You should know what BitTorrent means to your design document distribution...

Heather Green: Steven Soderbergh to Use BitTorrent. [Scripting News]

 

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Second Life is the software NYC Queens is using for stakeholder park design input...

I admit to being a complete novice at Second Life. I don't even know where to begin. If you have advice, please leave a comment. Maybe we should have a BloggerCon session for Second Life newbies? [Scripting News]

 

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Cultural analysis anyone?

Sims the New Dolls?. philgross writes "According to the New York Times, lots of girls and younger teens are abandoning their dolls for the Sims. Says one professor, "We leave most of the social work in our society to women and The Sims lets young girls, in particular, work out their desires and conflicts about those relationships." Says another, "Children generally want to create characters, but with girls we see them wanting to create a friend." Meanwhile, says Will Wright, boys will "do the same stupid thing over and over again and be happy," (and I wince looking at my vast collection of first-person shooters). The article does quote one 10-year-old boy who plays with Sims, and has learned valuable life lessons. "I learned don't leave your baby crying or people will come take your baby away."" And I learned that if you lock Sims in your upstairs torture chamber, with no tiles to sit, they eventually cry themselves to death.

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