Second Life Bloggers Invade Privateer Space
Gwyn pilots a starfighter in a space opera of her own creation
Finding truly groundbreaking Second Life sites among the constantly metastasizing morass of so much user-created content remains the most difficult challenges for Residents. One trick is to keep an eye on what established Second Life bloggers are writing about, because when several start blogging about the same place, you can be sure it's a great site. With that in mind, I give you Privateer Space (SLURL teleport at this link) an old school sci-fi locale full of amazing detail and charm-- an intergalatic truck stop, an asteroid belt, horny robots, and more. I first noticed it after Gwyn posted a two-fisted space opera inspired by Privateer, then noticed she was just one in many raving about it. Hotspur O'Toole wrote an illustrated, steampunk-infected tribute to it, while Lem Skall posted a breathtaking photospread, and acting on Lem's tip, Aleister Kronos went and made a voyage of his own. Privateer is owned by Aley Arai, and Kronos quotes Arai's profile, which merely describes it as a non-commercial, "huge super [immersion] silly sci-fi playland for everyone." And my guess is we'll be reading a lot more about it in months to come.
Thanks! I have been looking for something besides work work work to do in sl! :)
Posted by: Ann Otoole | Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 03:37 AM
LOL :) Well, Ann, I think you won't regret the visit...
Posted by: Gwyneth Llewelyn | Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 04:13 AM
I checked out the place; it was pretty nifty. You can tell a lot of time went into making it, and it definitely has a much different feel than most of the other things you run across in Second Life. It had me wondering what game I was in for a few seconds.
Unfortunately, like so many other things in Second Life, it was empty. There's so much awesome content out there, but the people are spread so few and far between. It's the dense content/sparse people disparity. The space station would have been a lot more fun to explore with other people (sitting down at the tables with the robot waiters, for instance).
Posted by: Cyde Weys | Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 02:25 PM
I explored this sim after reading your article and I've got to agree that it is fascinating and funny . While I was racing around in mining buggies with Aley, I said that she was a fun person. She said that SL had lost some of it's fun and that she intended to bring back some of the fun into SL. Works for me!
Posted by: Androgyne Michinaga | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 06:15 AM
@ Cyde
A thought came to me when I read "The space station would have been a lot more fun to explore with other people".
Why not IM a friend or four, ask them if they are busy and if they'd like to explore? Or Search for acquaintances not on your Friends list or brand new people you have met and helped recently.
People are always interested in a little bit of fun, you can brighten their day.
Posted by: Corcosman Voom | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 09:15 AM