Category: Challenges

The most meaningful challenges are the ones we choose ourselves. The iRez Challenge Hub features many ways to challenge yourself in the many places of the virtual century.

Side by side headshots of actor Valorie Curry and Playstation 3 / Quantic Dream character Kara
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Future Now: K A R A

SAN FRANCISCO, 7 March — Today at the Game Developers Conference, Quantic Dream’s David Cage unveiled their…

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30 July – Day 23

Yesterday the news reached us of the passing of Chris Marker, aged 91, considered one of the…

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29 July — Day 22

I’d say Alpha Auer is the most creative clothing designer in Second Life, she pushes the limits…

Title Frame from Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo's new film Sight. Image is of the title, "Sight" and a close up of a man's face, where his eyes seem to have some sort of "active architecture"
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Future Now: Sight

YOUR RETINA, 29 July — Yordie had such a wonderful time watching Bruce Branit’s 2008 World Builder,…

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28 July – Day 21

This picture was taken a while ago in Chouchou, in my opinion the coolest hangout spot in…

Poster art for iRez "Future Now Film Festival" with graphic type superimposed over a "technicolor" photograph of Xue Faith performing in VB34 Net / Work
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Future Now Film Festival!

IMPERIAL SENATE, GALACTIC CITY, CORUSCANT, 28 July — Darth Maul taps the microphone and says casually, “Is…

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27 July – Day 20

The place we went to this afternoon is so excitingly photogenic I had quite some trouble choosing…

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Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 3

This is part three in my Gimme Six series. Ok, I need to change my list a little bit. I…

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25 July – Day 19

A crashed sports car next to a carousel in the middle of the ruins of what looks…

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Why I Create

Why do I create? Because I’m compelled to. The unrelenting urge has been with me as far…

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24 July – Day 18

This is the “vintage village” of Verdigris. the main streets of which are mysteriously built on top…

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One Frame Storytelling: The tortured non-artist effect

There was a thread on Twitter yesterday about art being a natural human capability rather than the…

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23 July – Leo the Lion

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Vana Fur Fur – The 5th Earth Only in Second Life™…

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22 July – Day 17

This surreal post-apocalypse landscape is where you land if you teleport to the Tableau Vivant main store…

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21 July – Day 16

Today’s outstanding Second Life event was undoubtedly Vaneeesa’s “Pink & Blue” performance at Mikati Slade’s equally outstanding…

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20 July – Day 15

Today I’ll be cheating a bit and share a picture that was taken about a week ago….

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Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 2

This is the second part in my Gimme Six list: Role Play in Time A World of…

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Meditation on The Burning House Meme

The Burning House asks people: If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s…

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20 July – Happy Ramadan

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Second Life Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic Calendar…

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20 July – Day 14

This is a picture taken just before dinner, while anguishing over the thought “OMG, I still haven’t…

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The Facebook Says: Culture & Technology

SUBMERGED WITHIN THE ACOUSTIC TONES OF YOUR DIAL-UP INTERNET, 14 July — On Thursday I asked a…

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19 July – Day 13

Today’s picture is of an uneventful day (by Second Life standards…). At the “Kou!” sandbox (see my…

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18 July – Day 12

Although it doesn’t look like it, this picture was taken at a Second Life beach party some…

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17 July – Day 11

Last night we misbehaved a bit. Our comrade SaveMe Oh, who is the most (for lack of…

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17 July – Restless Heart

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: The Returning It’s no secret that I’m a huge Bollywood fan….

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16 July – Day 10

Meta_Body is a very interesting project by two Portuguese Second Life artists, Mello Minotaur and CapCat Ragu….

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15 July – Day 9

A while ago today we found our friend Eupalinos Ugajin blending in with a part of Lollito…

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July 14: Geisha Yordie

  Photo: Geisha Yordie Location: Japan Kansai, Second Life As an apprentice geisha, I received my training…

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14 July – Day 8

If there’s one location in Second Life that truly deserves the adjective “fantastic” it’s surely Omega Point,…

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When the going gets surreal . . .

  “Life: Surreal and Real” is the video version of two stories I wrote for Sunday’s Relay…