privateer space

Privateer Space

With Christmas not far away it seems like a good time to take a break

from the pursuit of worthy business sims in Second Life and have a bit

of fun instead. My huge thanks go to my chum, Lem Skall, for

suggesting I have a look at Privateer Space. This has to be one of the

most beautifully rendered and absorbing sites I've seen in SL - and I

would say now that you should stop reading at this point and just go

and explore it for yourself.

Ah... you're still here? OK then...

When you search the Second Life Map for Privateer Space you could be

forgiven for giving it a miss. It appears on the map as a brand new

type 2 island, from the outset hiding its many little gems. Just

ignore this new island camouflage and teleport across anyway. You will

find yourself not on the surface of a barren sim, but rather in the

dining and shopping zone of a deep space mining vessel. If you are

familiar with Red Dwarf you will have some idea of what I mean. Beyond

that I will not reveal much more to you, other than to say that the

sim has multiple levels, and in at least one case, multiple zones in a

level - so do explore. You can figure out how to get about easily

enough.

To whet your appetite I have an unfeasibly large slideshow for your

perusal:

I love the textures, the objects, the ideas and the humour of this

sim. It seems to exist purely as an exercise in what is possible in

SL. As Aley Arai, the sim's owner describes it in her profile: "I just

got the sim, what do you want me to say? ok it's going to be developed

into a huge super emersion silly sci-fi playland for everyone. a non

commercial venture."

Oh... a rather more comprehensive (and amusing) walkthru' can be found

here.