A graphic identity you either select from a group of choices or create on your own to represent yourself to the other party in a chat, instant messaging (IM) or multiplayer gaming session. An avatar is a caricature, not a realistic photo and can be a simple image or a bizarre fantasy figure.
Avatar is a Sanskrit word that means the incarnation of a god on earth, and this usage of the term came from the gaming and 3D chat worlds. See VRML.
Avatar is a Sanskrit word that means the incarnation of a god on earth, and this usage of the term came from the gaming and 3D chat worlds. See VRML.
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- Mad Skills Motocross 1.0.3 (Windows)
- Mad Skills Motocross is a game that brings back fond memories from the good old days. Not via 'retro' graphics, but by sheer joy and playfulness. Mad Skills Motocross is meant to be fun, quick and deep. You will collect achievement-like stars for tricks. You will get power-ups that might...
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- Mad Skills Motocross 1.0.3 (Mac)
- Mad Skills Motocross is a game that brings back fond memories from the good old days. Not via 'retro' graphics, but by sheer joy and playfulness. Mad Skills Motocross is meant to be fun, quick and deep. You will collect achievement-like stars for tricks. You will get power-ups that might...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Reverse Astrology 1.0 (Windows)
- Helps to get the time of descent from the planetary configuration. Gets an approximate descent of an avatar based on the planetary configuration and returning an approximate value. Press prev for date before 23/08/1976 and press next for date ahead of it.
- Software downloads 2009-10-20
- Social Avatar Helper 1.0 (Mac)
- Social.Avatar.Helper The Social Avatar Helper is a tool that helps you create your avatars or profile pictures for social websites like facebook or twitter. All you have to do, is to load a picture, select the part you want to use, add a little effect or filter and then save...
- Software downloads 2009-10-19
- Second Life 1.23.5.136262 (Mac)
- Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space totally created and evolved by its users. Within this vast and rapidly expanding place, you can do, create or become just about anything you can imagine. Built-in content creation tools let you make almost anything you can imagine,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- Easier access to Twitter thumbnails with Tweetimag.es
- Joe Stump, former Digg PHP god, has yet another side project that makes using the Twitter API one step simpler. It's called Tweetimag.es. Instead of using the Twitter API to get a user's thumbnail (which requires an HTTP request from Amazon's S3 service,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Nokia 7705 Twist (Verizon Wireless)
- We can safely say that we've never seen a phone like the Nokia 7705 Twist. Sure, we've reviewed square handsets before, and swivel models were in style a few years back; however, we've never had the two design aesthetics combined onto one device. We're not quite sure if it works--it's...
- Product reviews 2009-09-16
- IM+ Push for Twitter, Skype, Facebook, MSN... 3.3 (Mobile)
- No cost per message! Send photo, voice and text for free and save on MMS and SMS! Twitter, Skype Chat, Facebook, Google Talk and Yahoo and MSN and AOL and ICQ and MySpace and Jabber and Geo-location and send Photo, Voice and Location - The widest support of IM networks...
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- James Cameron to promote Panasonic 3-D HDTVs around release of "Avatar." Now are you interested?
- AVATAR, this year's 2nd biggest flop in the makingAnybody who would claim that the Avatar trailer was impressive, needs to have his head checked.Just like the trailer for the Watchmen, fanboys would claim that it looks awesome and whatever. But just like the trailer, the Watchmen turned out...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- James Cameron to promote Panasonic 3-D HDTVs around release of "Avatar." Now are you interested?
- Sci-fi fans already know that director James Cameron's long-awaited follow-up to Titanic is Avatar, the biggest release so far that makes use of the latest 3-D film technologies. No doubt calculating future home-video revenues, Cameron is now teaming up with Panasonic to promote the company's 3-D HDTVs, which are slated...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- The Game Of Life By Hasbro (Italian) (Windows)
- Where will LIFE lead you? Choose a career, build a family, and grow your fortune in this amazing new version of the family favorite board game. Select your avatar and pick a path in two great game modes. Find out if you will retire at Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates...
- Software downloads 2009-08-21
- The Game Of Life By Hasbro (French) (Windows)
- Where will LIFE lead you? Choose a career, build a family, and grow your fortune in this amazing new version of the family favorite board game. Select your avatar and pick a path in two great game modes. Find out if you will retire at Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates...
- Software downloads 2009-08-21
- The Game Of Life By Hasbro by Hasbro (Spanish) (Windows)
- Where will LIFE lead you? Choose a career, build a family, and grow your fortune in this amazing new version of the family favorite board game. Select your avatar and pick a path in two great game modes. Find out if you will retire at Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates...
- Software downloads 2009-08-21
- The Game Of Life By Hasbro (German) (Windows)
- Where will LIFE lead you? Choose a career, build a family, and grow your fortune in this amazing new version of the family favorite board game. Select your avatar and pick a path in two great game modes. Find out if you will retire at Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates...
- Software downloads 2009-08-21
- The Game of Life by Hasbro 1.0 (Mac)
- Where will LIFE lead you? Choose a career, build a family, and grow your fortune in this amazing new version of the family favorite board game! Select your avatar and pick a path in two great game modes. Find out if you will retire at Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates...
- Software downloads 2009-08-20
- Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3
- 360 is sorta like owning an old sports carYou love the thing, but hate that it breaks down all the time. The reason people are so loyal to the 360 is that the software and game library are fantastic. The controllers work great and are durable without any gimmicks. When...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Bricksoft IM Web Services 2.0 (Windows)
- IM Web Services enable to quickly integrate MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/AIM feature into any applications across multiple platforms, systems and even across businesses. IM Web Services is standards with SOAP and WSDL will enable system-to-system communication that is easier and cheaper than ever SDK before. Features (MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/AIM) Send and receive instant messagesUnicode supported...
- Software downloads 2009-08-06
- Persona - Avatar Creator 2.1 (Mobile)
- Persona for iPhone and iPod Touch let you build avatar of your contacts and friends. You can choose hundreds of face parts in different colors and build cute characters in a minute. Use it to give a face to your contacts or in any way you like.
- Software downloads 2009-07-14
- VH1 Watch and Discuss Live Chat (Mobile)
- lets you chat in real time with friends and strangers from around the country! Use the slick, easy-to-use interface to set up a profile, choose an avatar, and then jump into a chat room to discuss whatever you like: VH1 shows, pop culture, sports, politics...anything! And, look out for exclusive...
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- People Toolbar Icons 2009.4 (Windows)
- A collection of icons depicting people in a characteristic avatar-like style, People Toolbar Icons will enhance any chat or instant messenger, or will make a perfect skin to a blog or forum. People Toolbar Icons depict people of different backgrounds, social and racial origins. Software developers and bloggers, as well...
- Software downloads 2009-07-02
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