BBC Radio 4 Appealing To Second Life Users?

The Second Life forums, which lack a bit of punch when it comes to discussion but are an absolute gem when it comes to finding technical information, have been visited today by someone purporting to be from the BBC.

The forum post, which can be read here, has the following message:

Hi!  Alan from BBC Radio 4 in London here creating a new internet phone-in documentary – we’re looking at who’s out there and what you’re up to online and offline over five days and nights.  Have you got an interesting story to tell about what’s going on in your life right now?  If so, I’d love to hear from you.  This show is about people not opinions – so I want to hear your story, about who you are, what you do, and what makes you tick.  Everyone welcome.  Add me as a friend on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003149484259 and be sure to Skype me at dontlogoff at the following times

 Mon 21 Nov – 1600-2200 GMT (eg. London) / 1100-1700 EST (eg. NYC) / 0800-1400 PST (eg. Los Angeles) / 0300-0900 + 1 day EDT (eg. Sydney)

Tue 22 Nov – 0700-1200 GMT / 0200-0700 EST / 2300-0400 PST / 1800-2300 EDT

Wed 23 Nov – 0700-1200 GMT / 0200-0700 EST / 2300-0400 PST / 1800-2300 EDT

Thu 24 Nov – 1600-2200 GMT / 1100-1700 EST / 0800-1400 PST / 0300-0900 +1 day EDT

Fri 25 Nov – 1600-2200 GMT / 1100-1700 EST / 0800-1400 PST / 0300-0900 + 1 day EDT

 It’s a phone-in, remember, so we’ll be recording if you call – look forward to hearing from you!

 The finished show will be on BBC Radio 4 on 2nd Jan 2012 at 1102am GMT – we’ll try to include as many callers as possible.”

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Online Gaming Needs Channels

I like blogging on a Friday, not sure why, anyway one for the road here which isn’t really Second Life related but more online gaming related. However, having said at that, one area where Second Life has been ahead of the bell curve is in offering a free to play option, I don’t want to get into an “It’s not a game” argument here, the free to play option has been available in Second Life for a number of years now.

During this time I’ve watch Lord Of The Rings Online go free to play, Champions Online go free to play, Star Trek Online is rumoured to be heading free to play. The Daddy of them all, World of Warcraft, isn’t going free to play anytime soon, nor should it. However, if I could pay a reasonable amount a month to play Lord Of The Rings Online, Champions Online and Star Trek Online, I would do so, give me a channel I can subscribe to and a choice of games and I’ll pay.

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New Profile Options Coming And Media Pondering

This is a bit of a rambling post on a varitety of subjects, the lack of official music channels in Second Life, a new messaging feature via web profiles and some strange claims by Linden Lab over premium features, I’m blaming the hottest end of September since 1895 for this rambling!

As some of you may have noticed, I’m a bit miffed about the whole Spotify now requiring new users to have a Facebook account, largely because I think this is absolutely ridiculous. However where I do think Spotify have made a sensible choice is in making their offerings available to Facebook users. This may sound contrary, but it really isn’t, my criticisms of Linden Lab pushing Facebook have been due to Linden Lab seeming to push Facebook our side, pushing Second Life Facebook side makes perfect sense.

However the deal does raise the concept of media, Second Life is a place that is ripe for media, music, videos, live performances, they are all popular within Second Life and for bands looking to make a cheap promotion, Second Life seems a reasonable cost solution and yet, we don’t see much of it. However this brings me to another gripe, which is the lack of a decent API for advertising events, I love the showcase widgets we can create, I’d love to do the same for Events or get a  feed of some sort of events strream with a nice level of richness, but it’s not available.

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RFL of Second LIfe Weekend Finale

Seasons Of Hope Logo
Seasons Of Hope 2011

Hello from Relay For Life of Secondlife!
(the Visitors Guide can also be viewed by HUD or at Visitors Guide)

SEASONS OF HOPE! Event Day – July 16th & 17th, 2011
Relay for Life Welcome Center
Relay For Life Weekend 2011 Activities & Entertainment Guide

What is Relay For Life of Second Life?

Relay For Life is the signature event of the American Cancer Society and has been active, and continually growing  in Second Life for 6 years.  In 2005, the first Relay For Life of Second Life (RFL of SL) was attended by a few hundred avatars and raised almost $5,000 US dollars for the American Cancer Society.  In 2009 the Relay For Life of Second Life raised over $250,000.00 US dollars and was attended by thousands of avatars.  In 2010 the Relay For Life of Second Life raised over $220,000.  We ran right past the $1,000,000 mark during our 2011 campaign!

Relay Weekend  is a fun-filled, overnight event that unites SL individuals throughout the world to celebrate survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer), remember loved ones and raise money for the fight against cancer.

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