123,456,789 is a Magic Number

Well, at least for Stardoll it is. As somebody who's been playing stardoll for a long while now, I would never have imagined that it would get this big. And big it is. So to celebrate, Stardoll has released a few FREE items. Huzzah! Rejoice! Never thought I'd see this day again…



Surprisingly, they're not that ugly. Not great, of course, but not ugly. I must say I'm fond of the 'woven tights', the clutch is pretty cute and I love the lace collar. Of course, since it's Stardoll, you have to take the good with the bad. In this case, that would be a very basic pair of brown boots and a poorly made sequin dress. It's clear that not a huge amount of effort went into these items, but, free is free and nothing to be sniffed at.

In other news, there is a new collection of ridiculously priced nail polishes based on Mortal Kiss: Fool's Silver. To be honest, they look more at home with Monster High, but a few of them are cute; like the red and black bat print ('Batt Attack') and simple black-to-red gradient known as 'Oozing Blood'. As pleasant as that name is, it's nothing compared to…


Lovely!

'Brainiac', 'Ka-pow', 'Stitched Up' and 'Slither'.

Yes, that's brains, gunshot wounds, poorly-stitched skin and holes. With worms! Aren't they just perfectly repulsive? I personally hate them - they're disgusting, but I can see them being very popular with the neon scene/emo crowd. Only on Stardoll would you be expected to pay 17 stardollars to have your nails crawling with worms. Yuck.*

"For just 17sd, you too could look like you have chewing gum stuck to your finger with the all new Braniac nail polish!"

Yeah… no.

Hey Stardoll… haven't you heard of not biting the 123,456,789 hands that feed you? Just a thought…

What do you think of the amount of members/the new items?

(*No offense meant to those that like these items, it's only personal opinion :P)

I'm just a silver fool...

Hello again, folks. Lana, back again, with another interesting starplaza find.



At first, I was just looking at the interior, when the brand of the item finally dawned on me. Yes, that's right. Mortal Kiss.

For those of you who don't know or simply didn't pay attention (which I seriously doubt you could) Mortal Kiss was an interactive reading experience from which many things were spawned, most notable of which, of course, was the Mortal Kiss shop. It was the predecessor to, and the very thing that laid the foundations for, the more recent Sea of Stars 'graphic novel'.

Upon researching the new Mortal Kiss item, I found that not only had there already been news posted about it in the star blog, two chapters had already been released, along with a club and a page. Except this time, there was a difference. Instead of the interactive reading experience we had before, where we could explore the locations around the story's town of Winter Mill, these chapters were posted in the star blog.

Talk about disappointment.

I, for one, very much enjoyed Mortal Kiss, particularly it's set up - the locations were awesome, and in places, rather creepy. It really set the mood for the story, and without it, I doubt I would have paid much attention. I probably wouldn't even have bothered reading. So, my question is - why, exactly, is there no interactivity now? Yes, there's a page, which features a calendar releasing an item per day, but it's just not the same. It all feels very lacklustre.

While I'm all for the encouragement of reading, I can't help but feel the lack of 'experience' in Fool's Silver (yikes! what a name…) will cause many people to skip the story altogether and head straight for the shops. And beauty products now, apparently. How exciting.

I will be reading the sequel, only because I hate leaving a story unfinished. But I'll say it once, and I'll say it again: disappointment.

Links:
Mortal Kiss: Fool's Silver index page • the Club