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Director of “When Strangers Click” and “Food, Inc” on Second Life Talk Show February 6

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

  Robert Kenner, director of the documentary "Food, Inc" and the forthcoming "When Strangers Click" is being interviewed on the Second Life talk show "Tonight with Paisley Beebe" on Sunday February 6 at 6pm PST. The short film explores how people are connecting with each other on the Internet, whether it be on a dating…

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“Real Virtuality”: the Museum of the Moving Image Pixellates Reality with Mixed Results

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, is one of those New York cultural treasures that I've been hearing about for years and years and just never got around to visiting. First off, it's in Queens, which is still somewhat opaque and mysterious to me.  Secondly, uh, it's been a busy 15 years. And…

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“When Strangers Click” Doc on Love in the Digital Age Premieres Valentines Day on HBO

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

I am happy to announce that the documentary "When Strangers Click" is going to be premiering on Valentines Day, February 14, 2011, on HBO. Directed by Robert Kenner, director of "Food Inc," the film explores how people are connecting with each other on the Internet, whether it be on a dating site, a message board…

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“Life 2.0” : A Flawed Documentary about the Seemier Side of the Metaverse

Posted on December 22, 2010 by

The documentary “Life 2.0” tells the stories of five people who find themselves drawn to the virtual world of Second Life for various reasons. All of their stories are compelling in their own ways, but as a whole piece I found “Life 2.0” to be somewhat formless and at worse lurid in its depictions of…

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Ill Clan “morphs” into Two New Virtual World & Animation Shops

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

My friends at the award-winning machinima crew Ill Clan Studios tell me that they have "morphed" the company into two different concerns: Pixel Valley Studio will focus on real-time machinima animation and traditional 3D digital animation Kerria Seabrooke and Paul Jannicola will specialize in virtual world builds, experiential design and artistic machinima Not much more…

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Transmedia / transatlantic hip-hop music video integrates Second Life, Twitter, Skype & YouTube

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

Here's a creative and fun music video by Philly-based hip-hop artist Legrand that is exemplary for a number of reasons. First off, fun song! Secondly, created as a collaboration between Legrand and a group of 20 students at the Tokyo campus of Temple University, it's an interesting example of what can be accomplished using fairly…

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New Steampunk Outfit for My Avatar in New Babbage

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

I went shopping in Second Life for the first time in months.  I wanted to get a snazzy new outfit for the April 12 Roundtable on Virtual Worlds and Nonprofits I'm co-hosting on MacArthur Island for Global Kids. I've always thought that Steampunk was such a cool aesthetic, but one that is hard to realize…

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Linden Lab announces improved “First Hour” experience for new users

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

  My friends at Ill Clan just sent me the news that Linden Lab has unveiled a totally revamped orientation experience for new uses of the Second Life virtual world. Statistics have shown the the overwhelming majority of new registrants log-in once and then don't return to Second Life, presumably because the interface was too…

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Did You Meet Someone Interesting Online? We want to hear your story!

Posted on March 4, 2010 by

Global Kids is involved in the production of an upcoming HBO documentary called "Meeting Online."  We are looking for good stories that revolve around connections made on the Internet. If you know someone, or you yourself, have met someone online and the relationship deeply affected you, then we want to hear from you. It could…

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(Ninja) Turtles All the Way Down: A Second Life Simulcast of Second Life

Posted on February 28, 2010 by

Those of us in the virtual world field have been all abuzz in the past week over the release of the new 2.0 version of the Second Life viewer.  There are lots of new features that probably have no interest to the outside world. But one major change is that now you can easily bring…

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