Friday, May 31, 2013

2013 WRITE: Flying Saucers from Outer Space (or Wherever)

Flying Saucers from Outer Space (or Wherever)
By Catboy Qunhua, Thinkerer Melville, and others 
  • A parody of the space invader genre of the middle of the last century.  
  • Episode 1 of a six-episode series 
  • Designed for extension 
  • And collaborative writing
  • This writing team wants you.
By Catboy Qunhua, 
Thinkerer Melville,
and others 
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Cold read by players of the Avatar Repertory Theater
Friday, May 31, 5 PM SLT
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2013 2ndHELP: LAND: Rental properties and related services in SL

Rental properties and related services in SL
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You can rent land and houses in Second Life.  
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

2014 WRITE: VIDEO: Grow a team of comedy writers in SL. And make the videos to prove it.

Grow a team of comedy writers in SL.  
And make the videos to prove it.
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Impossible!
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Come to ART Plays around on Friday, May 31 to see the Avatar Repertory Theater players do a cold read of a new script in this project.
Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/202/199/22
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By Catboy Qunhua 
Thinkerer Melville,
and others 
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And where's the market?
The mad writers of the ART* return
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And this time we bring:
  • Undocumented space people (formerly know as space aliens)
  • An indestructible automatron (a robot upgrade)
  • An inscrutable ancient artifact (which may be unscrewed on screen)
  • May 31, 5 pm SLT  Cold read at ART Plays Around  
  • Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
  • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/201/203/21
Actually, we can't really return, because we never left.  We have just been busy working on a new series. The previous series has been in stasis while we work on this new series.  This is known as ADHD.
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This time we have a feature length adventure.  It will generate about 6 episodes.    We are now getting ready to produce the first episode as a video of about 25 minutes.  We will post that, promote it, and see what happens.
*ART= Avatar Repertory Theater
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Our writing team is looking for more writers, to work on this series or others.    If you are interested, contact Thinkerer Melville in Second Life. Or drop by our build at SL10B (June 16 to 29) to look over the set of our current project and chat with Catboy Qunhua, the principal author of the current script, or some of the other writers.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

2013 HELP: Problems with the newest SL viewer? Here's a fix

Problems with the newest SL viewer? 
Here's a fix
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Sometimes the newest SL viewer does not work well for some people.  Here are some solutions.  
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This article  was originally written because the May 20 viewer release, 3.5.2, was causing problems for many people.  Linden Lab has since reverted to the earlier release, 3.5.1.  But I am publishing the article anyway, so it will be available for the next time. 
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Besides, at the end,  there are some suggestions about how to reduce or avoid such problems.  You can do those things now.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

2013 VIDEO: MUSIC: Wharf Rat performed by Von Johin / Mike Lawson

Wharf Rat performed by Von Johin / Mike Lawson
Grateful Dead tribute
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This video was shot onsite at DarkStar, a fully immersive Grateful Dead tribute in the virtual world of Second Life. You can meet up with other deadheads and explore DarkStar yourself by joining Second Life and searching for DarkStar: SL DeadHeadquarters. (Wharf Rat performed by Von Johin / Mike Lawson)
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Monday, May 27, 2013

2013 WRITE: Notes from a novelist in SL, by Keykey Underwood

Notes from a novelist in SL, 
by Keykey Underwood
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Invited article by Keykey Underwood
A novelist in Second Life 
(Hyperlinks added by Selby Evans)
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Since childhood, I'd always thought of myself as a writer - all evidence to the contrary. I wrote in my head and I made notes for books I'd write if I ever found the time, but rarely committed more than a few introductory paragraphs to paper. If, on occasion, I actually completed a poem or story, I never submitted them to journals or magazines. Yet today, in late middle age (or perhaps early old age) I am the author of Painting Bridges, a novel that is being reviewed in three real world newspapers this month and the winner of an international poetry competition that will take me to London in December. The amazing reality is that my current good fortune began in a fantasy world. I became a real writer in Second Life.
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Sunday, May 26, 2013

2013 ART: VIDEO: Standby, a trilogy by Bryn Oh

Standby, a trilogy by Bryn Oh
  • The Daughter of Gears,
  • The Rabbicorn story 
  • Standby.

