Warren Ellis: Sex, cats, and Second Life |
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Among a certain sphere of geeks, Warren Ellis is most famous for his work on the graphic novel "Transmetropolitan". "Transmet" is a story featuring the insane crusade of journalist Spider Jerusalem to reveal to the world the truth. Spider Jerusalem evokes Hunter S. Thompson (the guy who gave gonzo journalism its LSD-induced birth) or at least the character that Thompson became later in life. Spider kicks old ladies in the groin, takes drugs on a regular basis, fires rocket-propelled grenades at taxis to get their attention, and has contemplated installing disc players into his phallus.
Given that the insanity in the futuristic world of "Transmetropolitan" is eerily prognosticated in the virtual metaverse of Linden Lab's Second Life, Mr. Ellis is perfect for giving us a look into the weirdness that is brewing.
The focus of his latest coverage of the virtual world? Sex. To be specific, walking into your virtual plot of land and finding out that a few odd visitors have found it appropriate to play out their leather involved fantasies on the spot you thought you could construct a building on.
In his column, "Second Life Sketches," Ellis contemplates the indivisibility of sex with Second Life. He gives a good overview of how sex is downplayed in SL, and why anyone who says that Sex is a tiny, tiny part of the Second Life experience is "either stupid or knowingly lying."
Here's a short snippet of his feature:
Eventually, something of a sex playground accreted around my land, catering for every fetish you can conceivably imagine. And the traffic was amazing. There was dozens of people in there at any one time, getting sexual relief from cats and what have you. I ended up selling that land, simply because the region ground to a crawl — that many people in a region at any one time puts a horrendous load on the server and everything happens very, very slowly. And no one needs to see a man getting sexual relief from a cat in slow motion. Trust me.
To read the rest of Ellis' feature feel free to click on our "read" link below.
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