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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
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Sponsored by:  By Aleks Krotoski
I've avoided writing about Secondfest, last weekend's 3-day music festival in virtual world Second Life, here on the gamesblog because I knew the reaction of this community would be negative. However, that's where I've been for the past week. So if you are interested in this ground-breaking event, where over 30 bands performed to over 15,000 people, you can read what I wrote about it on the Music Blog. You can also see photos on MySpace and check out the iterant life-blogging on Twitter. Hearty congratulations to everyone who took part, including The Guardian, Intel, Rivers Run Red and in-world music promoter Slim Warrior. The virtual site was jam-packed for the three days (I missed Pet Shop Boys because the servers were too full), and apart from the anticipated difficulties with the technological limitations of the application, the whole thing was a great success. READ IT ALL HERE: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games...
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
Melbourne-based Second Life Cable Network (SLCN) covers yet another blockbuster movie event from inside Second Life.
Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) June 27, 2007 -- Melbourne-based Second Life Cable Network (SLCN) covers yet another blockbuster movie event from inside Second Life. SLCN was chosen as the exclusive live broadcaster of the virtual Q&A session launching the highly anticipated Paramount film Transformers.
Second Life is the 3D virtual world created by Linden Laboratories of San Francisco, where people represent themselves as avatars.
These events are making history, bringing fans from all over the world together to talk live with high-profile moviemakers and cast members. SLCN is dedicated to making sure the whole world, not just Second Life residents, can watch. Our live coverage was featured by Yahoo!, MSN and several international portals.
Gary Wisniewski, Second Life Cable Network CEO said "These events are making history, bringing fans from all over the world together to talk live with high-profile moviemakers and cast members. SLCN is dedicated to making sure the whole world, not just Second Life residents, can watch. Our live coverage was featured by Yahoo!, MSN and several international portals."
The media event took place on June 22nd at 9:00 am PDT and featured the film's director Michael Bay, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura as well as starring cast members. An archive replay is available from the SLCN.TV website at http://www.slcn.tv/
READ IT ALL HERE:
http://prweb.com...
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
By Brandon Keim
Listen up, amateur Egyptologists and would-be Indiana Joneses: thanks to the Giza Archives Project, all you need to explore the Great Pyramids is a computer and a comfortable chair!
The Giza Archives Project, established by Boston's Museum of Fine Arts in January 2005, aims to become the world's central online repository for all archaeological activity at the necropolis, beginning with the major 20th-century excavations that were jointly funded by the museum and Harvard University. [...]
READ IT ALL HERE:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience...
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
PARIS, — Critics may fume about violent killer video games, but top manufacturers are starting to beat some of their swords into beauty tips.
My Word Coach is a video game meant to improve vocabularies.
By fall, software developers will start introducing offerings aimed at nudging players to bond with Grandma, balance their hormones and eat their peas.
Ubisoft, the French manufacturer known for its top-selling Rayman game and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, is betting on a vocabulary-building exercise game called My Word Coach.
Also in the works is My Life Coach, which will be packaged with a pedometer and a portable Nintendo DS player that analyzes walking and rewards exercise and a hearty breakfast with game play.
Konami, the Japanese manufacturer of rough-and-tumble sports titles like Pro Evolution Soccer, is poised to offer a beauty care guide on DS consoles. The game player dispenses customized advice based on the player’s basal body temperature and hormone balance.
Those steps reflect an intensifying effort to attract a global mass market for portable video games, which are expected to hit $10 billion in sales this year, according to DFC Intelligence, a game research company in San Diego.
READ IT ALL HERE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/18/technology/18games.html?th&emc=th...
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
By Mike Shields
Mimicking the popular Today show summer concert series, which takes place in real life on Rockefeller plaza in New York, NBC Universal will launch a series of concerts in the increasingly popular virtual world Second Life.
READ IT ALL AT:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news...
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Wednesday, 06 June 2007 |
By Ryan C.
I'll give props to NXNE and the bands playing at C'est what on June 7 for trying something new, even if I refuse to endorse it, as a Torontoite who's attending NXNE. The show is going to be 'simulcast' in the world's most glorified chat avatar system, Second Life.
What does this mean for anyone with an NXNE wristband and an interest in Uncle Seth, grand:pm, Valery Gore and/or Nadine Medawar? It means P. Diddy Squat.
READ IT ALL AT:
http://blogto.com/music...
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