The Lost Gardens of Apollo is one of Second Life’s treasures. It’s also one of its oldest attractions, dating all the way back to 2005. There isn’t much in Second Life that’s been around this long. It’s a place of seductive beauty, a place for lovers and for lovers of beauty. The sheer complexity of…
Month: January 2011
Second Life Muslims confront Al-Qaeda Taliban group
When you enter OnIslam.net’s Second Life sim, a holy place with the Grand Mosque where you can do a virtual Hajj, the first thing you see are prominent signs barring Al-Qaeda everywhere you turn. Al-Qaeda in Second Life? The group that the sim is banning is “(Al-Qaeda-Taliban)the right path1”, which has 67 members. (NadiaLane, CNN iReports, Jan…
Art Planet
The many-colored space you are in appears vast. You turn, east, west, south, north, up, or down, and you see a world of shifting colors. Here and there, objects crumble while others remain steadfast. Even your avatar is shifting in appearance, at times appearing normal, other times seeming to glow in shifting colors. It is…