Well it’s been a while since I found time to post something new. I’ve recently joined the Second Life Educational Community and found it incredibly absorbing. This community is incredibly vibrant, and like the rest of Second Life it is growing at a rapid rate. When I say growing I’m referring to the population – […]
Well, I’m back in Perth after delivering my keynote at the Drama Australia “Turning the Tides” conference. I was presenting on Monday morning and was first up – there were quite a few latecomers as the conference dinner was held on the Sunday evening. My topic was This drama is pwned: 1337 drama – a […]
As I’ve been dipping into YouTube lately – I had encountered this account – “Lonelygirl15” was showing in all the most viewed listings as well as viewer favourites. It seems now that she is a fiction and the whole thing has been a marketing plan to develop interest in a new approach to interactive storytelling […]
Linden Labs have just announced in a security bulletin that their databases have been compromised. Detailed investigation over the last two days confirmed that some of the unencrypted customer information stored in the database was compromised, potentially including Second Life account names, real life names and contact information, along with encrypted account passwords and encrypted […]
Not to be confused with the new Web 2.0 tool Innertoobâ„¢ – but exciting nonetheless – CBS has launched Innertube. Innertube is a new streaming video service – and several of the networks major primetime programs will be streamed live. There is also a good selection of play-on-demand videos that go behind the scenes on […]
Well, its about time… Some online video games found to promote ‘sociability,’ researchers say The researchers, Constance Steinkuehler and Dmitri Williams, claim that MMOs function not like solitary dungeon cells, but more like virtual coffee shops or pubs where something called “social bridging” takes place. Blogged with Flock
An ambitious project is being undertaken by Gavan Woolery – to create Genesis… Genesis is the game that creates itself. The actions of the users reshape living conditions, political structures, economies, ecosystems, and all other aspects of the world. Storylines emerge naturally, the same way that they do in real life. Content in Genesis is […]
Ian Bogost over at Water Cooler Games discusses the release of a game based on the Paris riots. He refers to an emerging genre, “documentary games†and leads us to discover a few we may not have encountered previously. I’ve been increasingly interested in so-called documentary games (or docu-games), such as JFK Reloaded and Escape […]
There is quite a flurry of discussion on US bloggging and eductaion sites about the passing of the DOPA – Deleting Online Predators Act. I suspect it is a case of well-intentioned ignoramuses making policy that throws the baby out with the bath water. We all know the benefits of engaging students through online interaction. […]
From Christy Dena over at Writing About Virtual Words at WRT: Writer Response Theory we learn that: SLATE Magazine (Second Life Arts & Total Entertainment Magazine) is a new Second Life magazine that covers the arts in SL. There are 14 authors in the collective so far and we’re a mixed bunch of artists, academics, […]