My friends James and Laurie sent me this link to "Make Love, not Warcraft," saying, "it is the best South Park Ever." I think they are right.
Speaking of Warcraft, I logged on to Second Life for the first time and probably last time this week. I didn't want to spend any money, which makes it pretty boring. Also my computer is a tad slow and so I was mostly wandering around in grey slabs of un-textured architecture trying to imagine how lovely the world would be if all the pretty colours and lighting effects were rendering properly. I amused myself by creating a fat guy my own age for an avatar. All the cute skinny people reacted pretty strongly, and I got lots of cat-calls and overheard lots of rude/puzzled comments. That was fun for awhile, but not fun enough.
Even this super hyped article 2nd life sound boring.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71965-0.html?tw=wn_index_14
I've been there a few times, (still a noobie), and I have to say it does get better over time. But SLIGHTLY better. I'm only going at all because I'm teaching a cyberculture class.
Hard to avoid the porn in there, especially with a room full of students watching.
Hey joester, ain't it great to get paid to play games.
Check it
http://art.berkeley.edu/coursework/niemeyer/courses/23ac/fridaylinks.html
cool list of links! thanks joester.
especially "Lightning Bolt". why isn't the government watching these people?they're obviously training for a major terrorist attack.
nice pants on that avatar
B. Smiley and I watched that lighting bolt vid far too many times a few years ago, and became slightly obsessed with the flappy-hand clapping girl in the foreground. She sort of breaks my heart, poor wench standing on the sidelines of the battle watching the boy-nerds have all the fun. But this other link of joester's really cheered me up, really really a lot.
Mark, re: the pants - that texture comes with the free package. There's a pinky plaid too.
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My friends James and Laurie sent me this link to "Make Love, not Warcraft," saying, "it is the best South Park Ever." I think they are right.
Speaking of Warcraft, I logged on to Second Life for the first time and probably last time this week. I didn't want to spend any money, which makes it pretty boring. Also my computer is a tad slow and so I was mostly wandering around in grey slabs of un-textured architecture trying to imagine how lovely the world would be if all the pretty colours and lighting effects were rendering properly. I amused myself by creating a fat guy my own age for an avatar. All the cute skinny people reacted pretty strongly, and I got lots of cat-calls and overheard lots of rude/puzzled comments. That was fun for awhile, but not fun enough.
- sally mckay 10-20-2006 6:29 am
Even this super hyped article 2nd life sound boring.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71965-0.html?tw=wn_index_14
I've been there a few times, (still a noobie), and I have to say it does get better over time. But SLIGHTLY better. I'm only going at all because I'm teaching a cyberculture class.
Hard to avoid the porn in there, especially with a room full of students watching.
- joester 10-21-2006 2:59 am
Hey joester, ain't it great to get paid to play games.
- L.M. 10-22-2006 1:01 am
Check it
http://art.berkeley.edu/coursework/niemeyer/courses/23ac/fridaylinks.html
- joester 10-22-2006 2:36 am
cool list of links! thanks joester.
- sally mckay 10-23-2006 1:25 am
especially "Lightning Bolt". why isn't the government watching these people?they're obviously training for a major terrorist attack.
- rev. earl chunx (guest) 10-26-2006 1:25 am
nice pants on that avatar
- mark 10-26-2006 6:32 am
B. Smiley and I watched that lighting bolt vid far too many times a few years ago, and became slightly obsessed with the flappy-hand clapping girl in the foreground. She sort of breaks my heart, poor wench standing on the sidelines of the battle watching the boy-nerds have all the fun. But this other link of joester's really cheered me up, really really a lot.
Mark, re: the pants - that texture comes with the free package. There's a pinky plaid too.
- sally mckay 10-26-2006 6:51 am