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Showing posts with label Dark. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
CARNIVAL OF DOOM.. The Movie
Came across this video while reading Rezzable. Some time ago I had blogged about the Carnival Of Doom and you may remember that I was very impressed. Well recently I came across this little video and thought I'd share it with you. It captures the essence of the place way better than words ever could, although nothing as dramatic happened to ME there, dammit.
Maybe it's time to go back?!
Rezzable Check out the Molotov videos while your there!
Carnival Of Doom!
Carnival Of Doom on Flickr
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
So Many Corpses......,
Feeling a need to redecorate? Me too. As a matter of fact I was critically assessing the ole laboratory this morning and those bodies piling up in the corner are getting to be just an eyesore, really, they are making my eyes sore.
So I head over to Slurry st. Slurry St. is a dark dismal little store located in Istar. They specialize in supplying all your medical, cold storage, or waste disposal needs, and they didn't disappoint, I was delighted with their selection!
The first thing I looked at was their human cold storage unit. It has 4 cadaver trays that slide in and out, on touch. It also had that all important refrigerator running hum sound. (After all if you can't hear it, it's probably broke right?) Great! I thought, just what I need to solve that corner pile up back at the lab. Only thing is there weren't any bodies included, (bummer) but I guess I am getting a little greedy these days and the ones I have are piling up anyway.....,
Maybe I could just... shift... them? Slurry St. sells very specific mattresses as well. They come in awesome colors, Piss Stained, Blood Splattered, and Blood Soaked! Niccceeee.
An x-ray viewer is always welcome, (I don't have one) perfect for checking the effects of torture damage on your subjects.
The autopsy tables were just my height!
If perchance you have more bodies than you can keep in their storage cabinet, they also sell a very reasonably priced, cremation oven. The oven comes complete with animations and glowing embers. You can even smell it, well I can anyway, burn baby burn!
In their outdoor display, Slurry St's. exquisite attention to detail prevails. Contraptions to torch someone deserving at the stake, or hang em high with a hangman's noose complete with platform to amass that crowd around, flourish. In the cemetery the grave markers have that heavy feel of ancient stone; weight of the years look, so to speak. The Widows Crypt in particular has the sought after mystical ambiance we all search for, at night, in the dark....,
The creepiest thing there though, and you're not going to believe this, was a utterly charming wishing well, that whispered uplifting and sweet quotes! Gasp! Sweet? Charming? What the...? Very scary!
In the end, I particularly liked that you could buy everything in sets. So there's no running from here to there, searching for the important bits and pieces. Also, everything comes with diabolical details, animations, corpse poses, burning pyres, alters, sounds, lights, everything you need to set up your space in about 3 minutes flat! They also carry single items to add interest. Flickering lone light bulbs, voodoo dolls, transfusion kits complete with IV and line, and instrument tables, sinks and extra cabinets for all your specialty eh...tools.
Well I'm off, back to work! Not enough hours in a day or cadavers in my lab! But please, let me know what YOU find at Slurry St. Oh and....,
Happy decorating!
Monday, February 2, 2009
I Told You I Was Sick...
I recently made a restless midnight run to The Mausoleum and right off the bat I could tell it was a "friendly" creepy kind of place. It had the feel of a haunted social area, a place to gather for lots of fun and good conversation.
I had the opportunity to speak briefly with Eanya Dalek the owner of The Mausoleum, and the leader of the Undertakers Union. I say briefly because approximately 30 seconds into the conversation, my driver crashed, grrrr. But Eanya was nice enough to send me a notecard with all the details of her build and info on the union as well.
Turns out The Mausoleum should be on the historical SL treasure list, well, if there were one! Built in 2004, the original Mausoleum had it's humble beginnings on a sim called Terminous where Eanya sold her creations in a store located in an underground crypt. (Pretty cool idea)
Her currant build originated after seeing the movie Lemony Snicket's "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" and is based on Aunt Josephine's house in the film. (Great flick, rent it tonight, it's worth it!) Later Eanya relocated her establishment to Echo, a sim that happened to have a bluff that overlooked the ocean. Surrounded by protected Linden land all around, Eanya felt this would be the perfect place as The Mausoleum could hang precariously over the edge of the drop. She's been there ever since.
As for her group the Undertakers Union, (the name alone makes me want to join) they get together for dancing, events and host meetings in SL and RL! Eanya has entertained members over the years with games like Trivia, Greedy and once she and her pardner Eldraque staged an elaborate treasure hunt. Solving notes found along the way, participants had to pick up pieces of a costume one at a time. After finding the last piece, the crown, the contestant than had to battle a scripted monster to claim the prize!
Eanya says things are quiet around SL these days. She and Eldraque, her pardner in both worlds, spend more time in RL working on their home, but try to get in SL as often as possible.
Still the couple's well constructed build functions well in their absence. Come enjoy the Gothic theme park, the dance floor with streamed in goth/synth/emo music, 2 dance balls, (one is for tinys) or a steampunk elevator that takes you to a small Gothic sky garden. If you'd like to just sit and chat with friends, there's fishing, and a fire pit to relax by, and of course there's the store inside the Mausoleum, in which you'll find Eanya's unusual avatars and other exciting items.
