Process and Property
This term I have been teaching for the first time, and there were two things that I wanted to get across. One is the immense… Read More »Process and Property
Virtual Life & Identity
Are the limits on machinima relevant today?
Linden Lab has long granted licenses to Second Life residents for the taking of snapshots and machinima, reflecting how Second Life was established as a… Read More »Are the limits on machinima relevant today?
VR spaces and ‘being yourself’
‘Be yourself in VR’: but you’re never alone in the new Facebook Spaces Facebook clearly would not want you to be anything else, as their… Read More »VR spaces and ‘being yourself’
Behind ‘Falling Between Worlds’
This post about Falling Between Worlds has been long in the making. I have been doing a full write-up of my thought processes and the… Read More »Behind ‘Falling Between Worlds’
Gender swapping – comfortable in your virtual body?
I write a post about gender fairly regularly1 and as there’s some interesting new research around, I thought I’d return to the subject. But first… Read More »Gender swapping – comfortable in your virtual body?
Farewell old tech
Does anyone else get a tinge of sadness when old tech goes? Today I ordered a set of components to replace the core of the… Read More »Farewell old tech
Meet me at Molly’s
A month has slipped by since my last blog post. I’ve been busy in rl, with interviews (fruitless – finding the hole in someone’s project… Read More »Meet me at Molly’s
The Colouring of Snow
This year does seem to mark a change in emphasis in my work. I’ve now completed fifteen machinima since May of last year. None are… Read More »The Colouring of Snow
Furillen: ‘The Constant Falling’
At the end of the last week, an idea came together for another machinima, this time located in Furillen in Second Life. A bleak, open… Read More »Furillen: ‘The Constant Falling’
Persistence and Permanence in Virtual Worlds
In the flush of youth, mortality seems so far away, irrelevant even. Technology is like that too. We dig into programs seeing what they will… Read More »Persistence and Permanence in Virtual Worlds