Author Archives: arianeb

Dating Sim Game 6.4 now out

Yeah I know, I keep coming back to this game. I need to stop. I have an idea for a new scenario that can only be done online, so I need to stop releasing new downloadable versions. Plus I have other projects I want to start. I keep telling myself this, and yet I keep falling back into tweaking my old project.

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Happiness 101

I learned the secret to life from my cat. Find a comfortable spot, and enjoy. I think most everyone can agree with this, the problem is that there is often a misunderstanding of what a “comfortable spot” happens to be. Most people think it is a function of money, and stuff. They are wrong, and that is why most people are miserable.

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The Problem of a Multi Grid Economy

From a Second Life perspective, a 3D Internet presents many challenges. The biggest one on the minds of most people is “How do I make money?” Because of the open nature of a 3D internet, any rules regarding permissions and copying simply cannot be enforced. The Second Life economic model will not work. There will be money making opportunities on the 3D internet, but the buying and selling of 3D goods for virtual cash can only be done in a closed off system like Second Life or an individual OS grid.

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Why Open Sim is the Future Metaverse (and why it is not the present)

I have been following the Open Sim development for a couple of years now. Some of the latest developments have convinced me that if there is ever going to be a 3D internet, it will be based on Open Sim. I say this knowing that Open Sim currently has a rather low population of participants, low enough that one could question the sanity of such a statement. Well here is a brief summary of this conclusion.

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