Second Life goes open source (this time, for real?)
According to mashable.com, LindenLab will open up the source code for Second Life servers, too. (Awhile ago, the client software was open-sourced.) As if there weren’t enough freedom…
Category: second life
Rant: Why Second Life won’t make it (the way it is)
A word of warning: This is just what the headline says – first and foremost a little rant. A rant about what Second Life is, and what it…
Second Life Liberation Army (SLLA) demand basic political rights for avatars
The Second Life Liberation Army (SLLA), who have been getting plenty of coverage for their terror attacks virtual mock terror attacks, demands basic political rights for Second Life…
Alternatives to Second Life
Recently, I’ve blogged a few times about the issues I see with Second Life, both technical and structural. (Here’s some of my SL posts.) On his weblog, Onder…
How Gaming Transforms (us & itself)
Lately I’ve been getting more and more into how gaming influences us, culture, our media consumption, user interfaces… – you name it. Partly this is because I’ve been…
John Edwards’ (unofficial) Second Life campaign HQ vandalized
John Edwards was, as far as I know, the first candidate in the U.S. presidential elections with a campaign presence in Second Life (if only an unofficial one).…
Second Life to open up, slowly
In an interview with New York Times columnist David Pogue Phillip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab and the head behind Second Life, acknowledges that the software behind Second…