Commentary: A Few Words on "My Little Pony"

 

As a cartoon, "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" was a highly successful one, going on for nine seasons, given numerous award nominations, and of course a huge fanbase that goes behind the show's intended audience of girls and young women. Some of the fans are here in Second Life, including pony communities living in sims made in the style of the cartoon. Nydia Tungsten recently decided to take a look at the cartoon, which made her think some about how the show's fans are sometimes ridiculed. She had a few things to say about it.

Read Nydia's commentary in Extra. 

Return Of Sonic’s New World: An Interview With Shadow and Kono

Sonic is not a new videogame character, the game having been made almost 30 years ago. But over time, he's maintained a following of fans over the years (and gotten a number of sequels). While it's old news there are residents with Sonic avatars, it turns out there's a community of fans of the character. Recently, Cyfir met up with two, Shadow and Konohatu Lahamaras Kalantu (Kono). whom have their own Sonic-themed sim they share with fellow fans. So how did they bring their love of the blue speedster's adventures to Second Life? They had quite a bit to tell.

Read Cyfir's interview in Design.

Toontown MMO Back: Toontown Rewritten

What happens when a multiplayer online game is closed down by the company that owns it? For those with devoted fans with time and money, some may take matters into their own hands to keep it alive. In 2013, Disney pulled the plug on it's "Toontown" MMO after ten years. But shortly afterwards, a fan-made version of it appeared: called "Toontown Rewritten." Five years, and many updates, later, the game is still going. And it's completely free to play.

Read more in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Bay City

By Bixyl Shuftan

Players in Star Wars MMO Hold Tributes to Carrie Fisher

Yesterday on December 27, Carrie Fisher, the actress whom played the role of Princess Leia in "Star Wars," passed away after having suffered a heart attack. Facebook and Twitter were full of messages of condolences. But there were also other places online people expressed their sadness. In the multiplayer online game "Star Wars: The Old Republic," players have been gathering to hold vigils in honor of her at the planet Alderaan. This includes Castle Organa.


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"We stood together, Imperial and Republic alike, despite the champion NPCs present and attacking when one of us got too close, as you'll see in the video. A friend told me that earlier people had come in large groups and stood there for a long time then broke away. Moments such as these should forever stand as testament to our respect and adoration of Carrie Fisher,"

First hitting the theaters in 1977, "Star Wars" has had an appeal that has remained strong for almost 40 years, crossing generations, nationalities and political ideologies alike. As this actress of a key role in the story has passed on, the fans are remembering her.

Sources: Imgur,

Bixyl Shuftan

Video: "Save City of Heroes"

The effort by it's fans to save the City of Heroes MMO continues, one of whom made this video. More information can be read at http://www.savecoh.com/.

500 "Likes" on Facebook

Second Life Newser's page on Facebook reached a small milestone last week, reaching 500 fans from the social network service.

When the page first started (a suggestion from Sam Nightfire), it quickly went to over 400 "Likes." For weeks, it's been hanging at 498 and 499, before the 500th reader finally signed up to get regular updates via Facebook.

Currently, the Newser gets several hundred readers a day, varying by both day of the week, and if a major event in the news, such as Burn2 or the Relay for Life, is going on.

Of Ponies and Furries

Today marks the debut of our latest writer, Zyker Finesmith. What was on his mind was certain rumors of trouble between some "Furry" fans and some of the more diehard of the pony/MLP fans or "bronies." In this article, he gives his two cents on the issue.

Read more in People.

Sunday Cartoon

By Bixyl Shuftan