EVERYBODY VIRTUALLY PANIC picked by MaskedWriter 3 years ago

Sadly it's all artificial.

Edd Hifeng is a Second Life player controlled not by a human, but by another computer.

At the moment it's quite limited, but its creators have high hopes. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Those who can't do, teach. Second Life, the most overhyped virtual world, has been abandoned even by its most fervent journalistic promoters, like Reuters and Wired. It's now pitching itself as an online schoolhouse. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Now the entire Second Life economy--which could affect more than 8.5 million players--is in trouble. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

"Second Life is being investigated by German police following allegations that some members are trading child abuse images in the online world."
"Under Germany law possession of "virtual" child pornography is punishable by up to three years in jail."

It keeps amazing me to find out what a sick world this is... picked by Nicky666 3 years ago

As much as I love Second Life (I'm looking into creating a Worth1000 museum in it), for an official government to staff an embassy in it is pretty redundant. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

A self replicating object is causing havoc in virtual environment Second Life. picked by sparky 3 years ago

The FBI are investigating whether the virtual gambling in the virtual world of Second Life is actually legal. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

It's also the first Fortune 500 company that apparently can't get real life dates. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

The onslaught lasted 15 minutes. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman installs a technology that lets avatars have intercourse, and it may be altering the course of fidelity. You can't even cheat in the video game world. picked by pvisi111 1 year ago

Hugh Hefner's infamous lad mag, Playboy, responsible for jumpstarting the careers of many a buxom lady, announced that bunny avatars will be setting up shop in the popular virtual world beginning in June. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

As Linden Dollars can be exchanged for real world currencies and vice versa, suspicion is that this could be used to launder the proceeds of crime. picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

Did it flood your house? picked by niceplime 3 years ago

That someone even took the time to write an article about this shows another sign of the coming APOCALYPSE picked by nesbyniccolo 3 years ago

Have Mars landers been destroying signs of life? Instead of identifying chemicals that could point to life, NASA's robot explorers may have been toasting them by mistake. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Around the world, several labs are drawing close to the threshold of a second genesis, an achievement that some would call one of the most profound scientific breakthroughs of all time. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Apparently each episode of Half Life 2 will be longer then the previous one. picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago

New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of the chemical elements that make life possible. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.
*this is great* picked by Bornbad 1 year ago