Second Life, I geek about it
Oct. 5th, 2009 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyIn part three of the ongoing series "Oaken gets into a computer thingie years after everyone else has discovered it"...I've gone and gotten hooked on 'Second Life'.
The nice thing about being the pokey little puppy *this* time around is that, Second Life being all about player-built zones, I'm wandering around areas and joining groups that've grown and improved over years of trial and error. I mean, one doesn't say "I'll build and furnish a house so large that visitors will feel like they're three inches tall, and then populate it with tiny Martians...oh, and I'll give visitors jetpacks and rocket boots, too" and script it all overnight.
The cross-pollination all gets to be a bit overwhelming sometimes. I tagged along with a friend to an online wedding last weekend that featured a DJ and a live bagpipe performance (streaming audio can be both a blessing and a curse). One third of the wedding guests seemed to be Scandinavian vampires, another third were furries, and the remaining third were anime characters, mermaids and balloons. I wound up sitting between a woman dressed like Napoleon and a man in white robes with his head on fire, in this outdoor glade decorated with five living statues being orbited by fairies and floating candles, and watched as the bride and groom mingled drops of blood in a chalice, drank, and told everyone how much they loved each other.
And then everyone took the Stargate-style teleporters to the beach for the reception.
When D and I renew our vows, I *totally* want to re-create it in real life.
Coming up next month: hey kids, anyone hear about this quirky game called "Portal"? I hear there's cake involved!
The nice thing about being the pokey little puppy *this* time around is that, Second Life being all about player-built zones, I'm wandering around areas and joining groups that've grown and improved over years of trial and error. I mean, one doesn't say "I'll build and furnish a house so large that visitors will feel like they're three inches tall, and then populate it with tiny Martians...oh, and I'll give visitors jetpacks and rocket boots, too" and script it all overnight.
The cross-pollination all gets to be a bit overwhelming sometimes. I tagged along with a friend to an online wedding last weekend that featured a DJ and a live bagpipe performance (streaming audio can be both a blessing and a curse). One third of the wedding guests seemed to be Scandinavian vampires, another third were furries, and the remaining third were anime characters, mermaids and balloons. I wound up sitting between a woman dressed like Napoleon and a man in white robes with his head on fire, in this outdoor glade decorated with five living statues being orbited by fairies and floating candles, and watched as the bride and groom mingled drops of blood in a chalice, drank, and told everyone how much they loved each other.
And then everyone took the Stargate-style teleporters to the beach for the reception.
When D and I renew our vows, I *totally* want to re-create it in real life.
Coming up next month: hey kids, anyone hear about this quirky game called "Portal"? I hear there's cake involved!
