The Rubbles – A Musical Documentary
It’s finally here! My friend Slate McLeod is incredibly talented and does such hilarious stuff. Here’s his film the The Rubbles – A Musical Documentary.
Ghost Train at Penny Lane
Hi gang. I couldn’t resist posting about this. I’ve put a spook house in Moonletters Town at Penny Lane. It’s a Ghost Train and I’ll be tweaking it all month, so if you ride it more than once it may not be the same each time. Spooky music, monsters, mutants, zombies, ghosts, killer tomatoes and [...]
Arctic Greenhouse
I have a big love for flowers, but am choosy about them in SL. I dislike the ones that look like cardboard, and avoid areas with ugly plants for much the same reason I avoid clubs with bad music. Good news. I found a lovely place called Arctic Greenhouse where no cardboard plants could be [...]
Animal Island
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE One thing I love in first life are animals. If I hear of someone being cruel to an animal my reaction varies between sadness and outrage. I also lose patience with people who treat animals like objects. I have a particular affection for dogs and puppies, but it’s not just pets I [...]
Another Inspired Halloween Special Event
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Beaverhut Death (Chicago, IL) By Pierce Laurel A woman died yesterday at St. Jude’s Hospital after choking to death on the mega-pickle garnish of her beaver burger. Millicent Grace, 42, was enjoying an unusually large gherkin when her grip slipped, and the massive morsel powered it’s way unexpectedly down her [...]
New One Prim Piano
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE You may remember me talking about creator Ample Clarity’s Amazing 1 Prim Livingroom as well as his 1 prim piano. Well, Ample has just released a piano upgrade which he sent me a copy of. I’ve displayed it proudly on stage at The Killing Moon pub, and it’s even nicer than the [...]
Spiritual Journey in SL
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER Over the past month or so, I’ve used my sister alt, Pay Writer, to join groups in order to receive notices and explore groups and sims that seriously pursue contemplative practices in Second Life. I did so because Pay is stripped down in groups and friends so as to explore [...]
The Great Wall of China
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER I wrote about the Great Wall for ROLE Magazine(November 2009, Atomic World in Pixels) two years ago and was very happy to see the place is still there, no worse for wear, and still a wonderful simulation of an actual place, although for the sake of economy and the restrictions [...]
Vintage City of Lights
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER With so many sims disappearing from the SL landscape, it’s good to see Paris 1900 still hanging in there. Fours sims (Moulin Rouge, Les Champs Elysees, Eiffel, and Couture) long, there’s much to see and admire about this place. One of the best recreations of a real place, though set [...]
Ample Clarity’s Amazing One Prim Livingroom
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Not long ago I wrote about PrimPossible owner Ample Clarity’s one prim piano. The piano was impressive, but Ample has outdone himself with his recent creation. He’s made a full livingroom set that’s just one prim. No, not one prim per piece, but one for all of it put together. You [...]
New SL Avatars!
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER You should know me by now: I love changing shapes! In particular, I loved the Loco Pocos avatars created and sold by long-time SL resident, Damien Fate. Much to my chagrin, the Loco Pocos sim closed down (retired?) last year. But apparently not all is lost as Damien along with [...]
Skin and Shape Expo 2011
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER It starts today!! More than 60 creators/designers of skins and/or shapes will have their latest creations on display across two sims, Palladium and Platinum. The full list can be found on the Skin Addiction blog and you can depend on updates throughout the course of this annual, much-anticipated ten-day event. [...]
“Your adventure in the off-world colonies…”
BY ASSISTANT EDITOR PAYPABAK WRITER You have to be careful for what you wish for… I made a birthday wish on Plurk back in February on a whim. No one was about to lay out that many Lindens on moi. Or so I thought! Not just Alidar Moxie but Vanni Cannoli decided independently to make [...]
The Wall in SL
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Sometimes a very simple concept can be very powerful. The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall is one of those concepts whose power lies in the precise execution of a simple concept. Begin at the start of the conflict with the name of each dead soldier and follow chronologically to the [...]
Freebies of Historical Note
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER I’ve been meaning to do a write up on Hypnoville Aerospace for some time. They’ve completely redesigned their store, which allows them to include vendors from many of the major space vehicle designers. They also have updated their incredible line of spacecraft to meet anyone’s completely unreasonable expectations of [...]
My List of One
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Confession: I started staff contemplating doing year-end lists, failed to give any guidelines, and pretty much failed myself to come up with a list. I thought of doing a list of best skin designers but truth to tell, as much as I love Exodi and Adam & Eve, I [...]
