Posts by Authors

• Hiatus

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  Sometimes, Second Life just gets too much. When in happens in First Life, we take a vacation. Or commit murder. In Second Life, we click that Red X and then we don’t look back for a period of time until we feel ready to go back. We develop on emotional tie to Second Life which [...]

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• Entitlement

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  One of Second Life’s leading designers, Evangeline Miles, recently expressed her disdain for “customers” with entitlement issues. There does appear to be  growing resentment amongst some customers to be vocal to the designer in dismissing their prices are being too high. It is completely ludicrous for a customer to feel that they’re entitled to a [...]

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• Loneliness and Solitude

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  In case you didn’t already know, I’ve agreed to be the lead architect for this year’s Second Life’s 6th Birthday (SL6B) celebration. Although I worked on SL5B, the workload this year is much more, and I’m enjoying being able to pour out my creative outlet in what I consider to be a gift to the [...]

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• Mental Illness in a Virtual Escape

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  Some years ago, I volunteered a few hours a week to The Samaritans, who are a confidential emotional support service in the UK. It involves talking to people who are depressed, scared and emotionally vulnerable. As someone who was a good listener, and had a knack of bringing a smile to the face of people, [...]

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• The Class System

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  When I first started out in Second Life, I pretty much kept myself to a nice little Brit hangout called The Three Lions Pub. I simply just socialised like it was a chatroom and never dreamed of doing anything like opening Photoshop or rezzing a prim. After a while, I was informed that you could [...]

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• SL Glossary: Part 2

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  So here’s the second part of the SL Glossary (Read the first part here): N Neko: An odd phenomenon which spread grid wide and resulted in human avatars gaining feline features and using “=^.^=” a lot. Usually lack the desire to go fully furry. Noob: You are, if you’re actually looking this up. Notecards: Used [...]

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• Home is Where The Heart Is

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  I’m not ashamed to admit I have an emotional attachment to pixelated things, and I think a lot of people in Second Life are the same. Some people love the avatars they dress up, or a particular sim they find beautiful. Some love the places they hang out, and some love the things they create. [...]

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• Taser Stuns Linden Lab

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  A story like this really just writes its own title. Taser International Inc. have filed a suit against Linden Lab, XStreetSL and the former owners of XSL, VirtuaTrade. Taser are the biggest producers of stun guns, of course, and it seems they’re unhappy about those residents who are infringing their trademark in SL. It’s interesting [...]

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• Who is Vickie Greenwood?

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  Since winning three awards in the Second Life Resident’s Choice, Vickie Greenwood’s found herself thrust into the spotlight and has been subject to applause, critiques as well as a lot of “Who?”. There have been calls that the whole thing has been gamed or fixed, and that it’s a joke that a relative unknown can [...]

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• Reflection on Resident Choices

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  So despite picking up an award, there are quite a lot of gripes to be had with the Second Life Resident Choice Awards. In the aftermath of the SL Awards, was it really all we thought it’d be? Hmmm.. first off, were the categories. I think most people found them to be pretty, well, odd. [...]

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