Archive for November, 2008

The Most Traveled Penguin in Second Life Japanese Machinima Video

The Most Traveled Penguin in Second Life Japanese Machinima Video. This video has Japanese captions but the best I can make out is a penguin travels long and far for Christmas. This is the most traveled penguin in all of Second Life. I love the little reindeer hat.
At the end [...]

In Honor of the Upcoming Star Trek Movie: Second Life Star Trek Machinima

The new Star Trek movie should be coming out soon. This is a really cool Star Trek Machinima made in Second Life. The bridge of the Enterprise looks great as do the avatars uniforms and even the controls and screens are active. YOu also see the outside of the classic Enterprise, several [...]

Secondlife - Aquarium of Genova

The Secondlife - Aquarium of Genova is almost as good as visiting the real life Aquarium of Genova. The aquarium features over seventy one tanks containing eight hundred species and ten thousand specimens. Check out the walrus, penguins, sea creatures, jelly fish, sharks, dolphins, octopus, and more.

Related PostsSecond Life AquariumGo visit the [...]

Ten Reasons Why Second Life is Better than World of Warcraft

IT Pro recently wrote about the Ten reasons why World of Warcraft is better than Second Life by Asavin Wattanajantra. He did a pretty good job but I am going to disagree and offer up the:
Ten Reasons Why Second Life is Better than World of Warcraft
1. Play for Free
Unlike WoW Second Life gives [...]

Machinima: Secret Agent Green Parakeet Man

Lol this is really funny. AS best I can tell this is a Machinima: Secret Agent Green Parakeet Man. The lighting, music, scenary, and actin combine for a really funny overall scene. Here is the video:

It was created by TRAUM in Second Life and features Sweet Privet Glubsch jumping around [...]

The Best Thing About Second Life: You Can Drive Your Car Off Road Anywhere

The best thing about Second Life is that you can drive your car off road anywhere that you want to go. Want to drive straight up a mountain? No problem. Drive your car under water? Do it. Take a huge jump off a cliff and keep driving down a beach? [...]

Video Actual Students Get Introduced to Teen Second Life in the Classroom

Watch the below videos of actual students getting introduced to Teen Second Life. This is done in a formal education classroom format and is a great experience and one that I hope other teachers will learn from and follow with their students in a similar lesson plan.
This is a great learning experience and a [...]

Machinima Video Tips: Stacking Gestures and other Second Life Speech and Voice Gestures and Scripting Tutorials

Machinima Video Tip: Stacking Gestures on One Quick Key in Second Life

In this video “Did you know?” top from Debbie Rau we see how it is possible to stack different gestures in a single quick key in Second Life for more accurate and realistic gestures and emotions. This is a very helpful tip [...]

Machinima Video on Self Image Body Image Discrimination in Second Life

This is a very interesting machinima video in Second Life that comments on the self image of many avatars in the virtual world and the discrimination and vanity that focuses on body image.
I find this a fascinating subject and a very relevant and current issue for virtual worlds.
 
 
Check it out.
It is [...]

Improving Premium Accounts in Second Life

How would you improve premium subscription accounts in Second Life? Tom Hale new Chief Product Officer wants to know. You can comment in the forums and yes you have to login with your Second Life user id to comment.
Why is Linden Labs asking about improving premium accounts?
Well as [...]