So back in August Second Life was talking about expanding to Steam. Back in August, Peter Parker was Spiderman.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to January 2013. Second Life announces it has expanded to Amazon, not yet Steam, much to our surprise.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to January 2013 and Peter Parker dies and Doctor Octopus is the new Spiderman<\/a>! Apparently Peter Parker switches his memories and morality into Doctor Octopus and he becomes Superior Spiderman, rather than The Amazing Spiderman. Here in Second Life we have a case where in a battle the Steam deal might have died but the memories and morality have been transferred to Amazon!<\/p>\n Coincidence? Almost certainly but I can’t have fun with it it that way!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On a more serious note, the initial reports are that the Amazon deals are only available to USA residents, if this is the case then it does cast a bit of a damp squib on the whole affair. However we’ll see what transpires, Inara Pey<\/a> is on the case.<\/p>\n However there are concerns for Second Life residents beyond this deal and the big issue of this weekend so far has been griefing, as SecondLie highlights<\/a>:<\/p>\n “BREAKING NEWS: http:\/\/Amazon.com overloads due to thousands of Second Life users adding “Get rid of griefers!” to Rod Humble’s wishlist.<\/em>”<\/p>\n The griefing issues I’ve read about are shocking, although I’m sure Spiderman and Doctor Octopus could sort them out, far more efficiently than the JLU too!<\/p>\n Talking of Rod Humble, I need to get my Captial One Cup semi final ticket this weekend too! Up The Villa as they say in the sensible parts of Birmingham!<\/p>\n Ah back to the main point, this Amazon deal has potential, but let’s hope it isn’t nerfed by where we live.<\/p>\n