Going back to the country, to the rural quiet is a recurrent theme in Second Life, as is abandonment and dereliction. At Sand Hills Country there is both within a compact area. I found some of the trees a bit garish, but this central area is nicely set up.
Category: Locations
Modelmaking and virtual worlds
The River Wyvern, a photo by Tizzy Canucci. Goatswood is a representation of a Victorian village in rural England, somewhere in the Midlands, loosely based in appearance on Castle Combe in Wiltshire. It is a role play sim, but visitors can obtain a three day pass at Mortchester ticket office. The landing point is at […]
Zenshi: Water and Towers
I have a liking for this clean modernist approach. I could never aspire to such tidy cleanness, or indeed to anything so conspicuously expensive, in real life. Zenshi is part private residential (thanks to Zzoie Zee for allowing me access), part swish shops. The rural is about desire and romance for many people, but as […]
Kowloon Walled City
It’s a long time since I’ve been to Kowloon, and uncharacteristically for Second Life, it doesn’t seem to have to changed much. It’s based on a historic place, Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, which has now been demolished. The landing point is just outside the main gate, which opens onto the brightest and widest […]
Visiting MOSP
Fluttering By Taken at the LEA Machinima Open Studio Project (MOSP). I’d tracked this down by landing up on Chic Aeon’s blog. Despite having a list of places as long as my arm, I went off on a whim. The first impression on landing, as windlight adjusts to the sim settings, is a beautiful softness which […]