I’m taking a break from writing an essay (wherein I am mashing up social class, punk rock, straddlers, boingboing, Mr. Jalopy, the trailer I spent my first two […]
Keeping adults in control in Second Life
After she explored Stonehenge in Second Life, my wife turned the corner and walked into a shop selling fully nude skins for female avatars. With rather large pictures […]
Transgender support in Second Life
One of the reasons Second Life is a good thing: If you are or know of someone who is a significant other, spouse, or partner of a person […]
Second Life, Golden Apples, and Adult Ghettos
It was hanging out of his pants, and was bigger than he was. I was in Second Life, and actually back at Help Island, where I’d done some […]
I mostly play girl characters
“In this grand B movie we call life, there is always a girl.” – Tom Robbins When I play video games – from Street Fighter to Guitar Hero […]
Ignoring the Wheelchair
I realize my assumption almost as soon as I type it. "Why do you choose to wear the chair?" I’m in Second Life, the virtual world that allows […]