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Designing Worlds pays a seasonal visit to New Babbage – what could possibly go wrong?

Posted in Designing Worlds, New Babbage, Second Life, Steamlands, The Primgraph, treet.tv, TV, tagged , , , , , , , on December 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 10th December, for the new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams when we’ll be taking a seasonal trip to New Babbage. A rather chilly one too, if all the reports we’ve heard about the coal shortage are true!

New Babbage in the Snow, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont

New Babbage in the Snow, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont

Now, our trips to that industrial steampunk city have not been entirely without incident in the past – what with murders, dangerous dark mermaids, mendacious Santas and purloined diamonds … to say nothing of Elrik being mistaken for Sherlock Holmes, or that time we discovered the dark secrets under the lost Asylum …

But really, we’re visiting libraries this time! What could possibly go wrong?

Although we might wonder why it’s necessary to keep a certain children’s book chained up in a locked desk …

Uncle Tingly's Vfristmas Tales for New Babbage Young 'Uns, secure in its case

Uncle Tingly’s Christmas Tales for New Babbage Young ‘Uns, secure in its case

So join us, at 2pm today, to unlock the true terror of Uncle Tingly’s Christmas Tales for New Babbage Young ‘Uns … if you dare.

Or – if you can’t attend in person – tune in at 2pm SLT on Monday for the live show on http://treet.tv/live – where you can now chat with other audience members and even some of the participants during the show – or catch it later in the week on our shows page on the Treet.tv web site at http://treet.tv/shows/designingworlds – our very own version of the iPlayer!

Uncle Tingly book designed and created by Edward Pearse
Bookstand (and chains) designed and created by Beq Janus

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Survey: Second Life Land and You – what does an 11.3% decline in private estates mean to (and for) you?

Posted in Problems, Second Life, tagged , , , , , , , on December 10, 2012| 28 Comments »

Greater Ireland: Limerick - now gone

Greater Ireland: Limerick – now gone

Daniel Voyager has reported today that the total net loss in private estates in Second Life since January 1st this year is now 2689, a decline of 11.3%. The total number of Main Second Life Grid regions is now 28254 ( 21168 private estates & 7086 Linden owned). The figures come from Tyche Shepherd who posts a weekly update about regions counts in Second Life during the past week on SLUniverse Forums.  Tyche adds that “it’s lower than the bottom of the post openspace repricing decline where we saw a bottom figure of 21195 private estates on 5th April 2009.”  It is, in fact, the lowest figure since July 2008. And it shows no sign of reversing – it’s a steady decline.

But what does this mean for you, and how does it affect your Second Life? What are your perceptions and experience? Please complete this survey – results are anonymous. But if you think there are important questions we are not asking, let us know!

Please add your thoughts in the comments too!

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Prim Perfect Talks at the SL Christmas Expo: Judy Chestnut of Dwarfins!

Posted in Events, Games, Relay for Life, Relay for Life of Second Life, Second Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2012| 1 Comment »

Today the talk in the gorgeous Prim Perfect Pavilion is at 3pm, when Judy Chestnut will be talking with Cinders Vale about the new Dwarfins.

Meet the Dwarfins

Meet the Dwarfins: Permission to use this image given by Judy Chestnut

The Dwarfins are a fascinating new project, released on December 8th, and created by Simul8 Studios.

“Banished from the land they were born, separated from their creator, the Dwarfins must now find a way to survive on their own. Will you help them build their community and learn the secrets of creating life?”

Dwarfins is a fascinating new game, moving beyond breedable pets into creating a whole complex community. Game play will center around the Dwarfins themselves as they venture into the world and begin to create their own community, village or even a kingdom around themselves. The Dwarfins have been hand crafted by two of the finest artisans in Second Life,  to resemble the best looking Dwarfs you have ever seen. A mix of mesh and sculpts and only 11 (prims) land impact, they are hugely impressive.

Judy will be talking about the potential of the Dwarfins and how the game play will be constructed.  And you can find out more at www.dwarfins.com or visit the sim: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dwarfins/37/143/8. But as a starting point, do come to today’s talk and enjoy the chance to question the project manager, Judy Chestnut!

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We have a full programme of talks coming up at the Expo – make sure that you don’t miss them!

Date Time Interviewee Topic Interviewer
Thursday, December 6th 3pm Heavenly Villa & Honey Lusch Home & Garden Market Village Saffia Widdershins
Friday, December 7th Happy Hunting! taping
Saturday, December 8th 3pm Auryn Beorn Scripting & education in Second Life Cinders Vale
5pm Isla Gealach Cheeky Pea and The Nest Saffia Widdershins
Sunday, December 9th 3pm Cain Maven Meshing about in Second Life Saffia Widdershins
5pm Maxwell Graf, Charlotte Bartlett and Loz Hyde Mesh creations Saffia Widdershins
Monday, December 10th 3pm Judy Chestnut Dwarfin Cinders Vale
Tuesday, December 11th 3pm Froukje Hoorenbeek Dutchie and working with mesh Saffia Widdershins
Wednesday, December 12th 3pm Rosamoo Mendelsohn & Xia Nishi Hunting! Saffia Widdershins
5pm Jessii2009 Warrhol Nexgen Aviation & Tribute Cinders Vale
Thursday, December 13th 3pm Callie Cline Business in Second Life Saffia Widdershins
5pm DeeAnne Dufaux Builder’s Brewery and Park Place Cinders Vale
Friday, December 14th Happy Hunting! 3pm Happy Hunting! show (with an interview from the Expo, and the final episode in this season of The Blackened Mirror)
Saturday, December 15th 3pm Candy Cerveau and Malkavyn Eldritch Strangelings Cinders Vale
5pm Mal Burns & Tara Yeats TV in the Metaverse Saffia Widdershins
Sunday, December 16th 3pm Heavenly Villa & Bill Kaye Centre for Business Development Saffia Widdershins
Monday, December 17th 3pm Honour Macmillan Blogging Second Life Saffia Widdershins
Tuesday, December 18thSaffia 3pm Edward Pearse Christmas Traditions Saffia Widdershins
Wednesday, December 19th 3pm PARTY!!! DJ’d by Victor Mornington

Come along and learn more at 3pm and 5pm SLT! And we don’t think we are too hard to find …

Christmas Expo 2012, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Christmas Expo 2012, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

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Prim Perfect Jigsaw: New Babbage in the Winter

Posted in Designing Worlds, Jigsaw, New Babbage, Second Life, Steamlands, The Primgraph, treet.tv, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2012| 1 Comment »

New Babbage in Winter

New Babbage in Winter

Today’s jigsaw is a wintery vista of the industrial steampunk city of New Babbage under a dark sky, captured by Wildstar Beaumont.  Too dark and cold for even the urchins to be abroad, New Babbage is shivering in the grip of a severe coal shortage.

Fortunately (fortunately?) Miss Widdershins and Mr Merlin are on the way …

That’s right, today is the broadcast of Designing Worlds’ Christmas trip to New Babbage … what could possibly go wrong?

Let’s do a jigsaw – full details of the show will be coming shortly.

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New Babbage in winter, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont

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Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).

If you’d like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.

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