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So I hope you had an opportunity to read Felipe G. Gil about the Transmedia Generation. Stephen Downes points in his excellent OLDaily newsletter to a post on Mashable about yet another…

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By rolandlegrand | April 1, 2010 - 2:09 am |April 1, 2010 Uncategorized

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What do we learn from Lady Gaga?

Second Life launches several initiatives to retain more first-time users. Special islands are newly designed so that new users can learn the basic skills in about ten minutes and they are…

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By rolandlegrand | April 1, 2010 - 12:25 am |April 1, 2010 Uncategorized

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Second Life gears up to attract/retain new users

via henryjenkins.org A very insightful, concrete, post by Henry Jenkins about the ways in which the new generations use, adapt and mix media. Lots of questions can be…

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By rolandlegrand | March 31, 2010 - 8:53 pm |March 31, 2010 Uncategorized

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Transmedia Generation

via henryjenkins.org A very insightful, concrete, post by Henry Jenkins about the ways in which the new generations use, adapt and mix media. Lots of questions can be…

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By rolandlegrand | March 31, 2010 - 8:53 pm |March 31, 2010 Uncategorized

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Transmedia Generation

I found this trailer in a buzz from Fleep Tuque, about a new game: EVOKE trailer (a new online game) from Alchemy on Vimeo. The games seems to use a combination of…

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By rolandlegrand | March 4, 2010 - 1:48 pm |March 4, 2010 Uncategorized

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Changing the world by playing which games?

I found this trailer in a buzz from Fleep Tuque, about a new game: EVOKE trailer (a new online game) from Alchemy on Vimeo. The games seems to use a combination of…

By rolandlegrand | March 4, 2010 - 1:48 pm |March 4, 2010 Uncategorized

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Changing the world by playing which games?

I confess: I’m rather clumsy building stuff in Second Life. I’m a blogger and love discussion groups and talk shows, but I’m not a builder – I simply feel I lack time and probably talent to…

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By rolandlegrand | March 3, 2010 - 1:31 pm |March 3, 2010 Uncategorized

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Use cases for integrating web content in Second Life

I’ve never been to There.com, and it seems I never will go there, because this virtual environment is closing down. Daniel Terdiman on CNet describes the world as follows:

The service, which…

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By rolandlegrand | March 3, 2010 - 5:16 am |March 3, 2010 Uncategorized

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Did anyone archive all that fast disappearing virtual world content?

I just attended a discussion session of We Are the Network in Second Life about the incorporation of game-like elements in educational settings. Game elements can stimulate not only…

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By rolandlegrand | March 3, 2010 - 1:30 am |March 3, 2010 Uncategorized

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Reading: Toward a Ludic Architecture

via venturebeat.com One of the fun aspects of conferences in virtual environments is that you can easily look at the profiles of the other participants, just by…

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By rolandlegrand | March 3, 2010 - 1:30 am |March 3, 2010 Uncategorized

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