Archive for August, 2005
Sheeeeit! 1.8 billion for online game development in China.
Terra Nova and several other sources are reporting on a story in the Shanghi Youth Daily the Chinese government is about to invest $1.8 billion in on-line game development. I’m not sure what kinds of virtual worlds those efforts will yield, but if the result are some robust online worlds, and we turn Anshe loose [...]
Full StoryGTA San Andreas Banned Down Under. Is SL Next?
The following is by former Herald reporter Neal Stewart and was pilfered from his blog: “New York, NY – July 29, 2005 – Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) said today that Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), the Australian entity responsible for rating films and video games, has revoked the classification of [...]
Full StoryIs the MMORPG Currency Crash of ’05 Upon Us?
Image source: WOW Gold Price Research According to new (?) virtual economy site Game Money Price Research, the virtual sky may just be falling. GMPR has an alarming set of charts up tracking the dive of almost all major MMORPG currencies against the U.S. dollar in the first half of this year. While GMPR’s methodology [...]
Full StoryFashion Show Review: Zelinna Zacques
by Chipsen Queso This evening, I attended the innaugural fashion show of the Bella Donna models group of the island of Mirage. This show was advertised as having 20 new wedding designs by the marvelous designer Zelinna Jacques, who is known for her wonderful prim dresses. Though the show faced many problems, the presentation was [...]
Full StoryGoodbye LSL, hello Mono
In case you weren’t paying attention (like I wasn’t), Linden poobah Jim Purdick Purbrick (aka Babage Babbage Linden) has announced (and it’s already in the Wikipedia so it must be true) that in version 2.0 of SL is going to move from the much malaigned Linden Scripting Language to the open source (yet a bit [...]
Full StoryNew SL Machinima
The long awaited machinima video/trailer, Gone in 60FPS is out, thanks to the hard work of Natural Selection Studios. The video, which is a must see, can be found on the studio homepage at www.NaturalSelectionStudios.com . High Quality Download is here. Lower Quality Download is here. We were happy to see our old friend Yadni [...]
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