Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style
One of the biggest oversights in the Second Life Marketplace is the lack of a wishlist feature. You can set items as a favorite, and that's helpful for keeping track of what you might want to get yourself in the future, but that doesn't do your Valentine any good when they're looking for the perfect gift. Shopping for die-hard fashionistas is especially risky; who knows what they've bought (and in how many colors) the second it was released?
SL Wishlist is a pretty long overdue service in that sense. If you worry that you might be a bit hard to shop for yourself, you might want to consider making a SL Wishlist account before Friday to help out any secret admirers fumbling desperately for last minute gifts. The site might seem a little bare-bones, but it can be searched by avatar name, meaning that anyone who wants to find your list can. Even better, you can do some nosing around yourself and find a gift for that special someone in your virtual life.
One word of advice: Because these lists are public, you may not want to add anything of a... Particularly personal nature, if you catch my drift. Nothing you wouldn't want your family (virtual or otherwise) to stumble across at least. Sometimes its probably best to share certain gift ideas directly, right?
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