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Phoenix SL Viewer Probably Has About At Least 50K Active Users UPDATE: But Likely Much More Than 50K

Published On: May 15th, 2012 by SLHamlet | Comments Off

Interesting: The official site for the Phoenix 3rd party SL viewer gets about 47,000 unique monthly visitors, according to Google Ad Planner. Traffic to the site has remained constant over the last year (with occasional spikes, presumably for important updates),...

Tagged As: Open Source/Reverse Engineer

Storybricks MMO Builder/Kickstarter Project Alpha Launches

Published On: May 15th, 2012 by SLHamlet | Comments Off

Storybricks Alpha launched in Unity for the web recently -- check it out, though remember it's Alpha and rough around the edges (and elsewhere). As I blogged recently, Storybricks is an innovative, build-a-story kit project for MMO/RPG players and developers...

Tagged As: New World Gaming

Lumiya: Second Life Viewer for Android Phones & Tablets — With 3D Graphics Display!

Published On: May 14th, 2012 by SLHamlet | Comments Off

The latest version of the Lumiya Second Life viewer for Android phones and tablets comes with a pretty cool feature: 3D display of the world itself. (Lumiya homepage here.) Unless I missed another one, this is now the only SL...

Tagged As: New World Tech

Top 25 Most Popular Second Life Sims for April 2012

Published On: May 14th, 2012 by SLHamlet | Comments Off

Courtesy Louis Platini's Metaverse Business, a Second Life/OpenSim analytics company that gathers publicly accessible in-world data for its clients, here's April 2012's top 25 most popular Second Life sims including Adult-rated regions, which are generally porn, listed according to their...

Tagged As: Economics of SL, Most Popular Places

Get a 40% Discount for My New Wiley Book on iOS, Facebook, and Web Game Design!

Published On: May 14th, 2012 by SLHamlet | Comments Off

Coming this September, my new book Game Design Secrets from Wiley will focus on games for iOS, Facebook, and the Web, and the key features to marketing and monetizating them. All three platforms have opened up huge opportunities for low...

Tagged As: Grotesque Self-Aggrandizement, New World Gaming

Skyrim: How Marketing Turned a Niche Product Into a Mass Market Hit

Published On: May 14th, 2012 by SLHamlet | Comments Off

"Skyrim: How Marketing Turned a Niche Product Into a Mass Market Hit" is my latest article for The CMO Site edited by Mitch Wagner, and as you might have guessed, it's about how Bethesda and advertising agency AKQA launched a...

7 Posts You Might Have Missed Last Week (But Shouldn’t)

Published On: May 14th, 2012 by SLHamlet | Comments Off

SL News, Culture, and Opinion Iris Rants: Why Templates (and the SL Designers Who Use Them) Get Under My Skin Second Life Users' Tolerance of SL's Technical Troubles Helps Stymie SL's Growth -- Here's Why SL's Latest Mesh-Based Style Craze:...

Tagged As: Weekly Recap

[ JP ]:dsg. / League

Published On: May 13th, 2012 by Analy Amat | Comments Off

Hair – *~*Damselfly*~* -Vivynne Brown Driftwood/Warm

Skin – *League* – Skin Jen Medium PinkChampagne *New*

Shape – *ANNA SHAPES* – Giulia Small *New*

Eyes – .ID. Insufferable Dastard – April Gift / Gem Eyes in Sunset *Free*

Nails – *Linc* – Finger Tapes Dollarbie

Tattoo – * GrungeInk – Luck Tattoo (Full Body)

Earrings - :: PM :: PurpleMoon Creations – Feather Earrings Moonlight Tones

Bangles – .:Ducknipple:. – SLX Outfit: Ruffle Pump Ruffled (part of)

Top – *League* – Breezy TankTop Black Splattered

Pants – [ JP ]:dsg. – Sweat Pants Camo 03 (Mesh) *New*

Chucks – ..:: Energie ::.. – Black Low Chucks V

[ JP ]:dsg. – Sweat Pants Camo / Floral / Pattern / White (Mesh) *New*

A special thanks to Audrey Lamede and Jasper Potez ! !

Xoxo!!

Tagged As: * GrungeInk, *LEAGUE*, ..:: Energie ::., .:Ducknipple:., .ID. Insufferable Dastard, :: PM :: PurpleMoon Creations, Accessories, ANNA Shapes, clothes, Damselfly, Dollarbie, JP dsg, Linc, Shapes

.::CENSORED::. / Illusory / – CHANDELLE

Published On: May 13th, 2012 by Analy Amat | Comments Off

Hair – [e] elikatira – Blonde 07

Skin – [Ill] Illusory Skin – Love_Milk – Daydream *88L$* COLLABOR88

Shape – *ANNA SHAPES* – Betina Small *New*

Eyes – .ID. Insufferable Dastard – April Gift / Gem Eyes in Sunset *Free*

Nails – Izzie’s – Classic Nails Spring/Summer 2012 Edition *New*

Necklace – .:* LOULOU&CO *:. – Necklace :: What’s up Doc ? :: V.1

Dress – .::CENSORED::. – Marry Dres *Free* Cupcake War Hunt #24

Shoes – - CHANDELLE - – Shoe Prince Sea *New* (Mesh)

Outfit + Lips Tatt0oo Layer – .::CENSORED::. – Set I love Mom *Free* Group Gift (*0L$* fee – secondlife:///app/group/ef897731-95f6-1944-a13f-f171de1436ab/about)

Bracelets – - CHANDELLE - – Bracelet Sine.2 White/Black

Shoes - - CHANDELLE - – Shoe Cind White *New* (Mesh)

A special thanks to Chandelle, Cindy Oysternatz and Izzie Button ! !

Xoxo!!

Tagged As: - Chandelle -, .ID. Insufferable Dastard, Accessories, ANNA Shapes, Censored, clothes, Collabor88, Events, group gift, hunt, Izzie's, loulou&co, Shapes, Shoes, Skins, [e] - [elikatira], [Ill] - Illusory Skin