Report: Hanging At MOTÖRHEAD Frontman Lemmy's Virtual Castle In ROCKTropia; Watch Out For The Demon Spawn
May 13, 2010, 14 years ago
Los Angeles Times has issued the following report from Solvej Schou:
MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister may cut a daunting figure in real life, with his black Fu Manchu mustache and biker duds, but he's larger than life in the virtual world. He's a king, with his own domain, aptly named Lemmy's Castle, guarded by hulking, horned monster security guards and demon spawn inspired by dozens of his own sketches.
His digital dwelling is all part of the newly launched virtual music world ROCKtropia, a virtual planet in the online 3D Entropia Universe, a massive multi-player game in which people interact using avatars.
"In my world, you go to jail telling your kids bedtime stories," the 64-year-old says during a break recording Motörhead's newest album, a dirty sparkle in his eye. "I want big stinking bats with horrible noses, or flying anteaters. In my world, most people would die."For a guy who claims he hates computers, and recently got his first laptop, he's passionate about this brooding online landscape.
"It's goes to show I do know what's going on in the 21st century," he says. "I want to take over the whole world, in the end. Look at the size of my security guards. Clone them, send them out. What's the point of having a castle if it isn't scary?"Developed by Swedish company MindArk, Entropia has been on the rise since its launch in 2003. Unlike fellow virtual world Second Life, which has experienced declining currency values, Entropia uses an in-game currency with a fixed exchange rate. Project Entropia Dollars (PED) exchange at 10 PED to $1. Gamers can buy virtual jeans for $30, converting real-world dollars into PED, or snag limited-edition virtual merchandise, from albums to T-shirts. In ROCKtropia, collecting the virtual sweat of bikini-clad video vixens can even earn PED. Gamers spend PED when they use bullets to kill monsters in Lemmy's virtual realm.
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(Photo Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
