Real-life celebs are a wealth of entertainment, with wardrobe malfunctions, forgotten undergarments, and fashion faux pas. If you want to bring some of this drama to your Second Life, it’s now possible to give your avatar a bit of Britney, a bit of Lindsay, or a bit of Paris, all with a a set […]
Iris Ophelia’s on the hunt again, this time for the hottest, hippest, most fashionable male avatars in all of Second Life. The New World Notes fashionista polled the virtual population and has assembled a list of the 10 Hottest Male SL Avatars for 2007. Ophelia was looking for more than just a pretty face… the […]
The swirl of controversy surrounding Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. detection center located in Cuba and used to house suspected terrorist suspects, has spilled into the virtual realm thanks to some students from Seton Hall University’s School of Law and the University of Southern California’s Institute for Media Literacy.
Using Linden Labs’ Second Life as a platform […]
It’s time for your weekly dose of Second Life, and one of culture at the same time. Don’t tell me I never try to refine the uncouth masses. If you’re the art gallery or museum type, and love wandering around loooking at baffling objects beyond sane comprehension, you’ll be glad to know that […]
It’s not just the pornographers, politicians, and panderers who are enjoying the new frontiers of Second Life. With the freedom, customizability and ever-growing population of the game, some religious scholars are looking at the MMO as a newly emerging audience for religious teachings.
Some, like Jesuit priest Antonio Spardaro, see the game’s vast landscape as […]
If you’re as interested in tracking the insane growth of real life companies developing online entities in Second Life, creating “mixed reality” enterprises, then there’s a weekly post tothe New World Notes blog that you should really check out.
NWN contributor Tateru Nino has a look at 10 real world companies/organizations/associations that are making in-roads […]
I think this falls into the category of “big waste of taxpayers’ time, money, and judicial system”. Account bannings in online games often result in very peeved players who swear up and down that they haven’t violated any Terms of Service and begin spamming the game developer’s email with alternating messages of whiny excuse-making, […]
I’ve decided to try this Second Life thing…a second time. I’m determined not to be such a complete and utter tool about it this go ’round as well, making some research and reading on the subject a necessity.
Naturally, James Wagner Au’s New World Notes, which I read regularly even when not fiddling about in […]
Then so can the virtua-babes of Second Life. Lara’s sex appeal in gaming circles is a long-standing given, so much so that bits and pieces of it seeped into more mainstream media to the confusion and concern of those who prefer their chicks more siliconed, less pixellated. It turns out that Lara may […]
If ever you needed confirmation that Second Life was taking on a whole new look in the eyes of marketers, look no further then this “brand map” that shows the Second Life locations of some of reality’’s biggest hitters.
Marketing and branding company K Zero, through their blog written by Nic Mitham, had a dig through […]
Play Girlz: Because guys aren't the only players.
Written by Ingrid Diaz [email], and Erin Harvey [email] for b5media.
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