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Friday, Sep 7
HBO Acquires Short Film Shot Entirely in Second Life
Hollywood Reporter says that the 35-minute film is called Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey, and it's a tour through Second Life, hosted by an online avatar known as Molotov Alva. ...
Friday, Mar 9
Yesterday's Money: 9th March
Yesterday in Second Life we: Spent $1,484,000 at an exchange rate of L$269.7 to US$1Exchanged $236,000 at an average of $9,800 per hour. Market buys were $190,000 Market sales were $45,000 Limit-limit buys were $1,400 The busiest time was at 2pm when about $18,000 was exchanged. The quiete...
Thursday, Mar 8
Yesterday's Money: 8th March
Yesterday in Second Life we: Spent $1,409,000 at an exchange rate of L$270.0 to US$1Exchanged $205,000 at an average of $8,500 per hour. Market buys were $161,000 Market sales were $43,000 Limit-limit buys were $700 The busiest times were at noon, 2pm and 3pm when about $12,000 was exchang...
Friday, Feb 23
Real life shopping in Second Life
The world, virtual or real, doesn't seem to be quite there yet, but perhaps his vision isn't as farfetched as it might have seemed a while ago. There are shops in Second Life already starting to do this sort of thing. Thanks to Arlo Sands for the tip about Circuit City, and Jeffronius Batra for t...
Thursday, Feb 22
High School Drama in Second Life (No, Really!)
I think it's safe to say that this sim will offend some people right to the core of their very being. To role play, perhaps to relive, one's high school experience in Second Life may feel like a virtual hell. On the other hand, if your High School experiences were less than memorable, this sim ma...
Is the Second Life economy a scam?
Filed under: News, Business, Making MoneyRandolph Harrison has blogged a long article asserting just this. It's not his first such article, although his first was dismissed (much to his chagrin) by many readers, including those who are experts in modeling virtual world economies.
Wednesday, Jan 24
Patch: Today in Second Life - Wednesday 24 January, 2007.
29,192 new signups bringing us to 2,910,587 signups total.A peak concurrency of 26,492 at 1:50PM, and a minimum concurrency of 13,065 at 2:13AM. Average concurrency for the day was 19,280.A patch to allow PNG file format images to be uploaded as textures was submitted to Linden Lab for asse...
Valleywag plays the fool - gulled by dodgy analysis in own haste
Interestingly, no legitimate, real world corporation has earned net profit from SecondLife activities." -- Randolph Harrison. I hope to god nobody paid good money for it. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Tuesday, Dec 19
First Chance for Films in Second Life
Filed under: Sundance, Distribution, Exhibition, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie MarketingThe extremely popular online virtual reality world of Second Life is getting a new real-world addition: the Sundance Film Festival. If you haven't ventured online in Second Life yet, the best way I can...
Friday, Sep 22
Second Life: The Undiscovered Country?
The film itself sounds intriguing, and you can go to their website to get a summary. Let's make this happen! If we can get 150 to request a showing in SL, that could be just the beginning ... Unretouched photo of the drop-down menu after the jump!
Saturday, Sep 2
Aimee's Second Life Forum Review
So I should note that this article is my opinion and should not be regarded as an official endorsement by Linden Lab, AOL, Weblogs, Inc. or any of the other fine fine fine fine bloggers here at Second Life Inisder. Ok, brace yourself ... We're going in! SL-FORUMS SL DRAMA SL HOMEPAGE SL UNIVERSE
Saturday, Aug 12
Quick! Open an SL Forum!!
Now, of course there has always been special interest forums about Second Life. These forums typically have a singular focus and a relatively small following. Little will change about that. What we are talking about now is, who will own the new de facto standard for Second Life discussions?...
Wednesday, Aug 9
Second Life Down V
Prior to the grid closure, this blogger and others noticed that private messages were being sent directly to our e-mail, even though we were logged in. So the "presences information" Mick is talking about may hint that Second Life wasn't fully aware of OUR presences. There is no word as to ho...
