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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ah, I wish I could go back to the days of Second Life before generative AI, but given the current situation, that might not be possible.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

You cannot pet the fan dog in Kowloon's Gate.

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Since VRChat has implemented solid measures to address generative AI, I hope Linden Lab, which operates Second Life, will take a cue from VRChat’s operations and approach.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Cosmas and Damian are named after a pair of Christian twins healers who were martyred for their faith in 3rd century AD and were canonized as saints. The pair also appear in Kowloon's Gate successor game Planet Laika.

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lately, Second Life has been flooded with AI-generated trash, and it’s becoming a serious problem...

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ЯΣI🎮ReiTuki Noel @reigaming.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Aries Bluff 🥹 farewell #secondlife

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A merchant in Kowloon's Gate says the Mushroom Dealer "dresses like Francis Xavier", the famous Jesuit missionary who went to Japan. The reference is probably meant to evoke 16th cent. European fashion, but Xavier's popular image in Japan actually doesn't wear the ruff around his neck.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This came in the mail today

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˚⋅✧. ℝ 𝕚 𝕧 𝕖 𝕣 .✧⋅˚ @riverofstars.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I posted this in r/SecondLife and I've been genuinely surprised by the thoughtful replies. I'm really glad to see I'm not alone. www.reddit.com/r/secondlife... #SecondLife

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˚⋅✧. ℝ 𝕚 𝕧 𝕖 𝕣 .✧⋅˚ @riverofstars.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It would be really nice if folks in #SecondLife would follow this trend as well to make sure the SLURL preview images for their stores, clubs, and hangouts include a NO AI banner. We need to show unified support across all metaverse platforms!

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For the 10th anniversary of Kowloon's Gate, original designers of the game got together and recreated the Kowloon Walled City in Second Life in 2007. Technically the first official piece of Kowloon's Gate media available to the West, the region Kowloon is still accessible in Second Life to this day.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The player never had to pay to hire navigators to traverse the hutongs of Kowloon's Gate. The reason for this, though this is never specified in the game itself (only in the Deluxe Playstatoin Guide), could be that the director of Kowloon Navi is none other than the bartender of Dragon Hotel, Rich.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Demon's Gate was a smartphone game set in 1935 Tokyo in the same world as Kowloon's Gate. Despite an all-star development team from the Megami Tensei series (incl. KG's Kimura Nakaji), the game only lasted a year and shut down in 2017. It included a collab event with KG.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Original Planner Inoue Koki sought Haishima Kuniaki for Kowloon's Gate after hearing his work in the 1992 classic Jdrama Night Head, and was able to establish contact through Fuji TV staff. Haishima cites his "spiritual" sound to musicologist Koizumi Fumio's collection of Asian folk samples.

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

あぁ…今は無きウェアハウス川崎…

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セガ公式アカウント @sega.jp · 27/09/2026

1996年9月27日にセガサターン用ソフトとして誕生した『サクラ大戦』が、本日30周年という節目の日を迎えました。

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great World Venus in Men's Street of Kowloon's Gate is named after the influential entertainment complex in pre-war Shanghai. The real world complex, known under its Chinese name Dashijie 大世界, still operates to this day.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The character Nguyễn Nguyên has an intentionally reduplicated name (グエン・グエン in Japanese). According to the Kowloon's Gate game booklet, the name calls attention to the famous Saigon Execution photo (not posting it here), where the executioner and the executed both were said to have the name Nguyễn.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The brothers Zhang Ling 張陵 and Zhang Lu 張魯 in Kowloon's Gate are named after the founding figures of Daoism as a religion who lived in the Han Dynasty. (Zhang Lu was the grandson of Zhang Ling) The brothers actually re-appear in the final dungeon, even though the game doesn't tell you explicitly.

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Loppy @loppy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I was cooking with this second life outfit i made todaaay The model was modeled by the lovely! @manatiger.bsky.social

second life screenshot of a squirrel monkey waving to the camera in front of a tray full of bananas

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kowloon’s Gate spotted in Edge issue 43!

A feature on the work of computer graphics artists in Edge Magazine issue 43, circa March 1997.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kowloon's Gate references the Nayin system 納音 of Chinese astrology when it refers to the elements of dates. The thing is, 22 May 1997 actually isn't a Day of the Fire (Thunderbolt 霹靂火) but Undersea Metal (海中金) under this system. The sequel Kowloon's Rhizome elaborates on this discrepancy.

ファイアの日（a day of the ﬁre）
陰陽の暦日で火属性の日を指す。陰陽の暦日は、納音（なっちん）によって求められる木火土金水の五属性のいずれかの性質を帯びる。火属性には、霹靂火、山頭火、炉中火、山下火、覆燈火、天上火がある。
1997年陰陽交合事件の際、1997年5月23日が霹靂火の暦日、すなわちファイアの日とされ、朱雀の見立てがなされた。しかし、クーロネットの障害からか同日は海中金、つまり金属性の暦日であった。これにより朱雀の龍脈が脆弱性を呈することになった。2025年7月は7月18日（金曜日）が霹靂火の日である。

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Dancer's Reward by Audrey Beardsley was part of a series of illusions for Oscar Wilde's play Salome (1896), an adaptation of the biblical story. As reward for her beautiful dance, Salome asked her father King Herod for the head of John the Baptist.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Palace of Heavenly Purity 乾清宮 in Kowloon's Gate is the only place that resembles its real life counterpart in the Forbidden City. The Hall of Imperial Supremacy 皇極殿 is also real, but looks nothing like the game's. The devs mentioned The Last Emperor (1987) in relation to this part of the game.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Cloven Count in the Vendôme Room is a reference to the fantasy novel The Cloven Viscount by Italian writer Italo Calvino. His design draws inspiration from the works of René Magritte according to the devs.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Pipe Man in the Dauphine Room in Kowloon's Gate is a reference to the Solar Phallus Man, a key piece of evidence in Carl Jung's concept of the collective unconsciousness. Jungian psychology permeates throughout the game, and is especially evident in the final act.

