Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Sim Deathwatch
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BREAKING: Tempura Restored to Second Life As a Preservation Sim After Belated Outreach by Linden Lab
Just received this fairly excellent message: Dear Tempura island friends, lovers, visitors: We would like to inform you, that after our decision to close Tempura, we were contacted by Linden Lab and made the decision to accept maintenance of our region by joining The Second Life Region Preservation Society provided by Linden Lab. We have…
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Tempura, the popular and much-loved Second Life island, is now gone from the grid, with only screenshots and video to remember it by, another victim of SL's high monthly server maintenance fees. As when any other beloved virtual place meets a digital death like this, community members post well-meaning if belated ideas on how to…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting “Last memories from Tempura” is a gorgeous picture by Romuśka commemorating the lost of the beautiful sim. As reported earlier in New World Notes, the beloved sim will be leaving our world after fourteen years. I love the way this picture captures…
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Click here this month to teleport into yet another Second Life landmark that's going away: The luminously beautiful island called Tempura, which since its inception 14 years ago, has attracted well over 2 millions visits. It is, however, leaving the virtual world grid at the end of this month. Owned and lead created by Japanese…
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This is a really good new segment of Science Friday on the life and death of Science Friday's own Second Life islands over a decade ago, where the much-loved NPR show hosted an audience of avatar fans during the live broadcast, with host Ira Flatow even occasionally taking questions sent in-world via group message. Produced…
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The University Of Western Australia's virtual campus in Second Life has been among the most active and longest lasting educational presences, hosting regular art festivals like this one featuring cinema great Peter Greenaway But after years of hanging on, I'm told the UWA regions are finally being closed at the end of this year. That's…
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