Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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A descendant of migrants and anti-fascist resistors brings their memory to the metaverse You can have a virtual home in Hangars Liquides, the massive and awesome cyberpunk city in Second Life which boasts a skyline of skyscrapers before which Oprah Winfrey once gave a speech, and William Gibson himself once praised. But why pay to…
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Thanks to Caitlin Tobias for submitting this week's banner, featuring a breathtaking image she created of the retro sci-fi Planet Idun in Second Life. She reports that it's currently "open only to certain groups" (you know, like a forbidden planet!), but you can attempt to teleport to the private region by clicking here. Failing that,…
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Via Nodoka Hanamura, this week's virtual world location gracing New World Notes' banner is Hiraya Village in Second Life, a community based around a highly-detailed recreation of modern urban cityscapes of Japan. "It's run by Rydia Lacombe and a few others as a federated community (much like East River), it spans multiple regions and recently…
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Courtesy Caitlin Tobias, this week's virtual world location gracing New World Notes' banner is Golgothica in Second Life, a roleplay storytelling region inspired by Game of Thrones and other fantasy classics. As Caitlin writes on her blog: Golgothica is for role-play and upon arrival you are supposed to dress to theme. A broad theme, as…
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Courtesy Blip Mumfuzz, this week's virtual world location gracing New World Notes' banner is Tonarino, an impressively detailed sim in Second Life blending traditional and modern elements of Japanese life and (to judge by a recent video, view below) acrobatic cats. Click here to visit. Know about another great virtual world location? Click here to submit…
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Thanks to Caitlin Tobias for this week's virtual world location of the week submission: Lavender Lake in Second Life: "Currently hosting a Air Balloon Festival (with balloon rezzers free to use)". Click here to visit. Know about another great virtual world location? Click here to submit an image, background info, and a link for readers…
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This is a lovely machinima tribute to Christmas-time in Rieri, a Japanese town in Second Life painstakingly modeled from Google Maps and real photos of Tokyo neighborhoods. (Click here to visit.) Lead developed by Eripom Moonwall, Tokyo-based master creator of realistic cityscapes and military hardware, Rieri in SL currently boasts snowfall and Christmas lights that…
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Click here to directly teleport to Bloodbath New Orleans, a perfect place to explore as October creeps up on Halloween. Star SL YouTuber Naria Panther (with a delicious, mood fitting Eastern European accent) and friends explore the place with a working streetcar, an eerie fair ground, and many gorgeously detailed Gothic edifices to creep through.
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Click here to visit, but maybe take a shower beforehand. SL artist Kaiden Tray made this faithful recreation of the classic cinema location, complete with four free motel rooms (date night, anyone?), and the Bates mansion on the hill. Impressively, he made it from scratch, mainly using the recent TV show spinoff of Psycho for…
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"I built an office for those of us working from home during the pandemic," Annabelle Chimpton recently announced on Reddit, "complete with music, coffee, and a TV for breaks." Replete with a fire pit, garden, and koi pond, it's very much the kind of cool and casual co-working space that tech workers in Santa Monica…
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