Polygon Features Second Life's Monstrous UI/UX on "Monster Factory", But Just Relax & Watch

Hoo boy, Polygon is starting to make "Let's Play"-style videos in Second Life, so let's watch:

Hosted by Polygon's Griffin McElroy with commentary from an unnamed sidekick bro, it's part of the major gamer site's "Monster Factory" series, where I guess the idea is to make an avatar as f-ed up as humanly possible:

How, how, how have we not done a Monster Factory on Second Life up until this point? It's a game that gives you basically unlimited control of your avatar's appearance, giving you free reign to make a human garbage disposal with a butt like an endtable. You can attach anything to anything in Second Life, and, sweet lord, we do.

The video is actually a lot of fun, though a lot of the fun of "Monster Factory" is at the expense of SL's monstrous UI and user experience. But given that Linden Lab has basically given up on trying to improve SL's UI and UX in any substantial way, why not enjoy the fun in which it's intended.

If past history is any guide, poor McElroy and the post's comments will get inundated by humorless, hardcore SL enthusiasts explaining how wrong they're using Second Life, telling them about the great historical recreations and such they can see in there, all the great content they missed, etc. etc. which will all miss the larger point... but at this point, that's part of the fun too.

Polygon are not SL haters, by the way, last year devoting a whole huge feature on Second Life artist AM Radio by modesty forbids.

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[Arthur Scanlan]

I'm kind of struck by the fact that the UI/UX issues, while obvious at certain points, and emphasized by the verbal equivalent of comical flailing, were entirely overshadowed by the clear impression that they were having quite a lot of fun, pretty much all the way through the video.

[Estelle Pienaar]

You called it Hamlet, great foresight. ;)

Someone should suggest them to exploring with an SL enthusiast. That could be fun. I feel a connection...! LOL