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Seriously
For some folks, Second Life falls into the category of computer game. They log in to play with other people they may or may not care about. Yet, they may sometimes refer to those “entities” they interact with as friends. Such meaningful expression should be strong enough to convince anyone of the existence of a…
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Taller than thou
Ever since I tried to create my first avatar shape, I understood something wasn’t quite right in the land of Second Life. The prim and the avatar units of measurement did not correspond to each other. For instance, one of them was in full disagreement with reality, or else everything was disproportionately bad. Having developed…
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Nine to five
No, that’s not my working hours, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It’s more like this: While Second Life (SL) celebrated its ninth anniversary a few days ago –without participation of its matrix company, thank you very much– I’m turning fifth this week. It’s just a coincidence, really. When I signed up, I didn’t know anything about SL…