{"id":1399,"date":"2021-04-14T06:05:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/second-life-archives-uberlinuberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:05:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:05:43","slug":"second-life-archives-uberlinuberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/second-life-archives-uberlinuberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Life Archives : uberlinuberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2014-04-11T08:09:40+0000\">April 11, 2014<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/berlin-second-life\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Berlin in Second Life<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><img src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gIilRCR4wD0\/UFz6FP2mYFI\/AAAAAAAAAZE\/UiaKTllKVcI\/s1600\/Berlin+-+Brandenburger+Tor+-+Cloud+Party-012402.png\" width=\"650\" class=\"alignnone\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Remember <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Life\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Life<\/a><\/strong>? Of course you don&#8217;t! I was watching a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aUwD7u7wwcY\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.youtube.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feature-length documentary about the super-immersive virtual world<\/a>\u00a0and I wondered, of all the places and people and lives that have been created there, if anyone&#8217;s bothered to make a version of Berlin. Turns out they have, and it&#8217;s imaginatively named newBerlin.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a showreel, inexplicably soundtracked by the <em>Dallas<\/em> theme tune.\u00a0Look out for\u00a0Alex, the\u00a0Fernsehturm, the Berlin Wall, and &#8211; naturally &#8211; a gross purple-breasted lady monster&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ak65AbrHEng\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and the &#8220;trashy trailer&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBA9DsMWigE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fashion show that marked the opening of the virtual version of Alexa, which is at least as classy as anything that&#8217;s ever happened in the real-life mall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvG_Ocirfg0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;the newBerlin Art Festival 2008 &#8220;fire girls&#8221;, who may just blow your mind&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQ3qQ3pOOrM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;there&#8217;s even a virtual <a href=\"\/berlin-gay-pride-2012\/\" title=\"Berlin Gay Pride 2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Street Day<\/a> celebration!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7xMptaW9So\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think that&#8217;s weird? 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