Archive for Machinima

The Dangers of Virtual Goods

art, Business, Community, content creation, Intellectual Property and Copyright, Machinima, News Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on May 4th, 2010 23 Comments

Over the last few days, I’ve read dozens of articles covering the newly updated Second Life Terms of Service (TOS) and the Class Action Lawsuit that has been filed against Linden Lab and Philip Rosedale. However, this afternoon when I saw that the Los Angeles Times and Mashable had jumped on the bandwagon then I could no longer keep my facts to myself.

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Creating Educational, Immersive Experiences and Simulations at VWBPE

Business, Community, Education, Machinima, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on March 12th, 2010 No Comments

Sand Castle Studios, has been given the honor of hosting a panel discussion on Creating Educational, Immersive Experiences and Simulations, along with award-winning, machinimagrapher, Draxtor Despres.

Virtual Machinima for Social Good

Machinima, Virtual Worlds on March 3rd, 2010 1 Comment

In his latest Machinima, award-winning machinamagrapher Draxtor Despres takes a look at some of the forefathers of machinima and where the art is going, even reaching out to director James Cameron.  He also examines how the New York based organziation, Global Kids, has enriched the machinima platform with their social issue work, including their latest project, “Discovered,” [...]

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What is Second Life Art?

Linden Lab to Support Second Life Art (But First They Have to Define It)

art, content creation, Machinima, music, News Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on March 1st, 2010 13 Comments

Niko Linden announced the Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) program to help support and highlight Second Life artists, but the announcement is already full of comments arguing… What is Second Life Art?

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My Challenge to Frontline’s Digital National

Branding, Business, Community, Education, events, Machinima, Marketing, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on February 22nd, 2010 10 Comments

Recently, the PBS program, “Frontline,” featured a 90-minute documentary entitled “Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier” which examined what it means to live, work, socialize, in a digital world.

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SCS Custom Project Mockup

Virtual Bill Gates in PC vs Mac Machinima

content creation, Machinima, project, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on October 9th, 2009 12 Comments

A virtual Bill Gates recently made an appearance in a machinima (video) filmed within the virtual worlds of Second Life to set the record straight about PCs Vs. Macs.

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The new look of SecondLife.com

Second Life Launches its New Website

Machinima, News Announcements, Second Life, social media, Virtual Worlds on August 26th, 2009 8 Comments

Today, the new site went live on SecondLife.com and I have to say I love it!

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California Legacy in SL – Episode 4: Dickens in Camp by Bret Harte

California Legacy Project, Community, Education, Machinima, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on August 14th, 2009 2 Comments

Here is our latest episode of The California Legacy Series features Bret Harte’s 1870 poem “Dickens in Camp.”

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