Blogging About Second Life's Breedable Animals

I'm always watching for when a particular Second Life phenomenon becomes popular enough to inspire its own enthusiast blogs, and it's no surprise that breedable virtual pets, an extremely popular offering in SL which is now actively promoted by Linden Lab, has its own fan blogs.

Take this one: My Second Life (with Pets), by Aywren Sojourner, who owns (and blogs about) KittyCats, Papillon Butterflies, Precious Dragons, Rovees, and once owned Amaretto Horses, Ozimal Bunnies, and Wildwood Kitties. And, of course, Ms. Sojourner is totally on top of the craze for Meeros, a race magical, face punchingly cute creatures that recently came out of Beta and have since been generating quite a bit of buzz. Here's her latest post of Meeros, which are now reportedly starting to give birth.

Comments

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"Breeadable"?

[Hamlet Au]

Ack, fixed!

[Aywren Sojourner]

Thank you kindly for such a great spotlight on my little blog! I was really stoked to find this! There's a lot of folks who do enjoy the breeding and gaming aspects of pets in SL. It's one thing that's drawn me back to the grid after having drifted a way for a while.

Breedable pets have come a long way since the chickens, that's for sure! Pets do have a bad rap as being laggy and resource-intensive (some pets may still be!). However, the developers are finding more and more ways to script newer pets efficiently, allowing pet owners to choose settings that reduce sim stress. For example, the Meeroos turn off on their own when no one is around and the Rovees don't even need to be rezed to grow, develop and breed.

Anyhow. Thanks again for the feature -- let me know if I can ever do something in return! :)

[Hitomi Tiponi]

Thanks for highlighting this Hamlet - it seems a real growth area for SL, and some of the breedables seem quite creative (not to mention cute). Found Aywren's blog fascinating - might even have a look at the fireflies that are mentioned.