About Dalian Hansen™ life you play. games you live. dalianhansen.com An internationally award winning photographer based in Asia, Dalian Hansen is connected to Second Life from Manchuria, China. He is the in-world agent for Han Translation Gifts, a famous firm that specializes in Kanji art products, owner of Dalian Design, and former Creative Director for the SL Business Magazine. As partner and Creative Director for Tretiak Media, Dalian brought his vast experience and skills to the emerging realm of vBusiness. With the SLQ search engine as a...

This is the first group of mobile apps produced by Dalian Hansen for use on the Apple iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. Visit the developer page for future releases. iOS Apps by Dalian Hansen

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Ancient guardians battle to preserve history and protect Creation from being rewritten by the forces of darkness. It began before the concept of time had any meaning. An evil lord and his dominions sought to rule all Creation. Exiled on a formless Earth when the rebellion crushed, their prize of the Secret of Time was lost for millennia. The saga stretches from ancient times to the year 2018 as it chronicles the adventures of the secret beings that walk among humanity. Their ongoing war of the past holds the fate of Earth, Creation, and the...

When Allied forces parachute wooden decoy soldiers over wartime Germany, a pagan terror is stirred after centuries of sleep. Even the Romans ignored the legends and put little faith in the oral superstitions. It was a mistake many would come to regret. Soon after the great army defeated the barbarian tribes, a mysterious plague descended upon its victorious soldiers. The few crazed survivors could only exclaim that the forest was alive before diving into fugue mental state. And as civilizations rose and fell and rose again, the forest and its secrets...

The Rashomon Effect is the effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it. – Karl G. Heider After crash landing on a desolate moon, a lone astronaut must defend his sanity by destroying an alien life form. In the process he opens a door to an alternative reality and falls deeper into madness. Jumping between dimensions and sanity he is required to help a team of ancient explorers stabilized fractures in space-time that...

ANIMA: a novel about Second Life (Sample Chapters)

This collection of links features news and reviews for the first novel to feature the 3D virtual environment of Second Life in a published work of fiction, written by the avatar Dalian Hansen. 3pointD.com | Second Life Novel Coming to Amazon.com? Velcro-City | An interview with Dalian Hansen Velcro-City | ANIMA by Dalian Hansen SLNN | Novel uses Second Life® as backdrop New World Notes | Reading ANIMA Metaverse Messenger | ANIMA Book Review

Ben Tao is the avatar of a fired programmer who hacks Second Life. His goal is to profit from a false intellectual property claim. However, instead of changing the creation date for the items he has stolen, he is actually sending them back in time to the creation of the 3D world. This software exploit opens a wormhole of conflicting realities that unfold in a disjointed nightmare. Ben quickly finds himself controlled by an entity who robs him of all free will. Or is he just going insane? As the digital and real worlds merge in his mental interchange,...

As Creative Director of Tretiak Media (tretiakmedia.com), Dalian Hansen has become the architect of a new virtual island for IBM BeNeLux in Second Life. It is the next “Big Thing” for IBM in the 3D world, adding a new and unique location within the virtual IBM vBusiness family. The IBM BeNeLux Island will be a combination R&D lab and communications center for the BeNeLux division and its clients. Its concept and design blend the innovation of IBM with the virtual opportunities offered in Second Life. An environment for both work...

SLQuery – Ad Campaign

This collection of links is related to the SLQuery search engine for SL, and its parent company Tretiak Media. Dalian Hansen was Creative Director for this virtual development firm from November 2006 to November 2007, and designed sims for such clients as CafePress, IBM, and ABN-AMRO during his tenure. Marketingprofs.com | SLQuery: The Next ‘Google’ of SL Brandchannel.com | SLQuery: The Next “Google” of Second Life SLNN | Entrepreneur adds CafePress inventory to SL search engine SLNN | Banking on a Tennis Star SLNN |...

Dalian Hansen has formed a strategic partnership with SLQ (SLQuery.com), and is responsible for all of its virtual 3D designs inside Second Life. SLQ is a complete search and data integration platform connecting the virtual and real worlds. SLQ infoBOX: the free notecard/prim driven catalog server. SLQ infoHUD: this powerful search engine includes a spell check, encyclopedia, and a wealth of external sources like blogs, amazon.com, wikipedia, and news feeds that are text driven, URL linked, and have pop-up display images. SLQ infoStation: just...

SL Business Magazine 06JAN

SL Business Magazine 05DEC

SL Business Magazine 04NOV

SL Business Magazine 03OCT

SL Business Magazine 02SEP

SL Business Magazine 01AUG

These are links to various news sources about the Pre-August launch of the first SLBM publication. Dalian Hansen was the Creative Director for all six original issues (August 2006 – January 2007). The media articles feature reviews and opinions from the SL community. Clickable Culture » SL Business Magazine Launches 3pointD.com » New SL Business Mag To Launch August 1 3pointD.com » SL Business Mag Launches 3pointD.com » PDF vs. Web Smackdown IPG Emerging Media Lab Blog » Second Life Magazine Sells Ads

After relocating from Manchuria to Kamakura, Dalian Hansen has joined with Japan Dream Kenji in support of the ground breaking Second Life Machinima. The project is currently in development, but here is a trailer of the creative concept.

