Top Stories of the 2010s: Linden Lab's "Shared Creative Spaces"

In recent days, Linden Lab made the decision to turn to "Plan B" for Sansar, meaning either selling it or finding a partner to keep it going. So why did Linden Lab put energy in something else other than Second Life? Actually, it's been doing so since 2011, when the decision was made to develop or buy other products as well. They hoped that they would bring in some extra money and one or more would be a big hit. But for all the Lab's effort, only one of these "shared creative spaces" would remain after a few years.

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MajikVixen's Lesson at Sacred Cauldron

One can do quite a bit on Second Life and the Internet that would be practically impossible, or terribly inconvenient, in real life. This includes bettering oneself through education, including education of religion and spirituality. Besides having it's own sim in Second Life, the Sacred Cauldron Witch School Wiccan Seminary offers a chance of an online education course. MajikVixen took interest, made inquires, and got the impression she was being welcomed in. But as the process went on, she found herself disappointed.

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"No Man's Sky" Game Under Investigation By UK For Deceptive Advertising

Have you ever bought a computer or console game that when you saw the commercials, watched the videos, or read the Internet chatter about thought would be the coolest thing, but once you bought it found it didn't come close to the hype? While this experience is nothing new in the gaming world, few games have had the level of collective disappointment from those whom bought "No Man's Sky" by Hello Games. It's makers having promised a huge universe with a wide variety of planets and activities to do, when released the game delivered far less than what was promised. Now the game is being investigated by an agency in the United Kingdom for misleading advertising.

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