New World Notes: Last Week's New World Notes News Highlights

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Monday, October 03, 2011

Last Week's New World Notes News Highlights

Please don't miss these top six NWN posts from last week:

Is Linden Lab Building a 2D Game Platform, or a New World?
Neal Stephenson on Second Life and the Metaverse: I'm a Storyteller, Not a Future Predictor
World of Goodcraft: Woman Feeds Real Homeless for Virtual Dollars (Which Helps Her Level Up)
Ophelia's Gaze: 3 Reasons Why I Hate the Weird (and Weirdly Popular) World of SL Avatar Morphs
Maybe Future Virtual Worlds Will be Movies From Our Mind
In SL User Survey, Mesh Viewer Adopted by 56%, Mesh Content Purchases by 17% - But 1 in 4 Get No Mesh at All!

Posted on Monday, October 03, 2011 at 11:19 AM in Linden Lab News & Analysis, Weekly Recap | Permalink

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