Cartoon of The Day: "Axe For It"

 

 Taken at Bellisseria Fairgrounds. At a party, among the ladies dancing were these two, one with a hatchet. So how did she get it? I could think of one way.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of the Day

Taken during the "Creepy Crawl" on Halloween

By Bixyl Shuftan

"AX" Avatar Skybox Gone

One brand of furry avatar that was popular in the past was AnthroXtacy, often called "AX" for short. Designed and made by a team led by Tinintri Mistral, the line of avatars gained a large following, and AX had a two-sim area with their own shopping mall and a club, where DJs such as Grease Coakes performed. But in October 2013, the team shut down and the store and club closed, much to the sadness of fans. In their final days, the store had a couple packages with numerous avatars that one could pick up for free.

As it turned out, the two packages would be placed in one more location. High above the Northstar Polaris sim was a skybox where there were several AX avatar vendors that offered "fatpacks" or several colors of an avatar, for the old price of a single one. But there were also the two packages of free avatars. Among them were the AnthroXtacy Fox and the Shark.

Sadly, this location is no longer available. When yours truly tried going to the skybox yesterday, I found myself at a certain location in the ground. No matter where I would try teleporting to the sim at, I would always end up at the spot. Flying to the location, the skybox was gone.

As a precaution, I checked the mall at the Northstar sim, or rather what was left of it. In the past, the Northstar Mall was a huge two-story store that had a number of avatars and accessories, that stretched across two sims. But in more recent times, less than a third of the store remains, the part in the Northstar sim. The packages were not in their either.

While it's possible there may be another place where the AX free avatar packages are, if so the Newser does not know about it. As for AX Avatars, some remain for sale on Second Life Marketplace. This appears to be all that's left of the AnthroXtacy line.

Bixyl Shuftan

Avatar Review: The Anthroxtacy Shark

Second Life offers many kinds of nonhuman avatars for going about the land of Second Life. But what about the water? There is of course traditional mermaid avatars. But there's more than that. One other kind of aquatic avatar out in Second Life is the Anthroxacty shark. Although it's maker is no longer active in Second Life, there is a place where not only can one still get the avatar, but get it for free.

Read the review in Design.

Review: The Anthroxtacy Fox

At about the time Grease Coakes was reviewing the furry fox avatar from Avatar Planet, one of the Newser's readers informed us where to find another brand: Anthroxtacy. Often called "AX" for short, the company also had a club in addition to it's store. But sadly the place closed down and so did the only place many people knew of where they could get these particular avatars. Although no longer updated or with customer support, the avatars are available at a cheaper cost. Grease went over and got one, giving it a look-over.

Read Grease's review in Design.

Steelhead's "Sharknado" Party

Have you heard of the movie "Sharknado?" Even if you didn't, the party last Friday at the Steelhead community was lots of fishy fun. At the harbor of Steelhead Shanghai, the residents gathered to laugh in the face of danger in the form of waterspouts, electric charges, and sharks, sharks, and more sharks. To add to the craziness, there were sharks among the partiers. So how did Steelhead fare from their own "Sharknado?" Did the residents end up with shark sushi, or did they end up on the menu?

Read about it in Events.

Interview With Aurora Avila

Grease Coakes recently went back to the first person he interviewed for the Newser, DJ Aurora Avila. About a year and a half later, this busy avian is still spinning the tunes at AnthroXtacy, and has tried her hand at a little building.

Read Grease's interview in People.

A Day in Second Life

Grease Coakes had a chat with someone about a suggestion, and got the idea of putting the adventures he had in one day in Second Life down in an article. He picked Saturday in which he hopped around a few places, DJed at a couple clubs, and took part in a tail sale. It was one busy day for him.

Read Grease's story in Extra. 

At a Tail Sale

Grease Coakes wrote about his recent experiences at a Tail Sale at a furry club. What is a tail sale? It could be described as like a bachelor / bachellorette auction, but there's often more to it than companionship. Grease describes just what goes on at this kind of event.

Read Grease's account in Extra.

Interview with DJ Aurora Avila

Second Life Newser has a new writer, Grease Coakes. For his first article, he wanted to honor a favorite DJ at a club he hung around with. So here's his interview with AX DJ Aurora Avila.

Read the interview in People.