If you're searching for lots of fascinating things to keep you and your crowd busy, this is the place! I found a couple of new favorites here. The first I'll let you find for yourself, it's such a delightful surprise that I don't want to spoil it ahead of time. (Hint: Go first, than look at the photos on Flickr) The second thing was an unpretentious grave with a single sentence written on it's headstone, that read;
"I told you I was sick."
Discovering that you can whine AFTER death.., priceless!
Monday, December 15, 2008
You Know Kowloon right?
I mean everybody knows about Kowloon right? and if they don't, they should! One of most interesting places in SL, Kowloon is a mixture of the exotic and the mysterious.
There's nothing spooky about Kowloon, it's always night, but not "dark." It qualifies for this blog because it's extremely edgy and has an intrigue factor of 10.
Walk through the portal to enter this strange land, and it immediately hits you; "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore!" Hard Colored neon lights over murky stores illuminate strange signs with cryptic characters. Inside the stores items defy identification and keep you guessing at purpose. Granted this is from an American perspective, from the owner's perspective, this is all probably pretty ordinary.
Narrow corridors entice you down tight dim streets lined with shops, drinking establishments, inscrutable closed doors and strange eating places filled with curious foods. Walk down any flight of stairs and you are instantly immersed in an intricate underground city. As interesting below ground as it is above, the underground is full of surprises. But I'll let you discover them for yourself.
On my last visit there, I sensed I wasn't alone. I turned around to find a futuristic robot, star trek kind of avatar hovering waist high from the ground. As I stood gaping at him he says, "Hello human"
I say "Hello" back. We stand and peer at each other for a couple of beats, than, he glides past me and continues down the street. I found this encounter uttery trilling which probably means I don't get out enough, however the point is, Kowloon is not a futuristic sci fi type of place at all and yet this strange alien entity fit in perfectly, robot speech and all.
If you're a shopper there's always something interesting and useful to buy in Kowloon. Whether it's clothing, avatars, furniture, or some well..uhmm., gadget, it will be unique and definitely something no one has EVER seen before. I found hanging avatars,(?) astonishing zen like poses. A broom, sweeping by itself,(?) and somewhere in Kowloon (and seriously, I couldn't give you directions, it's like a maze!) is a street market. There I fell in love with and purchased a extraordinary tiny kitten. This little furry animal had a perfect sculpted body complete with tail, and a head with big yellow staring eyes. The head follows your movement so that the kitten is always looking directly at you, and if you're wondering why a creature of the dark such as myself would need a kitten..., well, midnight snack!
This fascinating city is like a big secret, or a present you get to open again and again, and each time be surprised by what's inside. You can literally spend hours exploring, and you never know what's around the next corner, the next flight of stairs, who or what you're going to meet, and what you're going to find in general. But whatever it is, it won't be out of place.
And neither will you.
Kowloon
More Photos
In case you need a midnight snack...,
Hint: Walk around the sign to the gates, click on gate to get it to open, you're in. : )
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Five Sisters The Graveyard
If you've ever run across true evil you know it takes many forms, it can be a thing, but also a word, an action, an idea. It's overall characteristic though, is one of utter emptiness. The Graveyard at five sisters has completely captured that feel! Upon arrival, you quickly see through the murk that you are surrounded by a slew of new graves, complete with worn headstones and mounds of fresh dirt. The morose atmosphere is dark and foreboding with a dense forest of tall trees. The glow of the last evening light lets you see just enough to be disturbed, instantly you get the feeling of being lost in a nightmare. Nothing moves, there are no added effects to make this place eerie, instead the stillness and complete lack of life make it so. In the middle of the graveyard, a stoic gargoyle stands guard, strong and silent. Venture into one of the few tombs and you'll find a coffin or two, a lid slightly askew, suggesting vandals or the sudden escape of someone accidentally buried alive. Step inside the church, the largest building in the graveyard and for a moment the dark recedes and hope returns, for there is an angel that hangs above the alter! Than quickly this momentary light in the darkness disappears as the dark rapidly overwhelms the light once more.
The Graveyard opens into a large area where the dark vibe continues. Trendy shops encircle a delightfully creepy courtyard. Check out Heart Attack and the Slit Pee.
In the end The Graveyard is not a place you'll want to come to be introspective. It's also not a place where you'll want to sit and chat with your friends. This is a place locked into a particular moment in time after the event, but before the next act; after the body is delivered to the morgue, or after the child has grown cold in it's crib, but before it's mother finds it.
The Graveyard is truly an awful place.....,
Brilliant!
Welcome!
Welcome to Dark Plots, the blog of everything dark in the virual world of Second Life! I decided to start this blog to share with you the dark places I visit in SL and through their links, I hope to show you new places to love, old places to revisit, and new mysterious adventures to enjoy!
My name is Nima, I am an artist and dark by nature, (if death and taxes are the ultimate truths, how do we get through all the living in between? How can one live, and not have a touch of darkness in their souls?) and naturally, the dark recesses of human creativity are the places I tend to seek.
Warning, things can change fast in SL, what is there today may not be tomorrow, see it while you can. If you have a favorite or run a dark place in SL and you think I should check it out, I'd love to hear from you. Please drop me a note, or leave me a message.
I hope you enjoy these posts and more than that, find them useful.
And without further ado, let's begin.......,
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