Tex's Tree Farm

 

Gemma Cleanslate has been going around Second Life checking out winter and Christmas themed places. One she visited recently was Tex's Tree Farm. Here, you can pick your tree, chop it down, and take it home. But that's not the only thing you can do here.

 

Read Gemma's article in Places. 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday August 10

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    At 9 AM PST   

    Factory Farming, Animal Welfare, And The Future of Modern Agriculture

    Dr. Stephen L. Gasior

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/factory-farming/

   

      

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    At 10 AM PST   

    Artificial Intelligence Poses an Existential Threat

    Organized by Chantal Jager

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/debates-2/

    At the Nymfs Forum

   

      

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    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday August 3

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    At 8 AM PST   

    Can We Create The Perfect Farm

    Dr. Stephen L. Gasior

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/perfect-farm/

   

      

    ~*~

 

    

    At 10 AM PST   

    Social Media Corrupts Human Interactions

    Organized by Chantal Jager

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/debates/

   

      

    ~*~

 

    

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

 

Sunweaver Bay's Game Room

 

 

 A lot's been happening across Second Life lately between the Relay and the SL20B. So it's easy to miss everything else. So I decided to check my local community a bit. In Sunweaver Bay, I noticed someone had set up a new farm. This included cows, and every fox's favorite: chicken. 

But the more interesting new place was by Sunweaver BrianL61 Landar: a new amusement park he named "The Game Room."

 Welcome to The Game Room,  all games are free to play and sorry,  there are NO PAYOUTS,  please have fun, and bring a friend.  from here you can use the teleporter in front of the game room to access other areas on this land, feel free to explore.  there is also a shuttle station which will take you too View Point Space Station.     BrianL61 Landar

There's plenty of games there, from old ones that were at previous amusement areas to some new ones I haven't seen before, from a disk-tossing target game to the "Madfall" tower that takes you high above the park then sends you plummeting down, to the "Pharoah's Folly" ride. And overlooking it all, in time for the Fourth of July, a Statue of Liberty shooting fireworks.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunweaver%20Bay/231/224/22

 

And of course don't forget the sim's main attraction, Club Cutlass and it's Wednesday-Frida-Saturday events from 6 to 8PM Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757).

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Reader Submitted: Digital Farm System

 

Outside Second Life, a number of simulation games have popped up, including farming games. Inside Second Life is one such simulation game: Digital Farm Systems. There's more to the game than just farming. One can make the ingredients into food and other products, and if you don't want to grow everything involved, you can buy from other residents who have what you need. Serenity Herold (SerenKitty Resident) sent the Newser a reader submitted article about the simulation in which not only do you see your efforts in the virtual earth blossom, you could potentially make a little money.

 

 Read Serenity's reader submission in Design.

Reader Submitted: Game Review - Farm Simulator 17

Farming is one of the oldest occupations, and the one that allowed the development of civilization. Once, most people were farmers. Today in developed countries, only a handful of the people are needed to grow everyone's food. While farming's a small part of many games, there have been a few in which it's the main point. "Farm Simulator 17" by Astragon Entertainment and Excalibur Publishing is the second most recent of a series of games of the name that over time have sold more than fifteen million combined. Among those playing it is Rita Mariner. She recently sent the Newser a story about the game and how to play it.

Read Rita's reader submission in Other Grids, MMOs, and Games.

Reader Submitted: A Little Treasure, Calas Galadhon Park's Glanduin

One location the Newser goes back to cover time to time is Calas Galadhon Park. Created by Tymus Tenk and Truck Meredith, the park offers several sims of detailed scenery that is not static but regularly changed so it's not the same place for too long. Today's article about the location was made not by one of our staff, but from a reader: Alysabelle. In her reader submission, she describes the latest look of the Glanduin sim, that of a country farmhouse in the countryside.

Read Alysabelle's article in Places.

SL Woodstock - 12 Hours of Peace, Love and Music

Grey Lupindo's travels took her to a blast from the past, in this case a blast of color. There was a Woodstock tribute being held on June 1, collecting donations for the Relay For Life. So Grey stopped by to check it out.

Read Grey's story in Events.

Back to Minecraft Part 2

Earlier in April, we reported on the continued activity in the Angels Village Minecraft server. Since then, the activity hasn't stopped but continued, such as the finishing of a long-distance tunnel. So here's a progress report on the digs in Nydia Tungsten's Minecraft realm.

Read more in Extra.

SL Machinima: "Freeta's Farm"

"A day in the Life on my Virtual Farm," by Freeta Kayo of Steelhead.