Second Strife!

I saw a great article in The Guardian on Saturday about the current strife in Second Life as people (in the guise of their avatars) protested against the new SL HQ of the French far right. Protests escalated as avatars began fighting with stun guns, exploding pigs, and even a holographic Thomas the Tank Engine.

Who couldn’t be excited by this? Beneath the bizarre facades is a serious battle but the list of protagonists, and their weapons, reads like a scene from an unpublished Michael Moorcock novel. Fantastic and fantastical stuff!

See extensive coverage here (which is where credit for the Thomas image is also due)

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/01/stronger_than_h.html