The next level MMO project by Snail Games with Dalian Hansen has entered the Beta Testing phase. Ministry of War (MoW) is the world’s most sophisticated browser game, with unparalleled graphics and game action. Players will battle alongside thousands of others in PvP and Guild warfare.

Heroes of Gaia is a free online game that takes place in a diverse fantasy world. Select one of the four races: Human, Undead, Orc, or Elf to start your Kingdom and battle against thousands of other international players. Begin your quest as a young Noble entrusted with a modest Castle. Without an army or allies, it is up to you to fortify the territory, forge alliances, expand your Empire, and lead Heroes into epic adventures. And remember to slay the monsters and beasts that roam the land. Even when you log off the game, your mission continues....

It is sad to announce that service for the web-based virtual world platform of Metaplace has been discontinued. All of the two dozen worlds created there by Dalian Hansen are now closed. The posted links and their game embed windows are broken as a result. A forwarding system has been put in place to re-direct traffic as much as possible. Migration to a new technology is under development, but may take some time to get the complete virtual world inventory active again. A public release is expected in the near future, so please check for updates...

Game Intro: A vast inventory of play for every type of arcade game action. Also a colorful social venue for music, dance, and chat with friends. http://www.metaplace.com/Game

CNN | Turning Social Networks into Virtual Worlds

Game Intro: Evil time traveling Alien Robots From the Future (ARFF) have crashed in the Old West and unleashed their stolen medieval cargo of dragons and magic upon the peaceful frontier settlement. http://www.dalianhansen.com/metaplace/wildwest

Game Intro: Guns. Guns. And more Guns. If it moves, shoot it. There is no escape from this Yakuza fortress. Only the last one standing wins. http://www.metaplace.com/Gunkanjima

CNET | Metaplace virtual worlds now blog-embeddable

Game Intro: Metaplace Chapter (Region 19). Starfleet is an affiliate online community. Membership is open to general fans and serious role-players. Disclaimer: No profit is generated from this site. Star Trek® and all associated marks, characters, and ideas (related, derived, or inferred) are the intellectual property and registered trademarks of CBS/Paramount Television. All rights reserved. No infringement is intended in the use of this material. http://www.metaplace.com/Starfleet

Game Intro: A chat area location for the Steampunk roleplaying world. Also the official home world of the MetaSqudron. http://www.metaplace.com/Zeppelin

Game Intro: The private development and construction location for projects by Dalian Hansen. http://www.metaplace.com/Tsukiotoshi

Game Intro: A dystopian world where advanced science from the future is powered by the antiquated technology of an Alternative Reality Victorian Era. http://www.metaplace.com/Steampunk

Game Intro: An official extension of Starfleet, the Sakura Space Shipyards is an interstellar flight simulator and phaser combat station. http://www.metaplace.com/Sakura

Game Intro: A stand alone game with a Steampunk theme, this is part of the “Find the Metabuddy” connected Worlds. To play the entire series, visit the first world of Metabuddystart. As you find the Metabuddy, you will move on and progress through many different worlds. Each has its own style but follows the game quest to find Metabuddy. http://www.metaplace.com/Metabuddy20

Game Intro: The Metaplace meeting center of Dalian Hansen, for all group and client communications. http://www.metaplace.com/Tokoro

Game Intro: The community development and construction site for Dalian Hansen. http://www.metaplace.com/Tomodachi

Game Intro: The official Metaplace world for the popular book, ANIMA: a novel about Second Life by Dalian Hansen. This is a Metaverse cross-over for the dark tale that weaves reality with the environments in the virtual computer world of Second Life. http://www.metaplace.com/Anima

Game Intro: Play MetaSumo, the ancient sport of modern Japan. Includes live RSS feed for all Nihon Sumo Kyokai matches. http://www.metaplace.com/Sumo

Game Intro: Kyoto is where you can capture a ghost on film. This ancient Imperial capital of Japan holds many wonders, and dark secrets. http://www.metaplace.com/Kyoto

Game Intro: An official extension of Starfleet for affiliate Away Missions and leisure activities, Metaverse is a multi-dimensional space station at the nexus of the physical universe and digital realm. http://www.metaplace.com/Metaverse

Game Intro: The Metaplace office, design studio, and showroom world for Dalian Hansen. http://www.metaplace.com/Dalian

Game Intro: First Metaplace world, used as a sandbox and play location from the original closed Beta Testing days. http://www.metaplace.com/Dalians_World