Reading Radar

Back on the art track, since a lot of the places we’ve gone recently seem to be about art… Awhile back, the same time we did the Far Away explore, Chug read in a blog about a place that was going to be shutting down, so we thought we’d wander over and take a look. Turns out it was up to its description: Callistie - Madcow Madhouse. I really have no idea why I’m providing a SLURL since you can’t go anymore, but hey. Whatever. It existed. Really.

Madhouse it was, but an interesting, well done madhouse. We usually like a lot of interactivity, and there was some here, but some of the things we assumed would be interactive weren’t, like the drums and pipes near the landing point. Still, it was a really well done build and, now that it’s gone, maybe it should live on in pictures.

Come on in! You land on a weird platform, and immediately notice that this build is a little different than the rest.

Finding a theme here isn’t too hard - this fellow gives it away (hint: think bones).

Some things in the sky caught our eyes, and we headed over to check them out. They seemed to be friendly enough, in the same way that a dead grizzly is friendly.

Chug’s always been the smarter of us on our explorations. Here she gives more reason she’s brainier than me.

Ok, now where?

Flying around, we see some interesting things, some of which aren’t entirely explainable in terms of purpose.

I guess this makes Chug crabby?

At any rate, she decided to take control of the situation with some mystical powers.

I tried too, but all that happened was me burning my hand on the glowing orb. These things need a user manual.

There were some creatures I call “reindeadeer” and look… three of the people I work with showed up to say hi. That was unexpected.

All this makes an avatar hungry, so we decided to get a table.

I’ll have the ribs, please.

Apparently a restaurant that’s killed itself for some reason is the place to eat. Seems odd. But ok.

Ok, well. That’s how it was. And now it is no longer, this madcow of an art gallery.