All bulked up and nowhere to go.
I didn’t write last week. Why? Writer’s block, plain and simple. All bulk, no fiber, no water. Nothing flowing. Staring at blank document. No juice. Cranial constipation. (And, at the moment, I am battling some kind of cold that really, really, really, wants my attention, like a needy 5-year-old tugging on the kitchen dress of [...]
Games, KFC buckets, and chorus girls.
The latest instalment in Bix Ashbourne’s journey as a new Second Life resident:
Occasionally, I hear Second Life referred to as a “game”.
Don’t quite know what to make of that.
Certainly, in some dimensions, it qualifies; there’s killer graphics, it’s run from a computer, and requires some hand-eye coordination. Especially during sex….imagine, in real life, having to [...]
Death Of A Skeptic Part 2
Continuing on from Part 1, Bix Ashbourne describes his early days as a Second Life resident:
I start wandering. Rude people, silent people, gregarious people, bothersome people, strange people, oddly dressed people…is this Los Angeles? So much for a different life. Armed with the in-world names of some real-life friends, I discover the search function, and [...]
Death Of A Skeptic Part 1
We’re thrilled to be able to introduce a new writer at The Metaverse Journal. Bix Ashbourne is in real-life based in the USA and after some chats in-world I suggested he might like to document his experiences as a new user in a virtual world – in this case, Second Life. Below is Part 1 [...]
