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 22 Comments on A Conversation with Ze Moo
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A Conversation with Ze Moo

You know, I had developed some alts, and then they met people who really loved those (pretty one dimensional) characters, and then I came out (sort of) and donated the alt account to them, and they are living it further. It’s maybe a bit like having a kid, and then letting it go.

Exterior of a porch area in front of a brick building on the Goatswood sim in the virtual world of Second Life
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 12
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 12

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/11/chapter-11-the-barn/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 11: The Barn[/button] [caption id="attachment_18529" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Observer[/caption] Chapter 12....

dark scene inside a barn with a large chow standing in the middle of a dirt floor
 3 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 11
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 11

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/10/chapter-10-the-church/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 10: The Church[/button] [caption id="attachment_18479" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Barn[/caption] Chapter 11....

High angle interior view of a church. Camera looks down on a tile floor as our view is surrounded by three large stone arches
 3 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 10
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 10

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/09/it-takes-a-village-chapter-9/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 9: The Priory Ruins[/button] [caption id="attachment_18359" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Church[/caption] Chapter...

an ancient road with a stone wall to the right and an archway just up ahead
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 9
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 9

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/08/it-takes-a-village-chapter-8/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 8: The Market Square[/button] [caption id="attachment_18337" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Priory Ruins[/caption]...

low aerial image of a town square showing simple buildings on either side and a gazebo-like structure in the center
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 8
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 8

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/07/it-takes-a-village-chapter-7/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 7: The Indian Pavilion[/button] [caption id="attachment_18309" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Market Square[/caption]...

Picture of an austere, stone building.
 3 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 7
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 7

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/06/it-takes-a-village-chapter-6/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 6: The Gypsy Camp[/button] [caption id="attachment_18268" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Indian Pavilion[/caption]...

A medieval or Victorian era clearing near the outskirts of a town, and two Gypsy wagons, mobile homes of the day, parked for the evening
 9 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 6
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 6

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/05/it-takes-a-village-chapter-5/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 5: The Manor[/button] [caption id="attachment_18202" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Gypsy Camp[/caption] Chapter...

Goatswood
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 5
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 5

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/04/it-takes-a-village-chapter-4/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 4: The Mill[/button] [caption id="attachment_18118" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Manor[/caption] Chapter 5....

steep up-looking angle on a classic Dutch-looking windmill in the Goatswood sim of Second Life
 4 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 4
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 4

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/03/it-takes-a-village-chapter-3/” color=”black”]< Chapter 3: The Hot Air Balloon[/button] [caption id="attachment_18017" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Mill[/caption] Chapter...

Warm-toned, almost sepia in desaturation, image of a hot air balloon in a town square
 8 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 3
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 3

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/02/it-takes-a-village-chapter-2/” color=”black”]< Chapter 2: The Inn[/button] [caption id="attachment_17997" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Hot Air Balloon[/caption] Chapter...

Virtual world image of an Inn perhaps from Victorian times. The setting of Chapter 2 of It Takes a Village
 8 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 2
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 2

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/01/it-takes-a-village-chapter-1/” color=”black”]< Chapter 1: The Train Station[/button] [caption id="attachment_17986" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Inn[/caption] Chapter 2....

The Train Station from Lizzie Gudkov's fictional or "metafictional" story set in the virtual environment of Goatswood itself in the virtual world of second life
 6 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 1
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 1

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/05/29/a-new-story-for-avatar-blogger-month/” color=”black” class=”alignleft”]< Introduction[/button] [caption id="attachment_17953" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Train Station[/caption] Chapter 1. The Train...

 8 Comments on A New Story for Avatar Blogger Month!
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A New Story for Avatar Blogger Month!

Introduction After a breathing spell of about a month, I am back with a new story, this…

 7 Comments on The Piano Player – Part II/II
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The Piano Player – Part II/II

A week, only a week until that day when he lost her… He was used to the…

 2 Comments on The Piano Player – Part I/II
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The Piano Player – Part I/II

The piano player sat at the edge of the cliff. Beside him, the unused telescope monitored the…

Second Life Photographer Yordie Sands
 7 Comments on Women Adventurers
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Women Adventurers

Last week I rented a store in the town center on Marblehead in Second Life New England….

Animal Parade showing a horse, an eagle, and a number of other animal species superimposed over a background of the Australia (Sydney) region of Second Life
 11 Comments on Previz #70 – Animal Parade
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Previz #70 – Animal Parade

  Our new dramaturge, Trill Zapatero was so inspired by VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, that she…

 8 Comments on Exploring Second Life Families – Part 1
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Exploring Second Life Families – Part 1

Some visitors to this blog may know that I was recently the maid of honour at my…

 6 Comments on Pride & Prejudice, Dissertation Remix
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Pride & Prejudice, Dissertation Remix

Given our discussion yesterday on stereotypes and prejudices in SL and other virtual worlds, I thought I’d…

 3 Comments on Persuasion
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Persuasion

Kat just wrote a great post about body identity and stereotypes amongst avatars in SL. It’s funny….

 5 Comments on Pride & Prejudice
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Pride & Prejudice

Reading Ravanel’s fantastic article on identity in online gaming environments reminded of my initial shock at the…

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The Monster Within

I don’t think that I would be exaggerating if I said that I’ve always loved to write….

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Team Paglia

Kris’s inclusion of a quote by Naomi Wolf in her last post (see “This is my body!”)…

 3 Comments on What Would Cindy Sherman Do?
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What Would Cindy Sherman Do?

While I have been focusing on Marcel Duchamp and/or Rrose Selavy for the last couple of days…

 4 Comments on The Identity Factory
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The Identity Factory

In the wake of all these great posts on identity in virtual worlds (and RL – thanks,…

 6 Comments on Beauty is the Beast
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Beauty is the Beast

For the past couple of days, I’ve been dissecting/overanalyzing/pondering Kris’ performance/post “The Bald and the Beautiful.” What…

 3 Comments on This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: Vanessa
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This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: Vanessa

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSSETS, 7 June — Writer, blogger, wife, mother, feminist, and founder of The Mamafesto blog, Avital…

 6 Comments on Transworld Syndrome
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Transworld Syndrome

  This is a strange little contemplation on virtual identity in the form of a conversation between…

 0 Comment on Are we “Alone Together” in WoW? – Solo Play pt. 10
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Are we “Alone Together” in WoW? – Solo Play pt. 10

Part Ten! In Ironyca’s epic consideration of “solo play” in a massively multiplayer world. Lots of insights…