Sunday, June 3, 2007

Nakama - the sweet side

After having had the scare of my second life, as described in my post below, I had a talk to my virtual therapist (will tell you about her/it later) and looked at the map again. I ventured out and found the real 'Japanese anime paradise'.

Read more about it in the Explore Section. Amongst others, I found the biggest rainbow I've seen so far in SL. Check it out!

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Ground Zero

About 2 weeks ago, I ordered this book. It's called "Second Life - The official guide". You all know it probably, because it has been advertised on secondlife.com for a while now. And a couple of days ago ... the book came in !!! Woohoo ...

So, in those moments that I took a break from my Second Life, I browsed through the book (I'll give you a full review later on) and found a few places in there that were quoted as must-sees.

Of course, the virtual David Livingstone that I am, I swung my backpack over my shoulders and clicked a place on the map. I travelled to the region of Nakama, which is quoted in the book as 'Japanese Anime Paradise'. I was in for a surprise !!!

I landed exactly in what seemed to be Ground Zero and the only thing I could think of, was "boy, I should watch out with the book - the ink isn't even dry probably", because one of the buildings was still smoking !!

Apparently, the whole sim must have been evacuated pretty quickly. I was the only one there. I was in doubt about wearing my nuclear protection suit, but I just took my chances. I pressed the fly button and did some exploring. And I immediately understood why it's in the book !!! The architecture and texturizing of this sim is really amazing. I was impressed, but also kind of scared of what would happen if I stayed. It's the first time in sl that I felt that way, strengthened by the fact that I was all alone.




I had been circling the area for about 15 minutes I think, my thoughts filled with questions about what could have happened. I thought of virtual earthquakes, betatesting on the new WindLight system that may have resulted in a huge tornado, or maybe even a terrorist attack. But then ... all of a sudden, when I was flying aimlessly and unconcentrated around the buildings in the area, I bumped into something. It was huge, It was colorful and it was moving through the streets !!!!!

So I flew back a number of meters and my heart skipped a few beats ... I immediately understood what had happened. I had no choice but pressing Ctrl-Shift-H to teleport out in the quickest possible way and relax on my beach for a while, letting the adrenaline slowly subside. And looking at the photos I took, I realized that in my panic attack, I must have pressed the button on my camera, because I found this picture. I must have taken it by accident, just before teleporting out of there ...


The Truth According To Voodoo

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MOMO's fantastic fashion 3 day extravaganza

Find out in fashion what its all about

Voodoo's Quest

Read all about my search for enlightenment in SL, over in the People Section.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Financial Management Service Attracts SL Businesses

As the scope and sophistication of the Second Life financial system continues to expand companies and investors alike are increasingly concerned with reliability, transparency and disclosure. Read how one SL company is working to help solve the problem in Finance.

Explore the Enchanted Realm

Click here for an introduction to this great club and mall