THE YEAR IN NWN: MARVELS, WONDERS, AND FANTASTIC DEVICES

Strolling the universe of user-created coolness: a year of inspiring builds, innovative hacks, and playthings of all kinds.  A personal selection from many more.

"The Lost Gardens of Apollo" - Creating the ultimate romantic isle (with three ministers on retainer to perform virtual weddings.)

"Growing Your Own" - Or, Artificial Life meets Cheech and Chong.

"The Art of Tech War" - Creating a first-person real-time strategy game from the ground up.

"God Game" - Creating a self-contained artificial ecosystem from the top down.

"Bullet in the Head" - Care for a friendly game of Russian Roulette?

"-- And He Rezzed a Crooked House" - Imagining four dimensions in a 3D world.

"Protagonist of the Island Nakama" - Avatarizing anime and giving it a city of its own.

"Swordplay" - Making melee combat work in Second Life.

"A Brother-HUD of Man" - How a heads-up display could change the world.

"Really Simple Second Life" - How a streamed RSS feed could tell us what's going on in the world outside.