MBI Holodeck

A nice video-news channel is provided for everybody interested in Games and Tech. Webb-Altert has daily shows. It is produced by Morgan Webb, who does everything: talk, produce, distribute. Have a look!
Link: Webb-Alert 

Here is a small collection of virtual worlds. All of them apply to different audience / player types:

Active Worlds
Barbie Girls
Club Penguin
Cyworld
Dubit
Faketown
Habbo Hotel
IMVU
Kaneva
Millsberry
Mokitown
Neopets
Red Light Center
Second Life
There
Webkinz
Zwinktopia

Some others are short before release - like Sony Home or Lego Virtual World. Looking at this, a project like Metacrusher makes sense and is necessary more than ever - the [...]

This is a project of high interest and I read a very interesting interview at Virtual World News with one of the Metacrusher initiators.
“At the beginning, it’s the ability to port your information back and forth. How long does it take me to create an avatar in Second Life, but then I have to go [...]

A new virtual world will be online in the next weeks for the public: Awomo (A world of my own).
From a press release:
“GDI Ltd recently announced that it has opened the registration for the free Beta test of AWOMO (’A World Of My Own’), a revolutionary game digital delivery service embedded within a 3D “virtual [...]

This is a virtual world just for girls - all in pink, and it’s about chating, shopping and partying. I checked in as lena64.

For all of you who are interested in play research, this is a wonderful opportunity to dive into the matter: the state of the play conference in Singapore, August 19-22. Conference subtitle: building the global metaverse.
There will be podcasts available short after the conference, and livestreams as well. Get tuned!