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"On the Mantle" with Candace: Interview with the Mayor of Arkham

Posted Wed, 09/02/2009 - 13:04 by Kal

I'm here at the Black Goat with Candace Bethune, who is the Mayor of Arkham. I interviewed her to find outmore about the 3-sims that make up Miskatonic Valley, a living setting after HP Lovecraft. Candace and her staff are offering these sims as a RP resource for groups like October Undead, and I wanted to find out more.

Kal: Candace, this new sim is coming to life with the construction of Miskatonic University and Miskatonic Valley. Tell us a little about the sim theme and your vision for these new locations.

Cool Textures

Posted Tue, 09/01/2009 - 09:30 by Kal

Looking to do a little digital decorating this October and for the holidays beyond?

Check out these two sites for nifty, free, hi-res textures. Some good creepy stuff, nature stuff (wood, dirt), aged stuff, and more.

(If you are new to importing textures into Second Life, you'll want to reduce these waaaaay down, to either 512 pixels wide or 1024 pixels wide before importing then into SL, for best control of final image, best uploads times, and best results.)

Spider: Great iPhone / iPodTouch Game

Posted Tue, 09/01/2009 - 06:08 by Kal

It's a little bit creepy, its a lot cool, and it even has a mystery to solve!

Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor is a game I think the October Undead fans would really love. You are a spider in an old, abandoned house, spinning webs and catching bugs for juicy food and points, of course. Yet as you make your way through the rooms (level by level), you discover more and more about the family that used to live in this house... and the mystery of what happened to them.

Good movement and controls, good graphics, interesting rule sets for the webs keep you from getting bored - it's not always as easy as it looks to build a web that'll snag the bugs.

Here's the web site / game preview:

Very Cool Machinima

Posted Tue, 08/04/2009 - 06:39 by Kal

It's a good sign. Second Life has become sophisticated enough to be used as a tool to create high-end art and express visions in new ways. I mean, we've always been able to create cool things in SL, it's just in the early years it seemed... well, like the equivalent of 8-bit art: amazing, new and cool but a little bit chunky and cartoonish.

Now with sculpties, better viewers and graphics cards, years of how-to tricks behind us, and talented artists working in this new medium, we get stuff like this.

Nice. I hope you enjoy!