Vidal Tripsa plays some of Second Life's most promising games Title of Game: The Avarian Expedition Released: August 2008 Rating: **** (out of 5) Genre: RPG Summary: Hunt for treasures, gather resources and craft or trade precious items in the... Vidal Tripsa Gaming the System

Last month we were discussing the over-saturation of content in the Second Life economy-- with clothes that never fray or homes that never need repairs, a mountain of content amassed from five years of activity has expanded the supply of... SLHamlet Economics of SL

Photo by Poid Mahovlich Ah Kentucky, proud exporter of thoroughbred horses, fine whiskey... and now, metaverse art. The University of Kentucky's site in SL (direct SLURL teleport at this link) is now host to AM Radio's latest work of immersive... SLHamlet Art projects in SL New World SLURL

pKoinup: Your lt;a href=quot;http://www.koinup.com/quot;gt;Virtual Lifelt;/agt;/p As selected by users of the virtual world social network (an NWN partner), these were the most viewed and/or photographed locations in SL last week, and once again, they're an entirely different top ten from... SLHamlet NWN Site Info/Projects

President-Elect Barack Obama has appointed University of Michigan law professor Susan Crawford and Wharton School professor Kevin Werbach to the Federal Communications Commission Review team; as such, they'll be reviewing US government telecommunication policy and advising changes as the Obama... SLHamlet Mixed Reality Mondays New World Newsfeed

More than two months after Jacek Antonelli and team launched an initiative to create a more user-friendly, open source version of the Second Life viewer, cheekily dubbed Imprudence, the first release candidate is available for download. The UI improvements are... SLHamlet Mixed Reality Mondays Open Source/Reverse Engineer

Dusan Writer has a long and info-rich interview with Justin Bovington of UK development studio Rivers Run Red, which recently partnered with Linden Lab to provide "Immersive Workspaces" for enterprise use. Known as Fizik Baskville in SL, and someone I've... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis Mixed Reality Headcount Real World Applications of SL

If I understand this prototype video from SAP, the enterprise software giant is developing a system for tracking consumer goods in real life via radio-frequency identification codes embedded on products, which are then displayed in a mirror reality grocery store... SLHamlet Mixed Reality Mondays Real World Applications of SL

Want a virtual love letter from the author of a bestselling underground erotic novel that was considered so scandalous, the Chinese government banned it? (I know, who doesn't want that?) It's the latest feature to the RMB City project from... SLHamlet Art projects in SL Mixed Reality Mondays

Given Second Life's peak concurrency growth rates over the last few months (it was 74K on November 3rd) the world was due to hit 75,000 today, but instead, kept right on growing, and only began receding after hitting around 76,000.... SLHamlet DEMOGRAPHICS Linden Lab News & Analysis

- I argue that Second Life is in a malaise period, and needs an "Elect Obama" moment to rejuvenate. - Improvise, adapt, overcome: US military veterans (many wounded during their years of service) create a support network for each other... SLHamlet Weekly Recap

The Second Life blog swap is going full-force, with several dozen posts already online. Here's five of my favorites so far. - Writing for Brandy Rasmuson's blog, Quaintly Tuqiri of Quirky Quaintly offers a slew of advice on keeping men... SLHamlet SL blogger link

Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama's credentials as a community organizer, but the US electorate made him President anyway. Like most Americans, SL Resident Chestnut Rau watched these results with renewed optimism, despite a cynicism from her many years working in... SLHamlet SL blogger link Social Structures, Social Upheaval

"I just found a nice [blank] hanging out all in [blank]," reports Sarah Nerd. This subsequent screenshot she took depicts: a - A popular new avatar inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. b - A totem pole of avatars using the latest... SLHamlet SL blogger link

Elven fashionista Sai Pennell has a gorgeously foreboding travelogue through Rez, a coastal sim that made Koinup's top ten most popular sites last week, and her images immediately make you understand why. "The really sad thing," she notes, "is that... SLHamlet SL blogger link SL Builds - Spaces

Tomorrow at Noon SLT, Orange Island and NWN partner Koinup are co-hosting a "Photo Session" event with Cienega Soon, a Resident who's done more than most to turn the Second Life screenshot into an artist's pallette. (Her work's been featured... SLHamlet Art projects in SL Events

Next time you're in Second Life and you're among a group of ten or more Residents, look to your left, then look to your right. If they're in-world for a long stretch of time, statistically speaking the odds are at... SLHamlet Artificial Life Open Source/Reverse Engineer Social Structures, Social Upheaval

Morris Vig of Second Arts s running a contest for screenshot photographs of Bay City, the new Linden-run planned urban society, and here's the cool twist: The selected images will be published in a physical book, and if you're photo... SLHamlet Art projects in SL SL blogger link

Charlanna Beresford’s weekly round-up of upcoming SL events… The opening performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: Act 1 will take place at noon on Wednesday, November 13. The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) will perform a full ensemble performance in this special... Lanna Events

Olivier Avon recently suggested I check the Second Life stats page (reg. req.), and when I did, it initially seemed like a data error. For the first time in memory, the number of private Islands Added was in the negative;... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis Social Structures, Social Upheaval