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Flufee on a Meshion – Episode6: God of Wrock

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:52:19 +0000

Flufee and his gang are testing a gamified Second Life plus indulge in speculation about the contributions of a newly added member to the Linden Lab Board of Directors. Sound boring? Well, it ain’t – matter of fact we will get DEEP insights this episode! Enjoy…[*** music from this episode from ENGRAMA ]

………………….K2C #3

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:14:27 +0000

Students from Cairo and Los Angeles used the virtual world of Second Life to design a 70 acre site situated between the Grand Egyptian Museum and the Pyramids of Giza.

And yes: they had never met in the physical world, using merely their avatars to communicate, collaborate and successfully complete the difficult task of creating sustainable urban design solutions while overcoming cultural boundaries.

More info from america.gov here.

PBS I Independent Lens presents…

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:20:51 +0000

Deep in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, where coal is king, a contentious community battle over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine takes place. Deep Down broadcasted on the PBS series Independent Lens in fall 2010 [ The companion Virtual Mine experience in Second Life received an Emmy nomination in the category "NEW APPROACHES TO NEWS & DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING". More information here ].

Fix the Mix!

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:52:01 +0000

SmartOps is the market leader in enterprise-class inventory optimization software. Customers include Celestica, DuPont, Eastman Chemical and Kellogg. These companies require supply chain planning solutions that are designed for the rigors of the real world and capable of managing uncertainty in complex, multistage supply chains. SmartOps provides that and much more. This promotional machinima was produced in Second Life for SmartOps’ recent 10 year anniversary.

Took time off – was well worth it!

Thu, 19 May 2011 04:13:17 +0000

Summer post-production is over, Login2Life has aird on German national public TV station ZDF and early 2012 will be released internationally. Draxtor has strum la guitarra once again on the soundtrack!

[more info at http://www.login2life.net]

Discovery Channel – Treehugger TV: “Finding Love Online”

Sun, 01 May 2011 21:11:54 +0000

Discovery Channel’s Treehugger TV on “Finding love online” – the compelling story of a woman from the United States and a man from Australia who met in Second Life, moved in with each other & lived happily everafter [including a child ;] How is that for meme busting? No naked dudes in their mom’s basement in this reportage [draxtor.com supplied machinima, Sandcastle Studios designed avatars].

The Drax Files on Art & Design

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:44:40 +0000

Flickr Gettr is a mash-up installation combining web 2.o and virtual worlds, courtesy IDIALAB at Ball State University.

It brings the web into a real-time collaborative environment leveraging the affordances of immersive platforms.

Direct teleport link here…

In this new semi-monthly series machinima blogger Draxtor profiles individuals that make up the creative class in Second Life: musicians, designers, activists just to name a few fields of user engagement.

[*** music from this episode is here ***]

Always in Season……

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:44:20 +0000

For almost a century until the mid-1960s, tens of thousands of ordinary people attended the lynchings of over 4,700 African Americans that often included hours of torture, mutilation and photographs.

More info about the project-in-progress is here

Flufee on a MESHion

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:37:14 +0000

[***a new era has begun in machinima: Mesh import will change the most versatile virtual world on the planet aka Second Life. We decided to do some comedy honoring this big step in SL-evolution***]

In this pilot episode our little mesh hero ventures out alone amidst the vast unchartered prim territory that is Second Life. What will he encounter in Primland and how will it shape his outlook about the future of the grid? Is mesh domination indeed imminent? Why are Flufee’s parents the same size as he? Questions, questions, questions and only a few of them will be answered in the next 3 minutes…..

Kansas To Cairo Teaser

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:41:22 +0000

[*** More info on this project from america.gov here http://bit.ly/brIXss] Nourhan El Zafarany studies architecture and urban planning at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt & worked with a team of American students from USC in Los Angeles exclusively using the virtual world of Second Life to solve design problems, bridge cultural gaps and communicate with a sense of being there despite living in different parts of the globe….