TIGSource: User-Created Ecosystem in Second Life

User-Created Ecosystem in Second Life

Derek Yu — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:46:00 +0000

It seems like every time I look, there’s something new going on in Linden Labs’ virtual world Second Life. I like this story about how a stay-at-home mom (who formerly worked in the games industry, I might add) has created a flourishing ecosystem in the game in her spare time. It’s just the kind of geeky and fun thing that makes gaming great.

All this sounds like an invaluable experiment in artificial life or testing theories on evolutionary development, so I ask if she’s interested in finding out anything from Svarga.

“Yeah,” she answers, “Is it fun? I’m totally uninterested in all the hypothetical bollox that gets spouted by academics.”

She sounds like a cool mom.

"User-Created Ecosystem in Second Life" by mmodule

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:00:51 +0000

Very cool! 2nd life seems to be getting a bunch of attention all of a sudden. There have been several magazine articles about it lately.

Also, Thanks for bringing back tigsource! I checked the “we are not dead” page at least once a week.

"User-Created Ecosystem in Second Life" by Sergio

Wed, 31 May 2006 21:05:54 +0000

I concur… I wonder if I should get a copy of SL, it sound interesting.