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Pictured: Peaceful Moments - Sanity Looking for something to do over the weekend? Scope out some of these activities with your friends. Don't forget to check our Recently Added category to see all the latest additions to the Second Life Destination Guide! Are you interested in some roleplaying? Hit up The Wastelands, which we featured earlier this week on Spotlight. They are a post-apocalyptic community celebrating 15 years in Second Life this weekend. Their schedule of events is bursting with all sorts of live music, DJ sets, combat & sports, roleplay sessions, giveaways, storytelling, and more! Visit for 3 days of activities this weekend! The Wastelands The Wastelands is a post-apocalyptic community almost as old as Second Life itself. Despite their frightening outward appearances, their friendly and outgoing community is the core reason they've lasted so long. Whether you want to role-play, hang out and chat, or play the mini-mmo games they have; everything is free, and opt-in at your own pace. It is also a photo-friendly destination! Learn more at press.the-wastelands.org Visit in Second Life Do you prefer more fantasy roleplaying games? You might want to see The Thought Spike, a new RPG destination. The Thought Spike The Thought Spike is a high fantasy roleplay game. Denizens of the Underdark: Elf, Gnome, Drow, Kobold, Goblinoid, Orc, Dwarf, fey fae, dragon, merfolk, and any other subterranean high fantasy race, are welcome in to join! Visit in Second Life Perhaps you'd like to play a shooting game, do some quests, or pick up a passport and get it stamped as you travel the grid? Explore some of these Gaming destinations! The Gridberts The Gridberts is a fun shooting game in Second Life. Play alone or compete with your friends. Make points by shooting the Gridberts, other players or by collecting diamonds and coins. Solve riddles and quests and check out the huge 64x64m maze. The best three players win money every day! Visit in Second Life Escapades Adventures Escapades Adventures is a selection of free-to-play quests to enjoy on your own or with friends. With adventures ranging from searching for Crystal Skulls, to hunting ghosts and rescuing Eggs from a Dragon. Each quest rewarding players with a momentum of their adventure. The aim was to give Second Life users fun experiences that are simple, casual, and fun. New Quests will be added over time! Visit in Second Life Forever Tourist - Passport Game Forever Tourist is a virtual stamp collection game designed to encourage travel inside the virtual world of Second Life. In addition to collecting custom stamps for your personal passport, some participating locations may offer free gifts for passport holders! More info here: operationmainland.com/forever-tourist Visit in Second Life Do virtual roller coasters, bumper cars, and ferris wheels bring back fun childhood memories? Hit up these amusement parks! Astralia x Hello Kitty Theme Park Visit the Hello Kitty theme park by Astralia in Second Life. With three regions of fun, you can play interactive games and shop. Details on astraliaworld.com Visit in Second Life MadPea Leveraging the development capability and social interaction of Virtual Worlds, MadPea Productions constantly seeks to create games that are beyond anything currently out there. Encompassing a talented crew of designers, writers, developers, and artists from all around the world, MadPea is creating a premier line of games based around original mysteries. MadPea strives to provide experiences that are as immersive and thrilling as absolutely possible within the parameters. More info at madpeagames.com Visit in Second Life Do you love the water and want to try out virtual surfing, diving, or sailing? Teleport over to these water sports destinations! Kanaloa Surf Beach Explore with friends or loved ones at Kanaloa Beach, a surfing and marine sports spot in Second Life. Visit in Second Life The Dive Shop The most realistic underwater environment and scuba simulation in Second Life; home to RL PADI diver training. Five beautiful, geographically themed shorelines drop to depths of 50 meters offering divers and free snorkelers an underwater tour around the world in a photogenic wonderland. Enjoy amazing hangouts in this newcomer-friendly region. Visit in Second Life Tradewinds Yacht Club Featuring an active community of sailors and sailboat builders, Tradewinds offers weekly races and cruises, provides free boat building kits, and holds regular boat shows for the sailing community in Second Life. Visit in Second Life Are you more of a party animal and would rather go dancing in a crowded room with other music lovers? Peak Lounge is one of the most popular places in Second Life. We featured it a few weeks ago alongside other popular clubs that have DJs playing 24/7. You can also check out the Music category for even more clubs with all kinds of themes and live music events! Peak Lounge Peak Lounge was established in 2014. They have been providing a fun and relaxed place for Residents that enjoy music and dancing. Peace, love, and music is their motto! There are live DJs from all over the world playing a variety of music from different genres. Come by and make new friends! Visit in Second Life Or perhaps you'd like to do some quiet reflection and meditate this weekend? Enjoy the soothing nature sounds at Peaceful Moments, meditate, and find peace. Peaceful Moments - Sanity Go on a journey to find yourself and maybe heal your mind. Meditate and find peace. Set to the shared environment, turn the stream on for a while, and listen to the ambient and nature sounds. From the entry point, follow alongside the train and then figure out your path from there. Look for the teleporters to take you places you might have missed. (A work in progress.) Peace and love to you. Visit in Second Life Have a wonderful weekend! Got a spot that you’d like listed in the Destination Guide? Make sure to drop us a note at editor@lindenlab.com or submit your spot via web form. Don’t forget to read more about the Destination Guide guidelines for Editors’ Picks or the Destinations Floater in the viewer, to increase your chances of being featured in those coveted spots! Connect with Second Life on Social Media: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Flickr | Pinterest | TikTok | LinkedIn

