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I think it’s still in the works but it’s far along enough that I felt prompted to snap some pictures of Rachel Breaker‘s new sim, Off The Wall. And to quote her, it’s really off the wall ! I always thought if Rachel had a sim of her own that she could do something magical, and fun, fun, fun. And so it is !
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You can meander inside and up to the top of this beautiful build by Marcus Inkpen at Utopia. It is really an amazing construction, inside and out. I don’t know much about it other than the sim it is on is owned by a Linden and is also set to a group called “Worlds Fair Shanghai 2010″. Is it supposed to host or be part of an SL counterpart event to the Expo due this year in China ? No idea, but it sure is a pretty setting !
Radio Signals has set up a new installation at Mirror, called “It was a blur”. Open from July 16th, 6pm, till August 16th, you’ll want to visit and get an eyeful if you’re into all things artsy and lovely on SL. The installation also features specially created items you can buy from many of your favourite designers, among them: Apatia Hammerer, Bryn Oh, Daelia Dollinger, Jojorunoo Runo, Juliette Westerburg, Miel Nirvana, OMGWTF Barbecue, Radio Signals, Redd Columbia, Sienia Trevellion, Vintage McMillan, and many more…
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I’m taking advantage that shadows appear not to crash me at the moment to do some sightseeing again and fluff up this present section a little ! Nemo is a steampunk sim that just opened.
Chances are you might already have seen this, but if you haven’t, it’s below the REZ shop. You just have to walk back a few steps to fall down there. After a first walk around, I almost sent an inflamed declaration of love to Yuki Aabye. Wish I had, you never know, but the moment has passed ! Anyway, these pics have been sitting around a while and I’m glad I can finally get them off my chest, and drive.
On January 19th, the Wastelands turned three, and yesterday they celebrated with a round of events customary of a Saturday in the community, plus a couple that were held regularly when I used to live there. I had thought to capture some photos during the week, but then realised that shadows don’t work for me anymore and was too disheartened to take any in the end. So, I made a machinima !
I remember having been around for their first anniversary, but missing the second one after I moved out, and I’m really quite happy that I have gone for the third. Only missing from this footage is “Game Show”, once a weekly feature hosted by the extraordinary entertainment provider that is Giuseppe Spicoli. Damn that because, though I personally much preferred the “Match Game” that Giuseppe introduced later (see real life version here), this in general was always my favourite part of Saturdays in the Wastelands (along with watching really hilariously dumb movies at Burnt Oak). They’re basically both TV-based games, with a host, a stage, a couple of participants on a podium, and rowdy people bantering from an arena. Invariably, lots of fun. But I’m recounting souvenirs mostly from 2008 here, because after that I left in August of that year, I don’t think I can have set foot in The Wastelands more than ten times since. But then yesterday was pretty terrific and just like the old times, and once in a while, a blast from the past can’t hurt.
Just let me make this clear, though, before you go and get the wrong idea: I was never ever a warrior, I never fought once or role-played anything. But, as once an owner of one of the first homesteads offered to the residents, what I chose to put out on my land, had a leeeettle bit of impact, I imagine, on the general landscape of the area, so I always toed the line between what made me comfortable, what I liked, and what would be acceptable to the rest of the community within a certain context of destruction, survival and, yeah, let’s say the word, post-apocalypse. What (partly) amused me all along, I guess, was to wonder how long it would be before someone came up and told me to go take a hike. But that never really happened. All in all, good times. ❤
A few teleports: the court of skulls, the fighting arena, the Junkyard stage, the swamp, and the drive-in.
PS. Particularly in The Wastelands, sepia windlight settings make a lot of things look better, like “Dusty”, “London2026″, “Verdigris”…
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