Category: Virtual Worlds
Geography has always influenced identity. In the virtual century we have many worlds and many ways of being and experiencing. The iRez Worlds Hub has a portal for each world that one or more of our authors has chosen to explore and talk about.
Own It (Consciousness)
Neo touching the bullet with his fingers, and processing the experience with his eyes, gives rise to a form of consciousness that may be the key to creating haptic experiences in virtual worlds.
Alice in Cornelland
[dropcap]Once[/dropcap] upon a time there was a young girl who lived on Utopia Parkway in Flushing, New…
Dear Miso
TO: Miso Susanowa, Artist FROM: Xue Faith, Host of Haiku Speedbuild, effective 1 March ’13 RE:…
Haiku Speedbuild & Giovanna Cerise
TO: Giovanna Cerise, Artist, LEA14 FROM: Xue Faith, Host of Haiku Speedbuild, effective 1 March ’13…
Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (2)
I’m not sure if you remember, but aaages ago, when the year was still called 2012 and…
Haiku Speedbuild & Builders Brewery
TO: Sensuous Maximus & Supremius Maximus, Founders, Builders Brewery Robin Kierstrider, General Manager, Builders Brewery DeAnn Dufaux,…
Strawberry Singh Gift Certificates
Know what they call virtual photographer Strawberry Singh in the hallways of Linden Lab in San Francisco,…
Woosh woosh zoom
If woosh woosh zoom is the sound of a lightsaber, then woosh woosh is what you see…
Demo`s are forever.
I love boxing. Demo-boxing! Here I am wearing a lovely demo hair, really cool muscle demo skin,…
Haiku Speedbuild: Shadowing Special
Haiku Speedbuild Last week I had the privilege of shadowing Special Jewell as she hosted the…
Counterfeit World of Warcraft Theme Park!?
Wait, wut? A counterfeit WoW theme park opened in China 18 months ago?! How am I only…
Fuschia Nightfire Art Opening
Winter Outlined Gallery Graine’s Sculpture Garden is proud to announce the grand opening of Winter Outlined…
Haiku Speedbuild
Special Jewell has been the host of Haiku Speedbuild for twice as long as I’ve been a…
My Interview With A Vampire
You don’t have to look too far to notice that Second Life has a highly evolved realm…
The End of Second Life
The End of Second Life I hear you, “Not again!” But this time it’s real. I…
It’s LOTRO Spice!
Perhaps you remember how I posted a happy Ravanel on my Tower of Orthanc deed steed, Ironhoof,…
BURN2 The Burning Man Burns!
Yesterday, November 3rd, the pyro-technitians of Second Life’s BURN2 set The Man ablaze, signalling the close of…
Virtual Halloween!
If virtual world Second Life was a country, and some of us think it is, then Halloween…
BURN2 Is About Fire!
This morning the BURN2 news is, BURN2 is being extended for a 2nd week. It will be…
BURN2 Becoming A Burner
Between Sunday and Monday I spent a lot of time in Second Life’s Burning Man called BURN2….
BURN2 Official Opening
Saturday, October 20th, was the official opening for BURN2 2012. Yesterday I wrote about the history of “Burning…
BURN2 "Welcome Home"
Virtual world Second Life will be home to “BURN2 2012” this week. It begins today, Saturday, October 20th and…
Politician gone rogue?
Reblog from I Have Touched the Sky: Not the Girl the ESRB Warned You About: Last…
Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (1)
Yordie’s excellent posts about Becoming Someone Else reminded me of my duty to write part 2 of…
Fifty shades of Halloween
Halloween! When corporate business encourages girls and women to celebrate our inner sluts. Yay! Just what we…
A Spree of Violence
One consistent part of gaming worlds as opposed to open platforms such as Second Life is violence,…
Their world, their imagination – the second life of Linden Labs
Isn’t the new theme for I Rez looking great? It’s cleaner, feels more up to date, and…
On dogs and gardeners
We’ve all heard the Serenity Prayer at one time or another: God, grant me the serenity to…
Untitled by Gracie Kendal (an article about the artistic process…kinda)
I think I just realized why so many artists don’t title their work. It’s damn hard!! I…