"I’m back! like a strange person suddenly busting in through your door and throwing out those jazz hands I’m here. Did you miss me? I feel like I ask this a lot and I can feel you roll your eyes. It’s okay, take a seat, lets chat. I’m feeling incredibly accomplished today and some of that is just boosting my general mood. I have a plus 10 moodlet. I could even say I was feeling quite playful. It’s amazing how little it takes sometimes to make you feel accomplished. Or rather to make me feel accomplished." Read more on the blog.

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"Do you ever feel so incredibly alone? Like you’re surrounded by people, and you have the most amazing friends and support system, but for some reason you can’t just get out of your head? It’s like with every moment, it’s just another stone placed on your chest. One stone is fine, and so is two and three and four and exponentially more. Until it gets to the point, where everything feels too heavy. Sometimes you just need to take a step back and remember to breathe." Read more on the blog.

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"Back in May 2020 I wrote about a SciFi roleplay region called Helix, followed very shortly after by the news of it’s closure. This wasn’t however the end of my story, it was just the start of a storyline that’s run across multiple locations in SL on and off for the year and a half since then." Read more on the blog.

"January, 15th – 1 PM SLT Dixmix Gallery presents, “The secret life of Mannequins and Birds” by Mrs S - Music set by DJ Gino" Read more on the blog.

"The music scene in the Metaverse is filled with great talent and buzz. There are hundreds, if not thousands of live music venues, virtual clubs and communities for nearly every type of performance and genre of music imaginable. From realistic, multi-performer theatre and ballet shows, to live singers, live-mix DJ’s, and everything in-between. Second Life is a dream destination for both artists and fans alike." Read more on the blog.

"We’re starting off 2022 and the conversation about the metaverse is making the world think about their virtual presentation more than ever. The collective thinking of our virtual selves is spreading to a bigger audience that is getting familiarised with the idea just now - as in Second Life, which exists for almost 20 years, we can safely say it has been going for awhile. Launching our new exhibition space - the 2D Gallery W, we have Rob Danton, in Second Life for over 16 years and RL filmmaker for longer than that, with a series of personal portraits from ten residents on the grid, highlighting the similarities existing between their physical and virtual personas. This subject is one of the most fascinating in the grid because of the human value applied to what we can call essentially blobs of pixels. It has been a common subject amongst academics, artists and whatnot. What is fascinating is seeing how it is approached, unravelled, unfolded, digested." Read more on the blog.

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"I recently created a new kitchen space, and it comes complete with a beautiful water view! Here's to an amazing year full of bountiful tables and a great place for good friends." Decor details on the blog.

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"I used to work with someone when I was younger that said that to me all the time…I am not a tidy desk person at all, in either life! That’s had to change over the years as, in real life, we’ve moved more to a hotdesking approach to office space. Late last year I gave up my permanent work space permanently and moved to working from home as standard." Read more on the blog.

"Snippet of the intro video I did for Rampage Wrestling Alliance. Be sure to come check us out every Sunday at 4 pm SLT!" Click to watch the video on Flickr.

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