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

[Important Notice] I'm Back! Yeahhhhhhhh!!!!

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Like its real life counterpart, the Forbidden City in Kowloon's Gate has a Nine-Dragon Wall, but the game's version is pitch black and only has one dragon out of nine. "Nine-Dragon" is the literal meaning of Kowloon 九龍.

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SnowPastel @snowpastel.com · 06/09/2026

Rikka Hair 1.1 arrives at Kawaii Secrets #37! Pointed, petal-like twin tails make gradients stand out. 30-color packs: L$250 FATPACK 90: L$500 MEGAPACK 150: L$800 M4 + ASR. DEMO available. Sep 5, 12 PM SLT maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/A...

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Of all the districts in Kowloon's Gate, Tai Chang Road most closely captures the atmosphere of the actual Kowloon Walled City (as opposed to HK/China). The devs flew to HK only after the KWC had been demolished, and could only refer to books like the City of Darkness to recreate the city.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Japanese media including Kowloon's Gate usually pronounce Kowloon as Kuuron クーロン, but the native Cantonese pronunciation is closer to Gau Lung. "Kuuron" can be traced back to 1886, when Meiji Japanese officials of the Shanghai consulate presumably pronounced the English name "Kowloon" this way.

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ЯΣI🎮ReiTuki Noel @reigaming.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

XOLTY's KAGE Sneakers release!! 🚕 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/M...

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

From Kimura's notes: Guattari from the e-mails in Kowloon's Gate was named after French psychoanalyst Felix Guattari, known for his rhizome concept. His characterization was based on Hannibal Lecter, while his sardonic tone was derived from the terminal texts of Bungie's FPS Marathon (1994).

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

[Important Notice] I am scheduled to be hospitalized starting September 8, so my activities will be on hiatus for a while. Thank you for your understanding.

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WOOPY🔞💥 @wo00py.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

look at my Lopunny dawg we never getting to the gym🥀 #secondlife #furry

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The fortune-vending machine in Kowloon's Gate was voiced by Mou Sen, a prominent figure in Chinese avant-garde theatre. The problem was that Mou Sen spoke no Japanese at all, which made the doll speak in an intonation that was at the same time disconcerting and endearing to the Japanese players.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Bamboo scaffolding remains common in Hong Kong, where it can reach great heights, despite disappearing in the rest of China. The iconic practice is currently under threat from being replaced by metal scaffolds especially after the devastating Wang Fuk Court fire last year.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Vendome Room on the Isle of Delusions in Kowloon's Gate is inspired by the 1992 film Toys starring Robin Williams.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Kowloon's Gate and its sequel Kowloon's Rhizome feature sparrow fortune-telling, a real life practice where trained sparrows pick cards to be interpreted by a fortune teller. A stall in the Temple Street night market in Hong Kong (the real life Men's Street) still offers this type of divination.

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Freya (Acid Rayne Inc. + Arkayde) @acidrayneinc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Here's a big post of some behind-the-scenes WIPs and doodles for the stuff we made for this round of Abno. More below.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

During development, the devs became convinced that Kowloon's Gate needed a battle system. As reference, game designer Asano Koichiro beat every monster in Dragon Quest III to take notes about their stats, but in the end all that effort was deemed unusable for Kowloon's Gate.

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Hong Kong Supreme Feng Shui Committee @hksupremefengshui.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The name "Blue Crow" ブルークロウ is a literal translation of Qing Wu 青烏, a legendary figure of the Han dynasty who is said to have authored the Burial Classic of Qing Wu 青烏葬經, a foundational text of feng shui. The game also features a poem from the Burial Classic.

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Since the event has ended, we have removed the items that were on sale. We would like to express our gratitude to all users who purchased our products at SL Comiket 108. Thank You. #SecondLife #SLC108

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Second Life Comiket 108 has come to a close. The after-party will begin shortly. Please note that the booths currently open will remain open until 8:00 PM on August 16, 2026. TAXI : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/j... #SecondLife #SLevents #SLC108

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The final day of SL Comiket 108 has begun! TAXI : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/j... #SecondLife #SLevents #SLC108

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ЯΣI🎮ReiTuki Noel @reigaming.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

human arts gacha top tier arts here, go grab them !!! maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/j... it is full of people right there so i will get them when they all go to sleep...👉👈 (introvert here #secondlife

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Alpa Aoi 【Second Life】 @alpaaoisecondlife.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hello! Here’s an announcement about SL Comiket 108. Our new book, “Alpa Aoi Photo Collection,” is finally out! It’s 10L$ each, so be sure to check it out! TAXI: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/j... #SecondLife #SLevents #SLC108

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