Those Dangerous Little Bastards…
… or how few not so innocent kids dictates what is going on on the Internet. In the case that you spent last hours under the sheets and missed the latest news on official Linden's blog:
The Age Verification feature (now available in beta) will be included in our release candidate today. This means that estate and parcel owners can now voluntarily flag their land if it contains adult content, and Residents can choose to access these restricted parcels by verifying that they are, in fact, adults.
Yes, I know it's bullshit. I will rather read collected comments of PN (not Patriotic Niggas, the other troll) than to tell a word more about privacy, freedom of expression or anything similar. One other thing is of interest here. Those dirty little bastards who are reason for all this fuss.
Fear And Loathing In The Barbie World
After I checked the tips, rules, more rules and even more rules for the girls in the BarbieGirls virtual world, it was time to jump right there and hope for the best. I took a deep breath and clicked login button. Read more…
Barbie Girls
No, not all the characters of the mass-production that reside in the club around the corner, but the real Mattel's Barbies. They have their own world as I've just learned at Terra Nova:
Girls can create their own, personalized online space–everything from designing a "room" to creating a character–where they can then play games, chat with gal pals, watch videos and even shop with earned virtual money.
That's what girls were doing with barbies since long before Barbie was born (whether they were made out of cloth, rubber or pixels). Ok, except the last two: videos are natural extension of the tea parties in the 21st century and shopping is the result of capitalism educating kids into nice consumers.
What could I do than to put my anti-pink shields and go into the world of Barbie Girls. Read more…
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