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Second Cast Episode #29 is out, and it’s a real snoozer! Actually, I haven’t listened to it yet (I missed the taping yet again, unfortunately), but as Johnny Ming puts it in his show notes, “The show was so riveting that Cristiano fell asleep.” The crew also interviews SL resident Tony Tigereye, owner of the Tropics Casino, discusses the recent Suzanne Vega concert in SL, and more on texture IP rights. Your challenge: stay awake through the entire thing.

Public relations agency Text 100 — who came number 9 among tech consultancies in PR Week’s top 50 last year — has opened an office in the virtual world of Second Life, a project built out by the Electric Sheep Company (sponsors of this blog). “Does this mean we could become the ‘preferred virtual supplier’ to anyone holding a launch or PR event in Second Life!?” muses Text 100’s Adrianne Kern. It would seem the opportune time to open a PR agency devoted to virtual campaigns. Text 100’s office is not exactly that, but it is more evidence of how much potential (too much?) people see in in-world promotions these days. (more…)