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Survey: Which New-ish Second Life Brand Interests You Most? Choose Aardvark, [ADD], The Discord Experts, Dope Pixels, Limited Addiction, Luova, Manikin!!, NeutralTones, RudeGirls Shapes, or Star Quake Shapes & Beauty
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/favorite-new-sl-brands-survey.html
Published: October 4, 2024 18:24
Loading… Take survey on desktop/laptop PC with mouse or tablet for best results Thanks to readers who recommended their favorite new-ish Second Life brands over the last few months! Now please take this survey to choose the brand you'd like...
Why Virtual World Gamers Will Want to Play Once Human, the New Cozy Crafting Combat World
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/once-human-cozy-combat-virtual-world.html
Published: October 3, 2024 22:00
A thrilling trend I'm starting to see in popular new games is a mash-up of multiplayer combat with virtual world gameplay, where customizing your avatar, crafting your home, raising/caring for pets, and casually hanging out with friends and exploring…
Second Life Combat 2 Development Tips from Linden Lab's Creator Tools Product Manager
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/second-life-combat-2-ll-tips.html
Published: October 3, 2024 20:25
Since Linden Lab recently unveiled Combat 2, a major update to Second Life's combat system, I got in touch with Kyle Linden, the company project manager under the Avatars and Creator Tools initiative. A Linden since 2007, Kyle's also a...
Cajsa's Choices: A Whole Flickr Group Celebrating Autumn in Second Life
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/autumn-sl-flickr-pics.html
Published: October 3, 2024 18:48
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Rawnie Lane’s “Foggy Woods” seems the perfect picture to open my exploration of Autumn in Second Life, a Flickr group exploring the wonders of the season in...
Resonite Update: One Year After Launch, Patreon-Sponsored Virtual World Has 10,000 Monthly Active Users from 60,000 Installs
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/resonite-virtual-world-museum-user-stats.html
Published: October 2, 2024 21:27
This report brought to you by the Virtual Worlds Museum, now creating digital hubs across many virtual worlds. Contact the Museum team here to get involved! It's been almost exactly a year since the launch of Resonite, the free-to-play virtual...
Second Life Mobile Updates: Experimental Voice Chat Added, Access Expanded to All Subscriber Levels Including Plus
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/second-life-mobile-access-plus.html
Published: October 2, 2024 20:15
Linden Lab just announced some pretty big updates to its Second Life mobile app (watch above, featuring a celebrity cameo) chief among them being these: Voice chat is now available in mobile on an experimental basis in some regions Mobile...
Cajsa's Choices: Gorgeous Historical Cosplay Pics by Niely Atheria
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/niely-atheria-sl-cosplay.html
Published: October 2, 2024 18:57
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Niely Atheria has a wonderful stream of historical cosplay pictures like “Fairytales Dream” above. The prince chasing Cinderella looks like he has a chance of catching…
Read an Excerpt of The Hivemind Swarmed: A New Oral History of Gamergate, the 2014 Online Harassment Campaign That Changed Everything (Plus Get a Special NWN Discount Code!)
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/hivemind-swarmed-gamergate-narrative.html
Published: October 1, 2024 20:39
It's impossible to understand US politics or Internet/gaming/virtual world culture without knowing about Gamergate, the numerically small but highly coordinated online harassment campaign unleashed almost exactly 10 years ago. Fortunately there's a new…
Cajsa's Choices: Imaginative Tributes to Nostalgia & Outdoor Adventure by Brian Werefox
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/10/brian-werefox-sl-oregon-flickr.html
Published: October 1, 2024 19:02
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Brian Werefox created this fabulously imaginative picture picturing himself back in earlier years, called “I wish that we could go back in time to those days that...
Added a $2/Month "Prim Level" Tier to My Patreon for Early/Exclusive Articles!
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/09/wagner-james-au-patreon-sl-metaverse.html
Published: September 30, 2024 21:47
Speaking of "primitives", that's the name for a new $2/month tier on my Patreon -- perfect for people who just want to support New World Notes and get early/exclusive feature length articles, along with other special benefits. (The Creator and...
Fact Check: "Primitives" Preceded Second Life With VRML from the 90s!
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/09/primitives-vrml-second-life-meta.html
Published: September 30, 2024 20:30
Important fact check from longtime reader Joey1058, on my rant about Zuckerberg talking about adding "primitives" to Horizon Worlds, a term I suspected he lifted wholesale from Second Life: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but 'primitives'...
Top Five Stories Including the Rise of the Metaverse Generation and the Incredible Story Behind Hanna's New Second Life Shoes
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/09/sl-vr-metaverse-news.html
Published: September 30, 2024 18:39
The New Second Life Shoes of Hanna Lindberg Tell Two Amazing Stories The Limits of Gen AI, the Immersion Divide, and The Rise of the Metaverse Generation Tiny Glade, Procedurally Cozy Indie Sandbox Game, Already a Hit One Day After...