Archive for July, 2008

Actions and Animations in Google Lively

Actions and Animations in Google Lively
Actions and Animations are pretty fun. In Google Lively there are several high quality ones to choose from including some Google Lively Fighting moves. The easiest way to use them is through the keyboard shortcust:
/wave
/no
/rofl
/walk
Or perform them on others:
/bodyslam mark34
/kick jimWink
/pattycake cindy21
And of course Objects in Google Lively [...]

Fighting in Google Lively

After recently Customizing my Google Lively Avatar I asked myself: What is there to do in Google Lively? Why beat the living daylights out of each other of course.

I thought I would try out some of these movies. The above YouTube video includes punches, kicks, and a body slam. These are [...]

Symemetrical Sculpty Prims syMMetrizor 2.0

Symemetrical Sculpty Prims syMMetrizor 2.0

This is an interesting development for designers and sculpters in Second Life. The Symemetrical Sculpty Prims syMMetrizor 2.0 creates duplications and orientation for symetrical objects. This is very useful tool for clothing design and character design. Check out the short YouTube video below:

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Mondo Cross Gaming Universe Launches

Moondo MMO Launched recently. This gaming world uses many multiplayer minigames and groups them together into a leveling system. Moondo is currently a download available only on Windoes.
Check out this short YouTube Video on Moondo:

It looks pretty cool and is billed as a cross gaming universe.
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Griefer attack on Ethan Linden

This is a video of a griefer attack on Ethan Linden by a griefer.

Ethan Linden seems unphased by it and is busy with something. The physics seem a little off. Watch out Ethan! Those crazy griefer’s causin’ trouble.
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There is a new web series that you should really check out

There is a new web series that you should really check out. It features Eden Riegel dealing relationships and lack there of. Eden is tired of all of her friends having busy relationships so she decides to create some new imaginary friends. But of course all of her imaginary friends are bitches. [...]

Relay for Life fundraiser raises $200,000

The recent Relay for Life fundraiser in Second Life was a huge success. Over two hundred thousand dollars in real money was raised in Second LIfe. This is a huge increase from the $5,000 raised in 2005 and the $118,000 raised in 2007. Avatars used a 96 acre virtual park sim. [...]

CEO of Linden Lab again released a letter

The CEO of Linden Lab again released a letter. Maybe this will be a monthly thing? M Linden points out five points about Second Life users:
1. They are mainstream
2. They are diverse
3. Second Life has a great business model
4. Killer Apps are being developed
5. He emphasizes interoperability
Wow then he goes on with a [...]

I am getting tired of rolling restarts lasting all week

A rolling restart over the last few days is now complete. Version 1.23.2 is now live in some places. Final roll outs will be done through friday and saturday of versions 1.23.3. Regions receive a 5 minute warning and should be down for no longer than 20 minutes at a time. [...]

Stepped Into Google Lively

Stepped Into Google Lively
Today I stepped into Google Lively. I started by picking one of the avatars and customizing the look and clothing. I noticed that Firefox works although the catalog doesn’t seem to properly transfer new shopped items into inventory unless you are using Internet Explorer. I was unimpressed with the [...]