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1 Download of the Day: Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator
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2 Awesome Time-Waster: Turn Your Name Into a Face
The 13 Most Beautiful Avatars In The Virtual World
3 The 13 Most Beautiful Avatars Of Second Life
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4 Do You Pay Attention To Avatars' Bodies And Gender?
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5 The Future Is Here: Avatar Kills Another Avatar, Faces Real Law
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6 LittleBigPlanet Fan Brings Sackboy Avatar to Life
You saw the trailer, now turn yourself into a Scott Pilgrim character with the Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator for Mac or PC. Customize your avatar by face shape, eyes, skin tone, hair color, outfit, and more! Then share him or her via any major social network. You can also elect to have your avatar added to the gallery. Hopefully, this will help keep you occupied until Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Read more
We've all been aching to get our hands on a real-life LittleBigPlanet Sackboy ever since the game hit the PS3, and although you can find some pretty great replicas on sites like Etsy, you can't get a custom LBP avatar. Trust me, I've looked. It's this dilemma that sent LBP fan and Media Molecule forum poster, TeaBaG, on a mission to create his own avatar from scratch. His customized pumpkin head Read more
The webapp Turn Your Name Into a Face is pretty self-explanatory: you type your name into the only field on the page, and it gives you a super-pixelated avatar. Different name, different avatar. Yes, that's all it does. Lame? Boring? I challenge you to open it up and not start compulsively typing in every name you can think of. You're no better than the machine. Read more
And this is when a videogame obsession becomes a problem: A woman in Japan, who was a fan of the virtual reality game Maple Story, was angry that her virtual husband in the game virtually divorced her, so she killed him. Virtually. While she's obviously not being charged with murder, she is in hot water for illegally accessing his computer to kill her victim's character, which could be a penalty Read more
Naturally, I spend a lot of time playing video games and visiting websites that use avatars. I think of them as digital characters, that are human-like, but not necessarily reflective of what I think real people should look like. Aside from cracking a few jokes about the impossible curves of video game vixens - I mean, the Fantastic Four game even put Jessica Alba's body to shame - and the Read more
No this isn't a post about America's next top avatars contest, but it is about the model-like beauties of Second Life. Based on Andy Warhol's short films: 13 Most Beautiful Women and 13 Most Beautiful Boys comes a serious of canvas mounted portrait prints by the Italian artists Eva and Franco Mattes. Actual Second Lifers originally created these creative avatars. What are your thoughts? Do they Read more
There's a book series, a film series, a Florida amusement park, a London studio tour, and, coming this Fall, there will also be the Harry Potter For Kinect video game! Based on the eight films, the game gives diehard fans a chance to experience the movies' most memorable moments for themselves, whether as a character or as their own avatar. Check out the top four reasons we're excited to Read more
8:00 Shark Tank (repeat) 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? (new) 10:00 20/20 (new) 11:35 Nightline (new) 12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guest Charlize Theron) 8:00 Undercover Boss (repeat) 9:00 CSI: NY (repeat) 10:00 Blue Bloods (repeat) 11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (repeat, with guest Billy Crystal) 12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new) 8:00 Kitchen Nightmares Read more
This cute avatar look showcases a few of the season's biggest trends: silky shorts, leather clutches, and flatforms! RT player Brigittelyn dolled up her avatar in this fun, Summer-ready outfit, perfect for a daytime jaunt with girlfriends or even a fabulous warm-evening dinner date. The chandelier earrings and bold red lipstick make this look a surefire winner. Here's what she has on: Top: Diane Read more
Just in time for wedding season, PopSugar's Retail Therapy player anelev3 has dolled her avatar up in an effortlessly elegant guest ensemble. Her avatar is wearing an origami-draped navy blue sheath dress, a matching clutch, and silver kitten-heel sandals. Her stud earrings (a super-chic wedding season gift from Nordstrom) and jeweled bangle make for a stunning touch. It's a perfect look for a Read more
