Coley's World: Exploring Thibedeau, a Strange and Magical Shopping Mall and Creative Community in Second Life

ColeMarie Soleil sees Second Life's arts scene from her unique point of view

Thibedeau, a shopping mall and community in Second Life, is fun and funky and unique and a lot of fun. I interviewed the owner Eln Alter, who told me more about Thibedeau, and what he hopes from the future of Second Life:

What should you see when you visit Thibedeau? Here's a starter's guide:

There are shops like Rachel Breaker's store [SLurl here], which is like if Tim Burton threw up in neon and then hung out with the kids from the movie Cool World.

There is the Devo store [direct SLurl here] designed by the scripting guru Meat Carver. He's made really really fun scripted gadgets like the "Devo" paint set, which allows you to paint your own permanent art pieces in Second Life on an easel, prim-by-prim, and then save a copy to keep as art for yourself in SL. It also uploads all the art all over SL created from it onto a web server, so you can see other drawings created from other SL users. Or check out his Devo Orange tree which is a sculpted tree that fast forwards through time growing fruit until they ripen and then drop to the ground only to rot away.

Then there is always Eln's little shop on the back of his giant sculpted turtle [SLurl here]. Filled with tons of SUPER cheap fun scripted gadegts like the frog shooter or his fun UFO flying garden bit. Or the ever-popular and really over-the=top cute spot of Mochi's called "Pink Fuel" which you can find here: [SLurl here]. Lots of really well made sculpted dolls and well made skins and things. I really like her panda avatar, which is only 10 Lindens.

But there are tons of little strange quirky places in Thibedeau, and the best thing is to go wandering around and discover them for yourself. You might want to start here [SLurl].

ColeMarie Soleil covers the Second Life arts scene for New World Notes when inspiration strikes. Before joining SL, she was a studio musician, a wandering gypsy, a graphic designer, and a solo artist who's performed at Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles and the Apollo in Manhattan. See more of her machinima here.

Comments

[soror nishi]

She is also the most talented machinima artist in SL, realising that it is not a poor cousin of video, but a medium in it's own right.

[Komuso Tokugawa]

You forgot the danoz direct "visit now and get a free set of sculpted prim steak knives" at the end of the machinamercial...