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Geeks Gone Wild
This is how geeks work out in Second Life!
l to r: Dom DaSilva, Ocho Nykvist, Montebear Baxter, Kilgore Antelope, Joshua Blackhawk
We took a break today while working on the KRV project to check out SL. A couple of the group hadn't been in there yet so they set up accounts and I brought all of us into the Obscure Sandbox where Dominick and I hang out a lot. One of my Pepp students, Leila Hawthorn (her SL name) was in there so she came over to meet us. It was fun watching the newbies play with editing their appearance, trying things out to get the virtual look they were after. I asked Leila if she could get the others over to Malibu Island and we all teleported over there.
It was a blast! They were like kids in a virtual candy shop. We ran (and flew) all over the island, played on the swings and merry-go-round, explored different buildings, and had a great time. In one place, we all were able to get a bunch of different hats, including an Indiana Jones hat, a magic bunny hat, an army hat, and a Pepperdine waves hat. When you put the hat on, music started to play, a different theme to match each one. We flew over to the other side of the island and found a castle in the sky. I teleported everyone up there and we played in the hot tub and then jumped around outside on the clouds. Joshua and Dom shared their Celtic Swords with everyone and somehow Josh discovered that he had a rocket launcher that set off a really cool rocket. He also found that he had a paintball gun and he started clobbering all of us. Ocho was messing around and somehow pushed me off the cloud so I went tumbling to the ground below. Ouch!
Pretty soon everyone came down and we found a dance floor. Ever see me break dance? It was so much fun. We did the chicken dance, the geek dance, some salsa thing, and who knows what else. Ocho flew up to a rooftop and we all followed, joining him on the treadmills for a group shot.
What I loved best is that everyone was exploring, discovering, pushing all the buttons, trying out all the options, asking questions, laughing, playing, learning... it was high energy, high octane fun!
Geeks Gone Wild
This is how geeks work out in Second Life!
l to r: Dom DaSilva, Ocho Nykvist, Montebear Baxter, Kilgore Antelope, Joshua Blackhawk
We took a break today while working on the KRV project to check out SL. A couple of the group hadn't been in there yet so they set up accounts and I brought all of us into the Obscure Sandbox where Dominick and I hang out a lot. One of my Pepp students, Leila Hawthorn (her SL name) was in there so she came over to meet us. It was fun watching the newbies play with editing their appearance, trying things out to get the virtual look they were after. I asked Leila if she could get the others over to Malibu Island and we all teleported over there.
It was a blast! They were like kids in a virtual candy shop. We ran (and flew) all over the island, played on the swings and merry-go-round, explored different buildings, and had a great time. In one place, we all were able to get a bunch of different hats, including an Indiana Jones hat, a magic bunny hat, an army hat, and a Pepperdine waves hat. When you put the hat on, music started to play, a different theme to match each one. We flew over to the other side of the island and found a castle in the sky. I teleported everyone up there and we played in the hot tub and then jumped around outside on the clouds. Joshua and Dom shared their Celtic Swords with everyone and somehow Josh discovered that he had a rocket launcher that set off a really cool rocket. He also found that he had a paintball gun and he started clobbering all of us. Ocho was messing around and somehow pushed me off the cloud so I went tumbling to the ground below. Ouch!
Pretty soon everyone came down and we found a dance floor. Ever see me break dance? It was so much fun. We did the chicken dance, the geek dance, some salsa thing, and who knows what else. Ocho flew up to a rooftop and we all followed, joining him on the treadmills for a group shot.
What I loved best is that everyone was exploring, discovering, pushing all the buttons, trying out all the options, asking questions, laughing, playing, learning... it was high energy, high octane fun!