Here it is. My crowning achievement in Second Life. Paradise Lost – The Movie – Free for all.
Paradise Lost: The Movie
Originally posted on What the Huck?:
I think it’s over a year now since the last performance of ‘Paradise Lost’ at Basilique. Put together by Canary Beck and Harvey Crabsticks, this vastly ambitious show depicted the expulsion from Eden of Adam and Eve according to Milton’s epic twelve book poem. As a piece of Second…
Paradise Lost The Movie nominated for an Avi’s Choice Award – Watch it now for free and vote
Unexpected news: I learned last night that someone nominated Paradise Lost The Movie for the Favourite Machinima Production Award category of Avi’s Choice Awards – The Art To celebrate, I’m sharing the video with everyone, right here on this blog post. No sign-in is required. Just click the image above and watch. All I ask […]
Resolving disputes in a virtual world
Disputes are inevitable. When they happen in families or at work, we manage to get past them because we often have no other choice. In virtual worlds, relationships can be more tenuous and more quickly discarded. Anonymous and more free of social constraint, people can forget to treat us with the same respect they might afford […]
My evolving view on blog comments
I’ve started to practice Aikido. That sounds impressive. At the moment, it mostly involves me having far more skilled people repeatedly throw me to the mat. Make no mistake, I love it. And, I plan to become a lot better at it. Why? Because practitioners of Aikido defend themselves without harming their opponent. Instead, they […]
The many roles we play in Second Life
Last week I ran a survey asking Second Life users to tell me the roles with which they most identified. 3,073 people completed the survey. The purpose of my study was to determine the most popular use cases of Second Life. I wanted also to see which group is more likely to recommend Second Life. […]
How men and women draw up the “perfect body” in Second Life
A “perfect body” poll made the internet rounds in April last year: A lingerie company asked 500 men and 500 women to vote on their ideal celebrity body parts. Designers photoshopped the images to create four images of the “perfect body” based on results. A few thoughts before I begin: I know there’s no such thing as a […]
Poll shows 72% might recommend Second Life, but more needed to sustain Second Life
Earlier this week I asked Second Life residents how likely they are to recommend Second Life to RL friends and colleagues. Over 3,000 people responded to the survey showing passionate engagement for Second Life. The poll shows 72% of Second Life users are more likely to promote it. With that said, more people need to […]
How advice is everywhere and why most of it is nonsense
I’ve recently noticed that a lot of the social interaction we have is in the form of one person giving someone else advice. When someone writes a blog post (including this one) – they’re giving their readers advice (e.g. know this, learn that, do this, think that). When someone leaves a comment on a blog […]
Ambient Sound in Second Life
Ambient sound is an integral part of experiencing simulated environments, not only because it significantly adds to a feeling of immersiveness, but many people are in Second Life without their music turned on. Silence makes a place feel dead. Unless of course that is what you’re going for (like a moon landscape), then adding sounds […]
Have you experimented with your gender in Second Life?
Last night I hosted a Basilique Chat Salon on the subject of gender experimentation in Second Life. The questions up for discussion were: have you ever experimented with gender in Second Life? Why do/did you do it? What were your reactions to the experience? How did you react to members of the opposite gender? How […]
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