 2010 Social &...
Virtual Economy Research Network @ GDC 2010
Juho Hamari and Vili Lehdonvirta of Virtual Economy Research Network / HIIT will be attending Game Developer's Conference 2010 for the whole of next week. Looking forward to seeing you there. Contact us here and let's schedule a meeting. Probably the most essential tracks when it comes to virtual economies are Live...
Game Design as Marketing: The Business/Game Developer's Dilemma
A brief presentation I gave at Games-As-Services Seminar on March 2nd about the dilemma developers face when balancing between monetization and retention on game design level. Game Design as Marketing: Business/Game Developer's Dilemma <!--break-->...
Second Life Sued: Intellectual Property and Virtual Economies
In September 2009, Second Life was sued for allowing individuals to sell fake virtual goods. The case has recently moved forward with the filing of a case management statement. While this lawsuit deals explicitly with intellectual property, these issues are also significant for virtual economies in terms of...
Virtual Goods and Regulatory Insights from the European Perspective
Guest article by Petteri Günther on EU regulatory issues in connection with real-money trade on digital items in virtual worlds. Introduction Virtual worlds, for example various massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) are becoming increasingly real to many people around the world. This emerging field of digital economy within virtual worlds...
Walled gardens are opening their gates: Linden acquires Avatars United, Habbo on Facebook
In December, the world's biggest teenager virtual world Habbo plugged into Facebook Connect. This week Linden, the operator of Second Life, announced the acquisition of Avatars United. Avatars United can be described as a sort of "Facebook for avatars", complete with a third-party applications ecosystem. What does this mean? It's a...
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Virtual Help for the Real Life Disaster in Haiti
Back in 2005, the Second Life community collectively rose up in support of the Katrina hurricane disaster and started grid wide fundraising and memorial events. This was prior to the amazing organizational efforts of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. The Katrina relief efforts started with only a handful...
Admire’ 09 31th of July till 2 August’ 09 in Panhoven Zevenaar, Holland
ADMIRE ’09 – the Real Life gathering of many of the favourite Second Life musicians for a weekend of celebration, fun and music in the Netherlands from Friday 31st July to Sunday 2nd August.With over 25 musicians to create music all weekend and a large open jam/collaborative session on Saturday...
Angrybeth Shortbread, has made some great diagrams about attachment points. It clearly show where they are and can be a great help in getting all your attachments in the right place.Virtual Neko took this opportunity to at length explain how attachments work, and what you can do to wear all...
Philip and M at steamy party. [Update]
Photo by Jeska LindenOk ok, it is a Steam Punk party. :PI know there are some fans groupies of both gentlemen out there, and for them there is this large version you can print out and hang over your bed. Others might enjoy looking for their favorite linden in this...
The Future of Virtual World Creation.
Think of Star Trek TNG's Holodeck, but re-imagined in the present, now add on to that the creation tools of Second Life. Bruce Branit's World Builder gives you a vision of what that could be like. It is a stunning short movie, well worth a watch.World Builder from Bruce Branit...
This fun collection of Linden Avatars was brought to my attention on Facebook. Gellan Glenelg has made a 160 pictures and growing, starting from 31 May 2008. That is about 0.6 photos of a Linden a Day. I wonder if Gellan hunts Lindens daily. :p ...
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Stormrage novel hits the best-seller lists
Stormrage by Richard A. Knaak has made USA Today's Top 150 Best Selling Books list, coming in at #126 of the best selling books based on sales through February 28, 2010. Apparently the ebook community is embracing the new story as well: Stormrage hit #8 on the best seller list...
Know Your Lore: The Netherwing
The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You're playing the game, you're fighting the bosses, you know the how, but do you know the why? Each week Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft. In...
Gold Capped: Selling with Auctioneer's Appraiser
Want to get Gold Capped? This column will show you how, and is written by Basil "Euripides" Berntsen, also of outdps.com, the hunting party podcast, and the call to auction podcast. Auctioneer is a wonderful addon I've mentioned a few times already, and today we're going to talk about how to...
Arcane Brilliance: An argument for raiding as a frost mage
Welcome to another edition of Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that would like to assert the following: Fact: Mages are the sparkliest class in the game. Fact: Sparkles are awesome. Fact: Warlocks have poor personal hygiene and generally smell funny. None...
WoW Insider Show live today at 3:30 PM Eastern
Every week, we broadcast live from several places worldwide (several rooms, anyway) to present you with the WoW Insider Show podcast -- an hour's worth of WoW community discussion, covering everything from the week's top stories here on WoW.com to emails from our readers to what's been going on with...
Around Azeroth: I believe I can fly
Today's submitter, Sölöman of Misha, might want to consider that he's 'solo' because his name makes it freaking impossible for anyone to invite him to a group. Anyway, solo-dude (not typing those alt-codes again) decided to take a spin around the Borean Tundra to celebrate his new epic flying skill....
Virtual Environments
I went to the Virtual Edge Summit last week and had the pleasure of attending Byron Reeves, Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, and Co-Founder and Faculty Co-Director of the H-STAR Institute and Media X, keynote address on “Total Engagement”. Byron touched on a couple of things near...
Ask the Expert Live on February 23
Register now for the Upcoming NetPro Cisco Support Community “Ask the Expert” Event in Cisco Live and Networkers Virtual Featured Topic: Embedded Management Technologies...
Focusing on Virtual Technology
I am always keen to learn about new virtual technologies and there are several great conferences coming up focusing on just that. Below is an overview on a few of them that I culled from the conference web sites. Virtual Edge Summit 2010 (http://virtualedgesummit.com/) – February 2010 Virtual Edge Summit 2010 is...
If you are reading this, there is a good chance you have used a Cisco Telepresence system to make sales calls or review details with clients. The effect that Telepresence has had on the corporate world has been undeniable. The unprecedented success of Cisco Telepresence is now expanding outside...
Live Virtual Executive Chat with Marthin De Beer
30 minutes after the opening Networkers at Cisco Live keynote being broadcast live on 26 January in Cisco Live and Networkers Virtual ends Marthin De Beer, SVP, Emerging Technologies, Cisco will be availalbe to take your questions live. During the keynote, Marthin De Beer will spell out Cisco’s Video vision and strategy, innovations...
World-Class Training, Virtually
On Tuesday, January 26 Cisco Live and Networkers Virtual will host a full day of world-class training, keynote presentations, live executive chat session, and a virtual World of Solutions with live virtual staff. This is a great opportunity for you to participate in an exciting event without leaving your desk. During...