Blow up the pokies
Linden Labs have clarified in no uncertain terms their stance on gambling in SL – it’s not to occur, full stop.
The actual policy is:
“It is a violation of this policy to wager in games in the Second Life (R) environment operated on Linden Lab servers if such games:
(1) (a) rely on chance or random number [...]
Thursday’s Fictions
A fascinating Australian collaboration is about to make its SL debut. ‘Thursday’s Fictions’ is described as a surreal dance fantasy and it’s screening on ABC TV this Sunday, 29th July at 3pm AEST. Directly afterwards at 4pm at the ABC Ampitheatre on ABC Island there’ll be a Q&A session with Dr Richard James Allen, Dr [...]
WSE – problems?
Second Life Insider have run a story providing some information on some challenges WSE may be facing. The grid is down presently so we can’t contact LukeConnell Vandeverre for clarification but we’ll attempt to do so later in the day.
Update: Reuters are now running the story based on a WSE announcement confirming the theft.
The Pond offers land rentals
The Pond are promoting a rental land auction in conjunction with advertising on tradingpost.com.au.
The reserve amounts are quite reasonable and it’ll be interesting to see what the level of interest will be. What will be even more interesting will be what businesses or residences will end up there. There’s a key sentence in the [...]
ABC Awards and a Denton groundswell?
The ABC have taken home a ‘C+T Award’ at a ceremony at last week’s SMPTE conference. The award was in the Rich Media category for ABC Island.
The ABC’s announcement of the win was as follows:
” ‘We are delighted to receive the inaugural C+T Award for Rich Media as recognition of ABC Innovation’s strategic approach to [...]
3D Mailbox – no kidding
This below YouTube clip isn’t strictly humour, but it sure is funny. If you like hyperbole for an application that TechCrunch calles the Worst.App.Ever, then this short clip is well worth a view.
If you’ve used 3D Mailbox in Sl, we’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
Leben, Lieben, Geld
Leben, Lieben, Geld Verdienen translates to Live, Love and Make Money and it’s a book co-written by Australian SL developer Jana Gillespie.
The book is directed towards beginners who already have some experience in SL plus newcomers. It is a comprehensive guide on how to create manipulate and generally how SL works. There will also be [...]
