"If one must be good, then two must better," so goes the maxim. That may just hold true for Angels Online, especially as far as the Gladiator 2 event is concerned. Internet Gaming Gate (IGG) gives us more of an update on the event in the full article, right after the jump.

 

Ever thought that virtual 3D girls are so hot, it's criminal? Apparently, even Maxim appreciates the sexy user-created avatars in Second Life.

In the much awaited annual Hot 100 list of the famous male-oriented magazine, a computer generated girl from Second Life took the #95 spot while competing against thousands of other actual babes. Maxim directors believe that it is important to cater multi-million users of the virtual community. Their statement:

Second Life—a 3-D virtual world that’s imagined, created, and owned by its online residents—was launched in 2003 and now boasts nearly five million inhabitants around the globe. Never taken part in the nerdfest? Isn’t she reason enough?

Keep your pants on, though. She seems to be a busy person: she wasn't able to join the party in New York, and probably not up for sizzling interviews.

Evergreen Events has just proudly announced the inaugural 2007 Online Game Development Conference (OGDC), a conference dedicated to those in the online gaming industry, which includes MMO gaming, in-game item exchange, web-based online gaming services, game advertising, online console gaming, and digital distribution.

According to Michael Cai, Director of Broadband & Gaming for Parks Associates, the online gaming market is "going to quadruple in size in the North American market, from $1.1 billion in 2005 to $4.4 billion by 2010."

However, Peter Freese, Conference Chairperson for the Online Game Development Conference states that online game creators "haven't had a forum where they can exchange real, hardcore ideas that are most important to what they do within our industry."

This is the hole that the OGDC aims to fill. With the maxim "Connect Your Brain," the OGDC will let developers connect with each other and find solutions to the many challenges and opportunities facing online game developers.

The OGDC will be held on May 10-11, 2007 at the Fairmont Olympic in downtown Seattle. Stay tuned to QJ.net for more updates on the OGDC as they are released. To check out the OGDC website, click on the 'read' link below.