We all love a bit of H.P. Lovecraft here at the Torch EG, so any piece of media that shows off his work and adds to the Lovecraftian mythos we are always totally on board with. Enter, ‘The Sinking City’ an upcoming action investigation games that is inspired by the…
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Virtual News Bites: Things That Are Too Short To Go Into a Post of Their Own.
My.SecondLife Back Online. Recently the virtual world of Second Life lost their profiles, as my.secondlife.com, the site that housed all of the residents’ profiles went down for three days. What is my.secondlife? It is the social network site of the virtual world of Second Life. Residents can update their status,…
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Mortal Kombat 11 Brings the Brutality from the Past to the Present
Long-running fighting game series is hitting our screens with its 11th incarnation of the popular video game franchise. Originally released by Midway Games Chicago in 1992 Mortal Kombat gained infamy for its violent gameplay and it, along with Digital Pictures’ Night Trap, were involved in the formation of the ESRB (Entertainment…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – CHEF
WARNING: FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT GO AND SEE CHEF ON AN EMPTY STOMACH! Jon Favreau is easily one of the most likeable guys working in Hollywood today. When it comes to filmmaking, he is a man that is often seen involved just as much behind the camera…
Read MoreThoughts From the Cyberverse: Instagram Says “We have the right to sell your pictures”
It seems that Facebook has a bit of a habit of getting on the wrong side of its users. A few months back we wrote about the Retro filled Instagram, a photo-sharing social networking site owned by Facebook. Recently Instagram taken the torch from Facebook with their Terms of Service…
Read MoreCharity in Second Life: War Child
War child is an international non-profit organisation that gives aid to children and families of children that have been torn a part by war. With projects in Uganda, Ethiopia, Conga Afghanistan and Haiti. In SecondLife War is a part of West Ireland, an Art Gallery that is managed by Hiawatha…
Read MoreSecond Life John and Jane Doe Your Google + and Facebook Will Be Deleted
The deleting of accounts that are owned by Residents of Second Life isn’t a new issue but it is one that has to be blogged about for quite sometime now. Following the forced suspension of fellow Second Life blogger Daniel Voyager’s account on Google +, Twitter ( who has yet enforced the…
Read MoreLife 2.0: When Strangers Click
Dating online isn’t anything new, with the amount of dating sites that around these days. Sitting in front of your computer and having a relationship with a person has become a norm. It isn’t strange when a person in SecondLife says their in a relationship, since it is socially acceptable…
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