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Light Waves, Starax Statosky, and Hallucinogen
a little fish that’s grown up in the small pond of SL by Onder Skall I didn’t start out looking for proof that Light Waves was Starax. Originally I just wanted to figure out who was bankrolling Rezzable. They’ve built 35 sims and have no defined business model. Who is spending tens of thousands of [...]
Full Story20 Things To Do In Octoberville
by Onder Skall Octoberville is back again over at PixelTrix; a full sim of kooky creepy Halloween goodness courtesy of visionary Cherub Spectre. There’s more to see and do than could possibly be covered in a single article, and you really have to see for yourself anyhow. So, instead of boring you all with a [...]
Full StoryAuctioning Off My Illegitimate Spawn At BidSL
Love for sale to highest bidder by Onder Skall, former Unicorn daddy Yesterday at the First Friday technology expo we saw some incredible inventions, but one in particular had the power to change the way we buy and sell things in Second Life. Through BidSL you can put things up for auction quickly and easily, [...]
Full StoryWhat’s the Harm?
by Onder Skall This story began when I was directed to an essay over at the SLLU blog entitled "What’s The Harm?". Basically it was a review of Second Life’s more hardcore sexual enterprises and a little walk down "Hard Alley", with the general message being that real harm was coming from it all. I [...]
Full StoryNEWSFLASH: First Ever Live Concert In Second Life!!
by Onder Skall August 14, 2007 – 9:20PM – According to The Sydney Morning Herald, there’s going to be a concert performed by real professional musicians in Second Life. It’s going to be the very first time that has ever happened, and will change the Internets forever. Here’s an explanation of this completely original concept: [...]
Full StoryNew Game – Sentinel 2.0
by Onder Skall I’ve received an urgent transmission and need your help! Beware the pink pony-tailed menace! BEGIN TRANSMISSION 1 (07.31.07). S.O.S. – S.O.S. – IBMCODESTATION is breached. Infiltrator appears to be horrible pink beastwith devastating pony-tails. Our defender, SENTINEL, is defeated –broken in four and scattered across Second Life. [See attached movie.]You are our [...]
Full StorySamarkand RP Kicks Off
by Onder Skall I caught one of the kickoff events at Samarkand saturday night. (Here’s the SLurl.)The place is gorgeous, the role players really and truly role play, andI got pictures. It’s good to wear my “games reporter” hat sometimes!(Even if it has holes in it from the horns.) Here’s a quick summary from the [...]
Full StoryLove Letters To The Net
by Onder Skall Remember people putting “cyber” in front of everything? Remember articles defining what an “emoticon” was? Suddenly… VERY suddenly… everything changed. That network not only became mainstream, it also fundamentally changed the lives of a lot of people. The isolated had company. The uneducated gained knowledge. The dreamers touched their dreams. The Internet [...]
Full StoryUser-Created Content
Graffiti and Web 2.0 by Onder Skall On my way home there’s this tunnel I pass through. It periodically fills with graffiti and then gets wiped clean. The really good graffiti doesn’t appear here. The good stuff ends up on a wall between two lanes of the highway that few but the most stalwart urban [...]
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