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After I blogged about my Second Life avatar getting 3D printed, someone asked for some comparison shots so we could all judge how accurately the process comes off. Presented above for your scrutiny, the many faces of Walker Spaight (aka Mark Wallace), including, clockwise from top left: Walker Spaight in Second Life, the physical Walker model printed from the SL av, Mark Wallace in real life, and Walker Spaight in the massively multiplayer online game EVE Online. (more…)

Rosie from The Hedrons strums a few virtual chords

Girl group The Hedrons are a good-looking Glaswegian quartet playing straight-ahead rock tunes a la, oh, the Ramones or the White Stripes or any number of bands between the two. It’s pretty good stuff, actually, and it’s coming to the virtual world of Second Life on Monday, October 9 at 7:30pm British time (11:30am SL time), when the band will do a live 30-minute set to promote their album, One More Won’t Kill Us, which drops the same day. (more…)