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. Castles automatically build up your resources, Warriors carry out your orders, keeping your progress moving forward until you return.

Using strategy, teamwork, and persistence you may become great enough to unite all of Gaia.

Anyone can enjoy Heroes of Gaia for free! It runs on any browser with a Flash and an internet connection. Play it anytime and anywhere.

Dalian Hansen is proud to bring his interactive and design skills to this development project with Snail Games – based in Suzhou, China.

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 Infinite Beyond forever.

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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 on this matter and other virtual projects by Dalian Hansen.

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

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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

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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 slumbered, occasionally sampling fresh prey. Until the bloodshed of warfare proved too great a temptation for its hunger to avoid. As the soldiers suffered against their own carnage, they soon discover a darker force had awoken with an inhuman thirst.

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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

Digital life was formed from pixel dust, in the 2.5D virtual world of Metaplace, to produce the avatar Dalian [Hansen] on this Rez Day.

Digital life was formed from pixel dust, in the 2.5D virtual world of Small Worlds, to produce the avatar Dalian Hansen on this Rez Day.

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 threaten to obliterate the future, while stalling an alien invasion poised to exterminate humanity.

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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, he uncovers a secret that affects all of humanity. From this bleak future, Ben has only one chance to escape.

anima (n.) Psychology. Jung’s term for the feminine part of a man’s personality. Often contrasted with “animus.” The part of the psyche that is directed inward, and is in touch with the subconscious. Often contrasted with “persona.” ORIGIN 1920s: from Latin, literally “mind, soul.”

Second Life® and Linden Lab™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. No infringement is intended.

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ISBN: 978-0-9763168-9-3
ASIN: B00361FBAO

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 and play, IBM BeNeLux Island is a step towards the next generation of IBM’s social interaction, commitment and operation in Second Life.

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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 like the infoHUD, but unplugged for public use. Plus, it has a powerful SL to RL web-based IM system. Chat with anyone in SL even when you cannot log in. MySLQ: all your listings are automatically generated into a mini web page for display in your SL web profile tab. SLQ is fully integrated with SL Exchange (SLX) for listing products and searches.

SLQ: Explore Your Life
http://www.slquery.com

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Digital life was formed from pixel dust, in the 3D virtual world of Second Life, to produce the avatar Dalian Hansen on this Rez Day.