Over the past few days Second Life has reached a new peak concurrency of more than 76 thousand. The reason being cited is recent stories on a divorce resulting from virtual adultery. It's not suprising and it's backed up by an Australian Second Life resident who spends a significant amount of time mentoring new users. In a brief discussion with him this afternoon he confirmed … [Read more...] about Virtual sex brings ’em in
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Australian absenteeism this Friday
I'm going to make a fairly safe prediction: on Friday 14th November Australian businesses and government departments will experience a spike in leave of all varieties. And here's why: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion pack for World of Warcraft went on sale midnight Thursday. Most specialist game stores opened at midnight with significant crowds in some locations … [Read more...] about Australian absenteeism this Friday
AVWW 2008 – registrations open
The Australasian Virtual Worlds Workshop and (AVWW) is back again in 2008 and it's looking like a fascinating two-day program. It's being held at Swinburne University in Melbourne on the 28th and 29th November. Keynote presenters include the New Media Consortium's Larry Johnson, SLCN's Keren Flavell, Linden Lab's Chris Collins and VastPark CEO Bruce Joy. We're proud to be a … [Read more...] about AVWW 2008 – registrations open
Openlife sees benefit of Linden Lab price rise
The past 48 hours have been fascinating to observe. Since the announcement by Linden Lab of price rises for OpenSpaces sims in Second Life, there have been protests, petitions and the odd paragraph of doom-saying. It's been one of the larger resident backlashes since the gambling and banking bans, and some are voting with their feet already. Bettina Tizzy has reported on a … [Read more...] about Openlife sees benefit of Linden Lab price rise
Australians in Second Life Update – small declines
Linden Lab have released their metrics up until September 2008, and in the Australian context there's been a slight drop in activity - 686,872.48 hours, which is nearly eight thousand hours less than last month. Across 10-15 thousand active users, that's not a big drop and Australia maintains the 11th spot worldwide. Overall: - user hours dropped from 34.8 million to 33.2 … [Read more...] about Australians in Second Life Update – small declines