Watch on YouTube
By Bryn Oh
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Published on May 13, 2013
I was awarded a new media grant by the Ontario Arts Council; part of the project was to create this machinima. - Bryn Oh
This story is also available in a book formathttp://www.blurb.ca/my/book/detail/41...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

2013 EDU: LANGUAGE: ESL: Interview with a Virtlantean - Jeff

LANGUAGE:  Interview with a Virtlantean - Jeff
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Filmed, with permission, at Paradise Island, Virtlantis.
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Part of a series of interviews with ESL learners and activity organizers at Virtlantis, a free learning resource in Second Life®.   
The Learn English Network
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Music - Vanlig by Jahzzar - licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License. 
Source - Free Music Archive 
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Filmed as part of Machinevo 2013
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Virtlantis is closed to the public to keep out griefers.
To visit Virtlantis, contact: 
and ask for an invitation.  
(You can contact Kip inworld if you want -- just search for the name.)
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Friday, May 24, 2013

2013 BIZ: AGGREGATOR: Pet City. Dogs, Ponies, Cats, Tigers, Cougers, Breedables, etc.

Pet City.  Dogs, Ponies, Cats, 
Tigers, Cougers, Breedables, etc.
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Information center
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http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pets/229/80/37
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Wild and well-behaved
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Big Selection
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

2013 EDU: The Summer Games MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) theme is immersive environments

The Summer Games MOOC theme 
is immersive environments 
  • Mooc  (Massive Online Open Course)
  • MMORPG  (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game)

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by Kae Novak/Kavon Zenovka
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Come join us for the Summer Games MOOC 2013 offering! This will be the fourth offering of the Games Based Learning MOOC. Designed using the connectivism learning theory, the Games MOOC is a Massive Online Open Course focusing on game based learning in education. Since it's a connectivism MOOC, it will not look or behave like a MOOC from Coursera. Besides connectivism learning theory, this MOOC is informed by gaming guild culture and the gamer disposition. Please sign-up at this link.
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The Summer Games MOOC will be divided into two parts both of which will focus on immersive environments. Each part is designed to be a standalone MOOC, so feel free to sign-up for only one part or both. If you would like to take a look at the Games MOOC guild site and previous iterations please go to http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com/
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Part I will run from June 3 - June 24, 2013. Part I will focus on exploring collaboration, cross-functional teams and multi-player game based learning. We will take a close look at the features of multi-players games by going into MMORPGs (Massively Online Role-Playing Games) and also livestreaming from them. We will be exploring and even experiencing what makes these games so engaging. We will invite you in to  explore and play in MMORPGs. 
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Part II will run from July 7 - July 29, 2013. Part II will be a tour of online and immersive environments for learning. There will be an emphasis on you building your game based learning PLN (Personal Learning Network). We will visit multiple virtual learning environments, virtual worlds, sandbox games and MMORPGs.
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The Games MOOC is an open course for all educators. The model for participation is based on social network knowledge construction. Learners will be able to be active in the course in several ways from lurking (reading the discussions), to being engaged in game-play to actively creating content in the course with the MOOC designer and Advisory Group. We do understand that a participant’s level of activity may vary based on the individual’s interest in the weekly topics or other time commitments. So feel free to lurk! As one of our MOOC Advisory Board member says, "Lurk and Learn!"
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

2013 VIDEO: MUSIC: The Drax Files: World Makers [ Episode 5: Engrama]

The Drax Files: World Makers [ Episode 5: Engrama]
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"Who says what is real and what is not real?" asks Argentine post-rocker Pupito Helstein about his experience playing in Barcelona one night and in the virtual world of Second Life the next morning.-The music group Engrama, which he founded with his girlfriend (Spanish drummer Lakua Arriaga) has fans from all over the world thanks to the possibilities afforded by a persistent digital universe populated by colorful avatars.
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