Burning Man in Second Life Opens Today
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Great timing since I am completely under the weather and unable to do much more than regurgitate information from the main press releases for this wonderful annual event, the longest running annual event in Second Life if I’m not mistaken. This year it’s been renamed Burn2 to mark the [...]
LadyT Grand Hotel: Classic Bellagio Build Is Back
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER The lovely and uber-talented builder Alix Abruzzo is back! She and owners Arctic and Minnie Trottier will celebrate the resurrection of Alix’s original Vegas hotel based on the look of the Bellagio with a grand opening the first week in October. I am guessing from hints she made to [...]
From Dirty Cute to Filthy Cute!
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Another wonderful find by DJ MihoAndromeda Boa from her Pink Spider – Second Life Website, I knew I’d found something special as soon as I rezzed! (I just noticed that Emerald’s opening screen also carries a Visit Hachiman screen.) There’s lots of great hand-drawn textures of this “Cutie” cartoon [...]
Ozimals
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE There’s a bit of a craze going on with bunny rabbits lately. Ozimals, as the bunnies are called (since they come from the land of Oz), are breedable animals within the world of Second Life. Since I tend to collect animals, I succumbed to the temptation when a neighbor offered to [...]
Happy Seventh Birthday, Second Life
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Seven days just isn’t enough time to really appreciate what the exhibitors have done at the SLB7 site. I can provide a glimpse of what I saw but I can’t begin to describe the feelings and the sounds that go with a prolonged visit to this amazing site. I [...]
Torley Linden Amplifies My Awesome
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE “I amplify your awesome . . .” –Torley Linden If you’re a resident of Second Life and have not heard of Torley Linden, you’ve probably been living in a virtual cave. Torley Linden is arguable one of the most famous Lindens, because he’s made himself invaluable to everyday SL residents. I’ve [...]
More than just another Steampunk Store
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Inspired by the Sam Lowry video that has appeared Dusan Writer’s Metaverse and New World Notes, I decided to take a look at LPP SteamPunk and Cyber Doll, using one of the SLurls generously provided by Hamlet Au. I have to say the video is stirring–I am always inspired [...]
Svarga’s Back: What Does It Mean?
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER I am so happy to report that my post of a bit over a year ago requires some amending. Svarga, Svarga is back, minus the repetitive name! Jels and I visited it as soon as I learned about it from New World News. We rode the amazing wasp tour [...]
Slate McLeod’s Famous Builds Exhibition
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Yesterday I received a landmark from Slate McLeod, the creator of the 1965 England sim. The title of it? Slate McLeod’s Famous Builds Exhibition. Slate is an awesome builder, so I’d say his use of the word “famous” in the title is probably accurate. Well, his work is famous among Second [...]
Lunamaruna Swoona
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER Sorry if I’m behind the times with recommending that you take a look at Lunamaruna but for you stragglers out there, this is another chance! New World Notes was where I got my tip off. This cartoon-like city with floating manta ray and submarine-like underwater critters is the work [...]
Kowloon
BY EDITOR SHAUNA SKYE Kowloon is one of the coolest places I’ve seen in Second Life. The sim is based on an old Japanese playstation game called Kowloon’s Gate, which is set in a darker side of Kowloon. Unfortunately the game was only released in Japan, but at least everyone in Second Life can enjoy [...]
Homage to AVATAR in Second Life
BY CHIEF STAFF WRITER PAYPABAK WRITER If you haven’t seen the Golden Globe Best Picture of the Year, Avatar, go now … I’ll wait. Great wasn’t it? Never let it be said that Second Life builders and designers miss any chance to exploit their ability to peerform “the sincerest form of flattery” when it comes [...]
Deep Space in Rua
Contributed by Shauna Skye My friend Evelyn Hitchcock gave me the landmark to Deep Space in Rua. I had been to this sim ages ago, but it was either before the deep space room was built or I had somehow missed this. This place is incredibly cool, and it was relaxing to float in space. [...]
Inspirational – INSPIRE Space Park
Contributed by Paypabak Writer I’m slaving away on this article for slFIX Magazine on Splintered Rock and sister Pay comes screeching into my airship, bouncing off the walls and Oriental-style cushions about this place, INSPIRE Space Park. I remember talking to one Quentin Foulsbane during an interview with his girlfriend about romantic places. I guess [...]
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