Robin Wood’s ↑cloth templates for “↑Second Life“ (SL) really are an ingenious gift for every wannabee clothes customizer. Still my project is to make a decent black suit for Fantomas, but it is always wise to start out humble. … Continue reading →
Well, allow me to say, that I knew it! There of course are people out there who push the appropriation of “↑Second Life“ (SL) beyond the customization possibilities provided by Linden Lab. Although SL lives from user created content, … Continue reading →
Are you aware what a cheap tuxedo I am wearing? If anybody knows if there are decent male suits with a flexible jacket anywhere around in “↑Second Life“ (SL), please let me know. I am willing to pay—as a … Continue reading →
The day before yesterday and during the following night I spent more than nine hours apiece in “↑Second Life“ (SL), the days before also long times, simultaneously working on the second screen. Now I have to recall my earlier … Continue reading →
Frankly, I do not really know the reasons. But since four months the visits on my weblog here are steadily increasing. The average number of unique visitors for this month today is 2300 (bots and access with special http-status [me] … Continue reading →
The manufacturer’s website offers a diagnostics tool, promising to have a look into the according hardware, detecting if more recent drivers are available and leading you through easy download and installation. All right, just for the fun of it, let’s … Continue reading →
More or less regularly my friend at Take2—who got me into all that—asks me what I am thinking about the consoles vs. personal computer issue. As someone interested in game modding and reworking, the strongest form of the appropriation of … Continue reading →
Just got an e-mail from my friend ↑Maurizio Teli, whom I learned to know ↑eastward in ↑Brno at ↑daylight. He presented a paper in the same workshop where I did, and I was completely blown away by his systematic and … Continue reading →
↑STOCKBURGER, AXEL. 2006. “↑The rendered arena: Modalities of space in video and computer games“. London: University of the Arts. Available online [.pdf | 3.7MB]: http://www.stockburger.co.uk/research/abstract.html abstract: During the last 30 years computer and videogames have grown into a large entertainment … Continue reading →