Second Life Machinima: Mac VS PC

March 2nd, 2010  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

Draxtor faced a terrible dilemma recently: which machine to purchase for his machinima work! A lifetime fan of Macintosh he bit the bullet and is now using Windows XP running in Bootcamp. It did help that a well-known computer dude on his visit to Second Life offered Draxtor friendship and some good advice!

Second Life Machinima: Draxter Despres Features Second Life Nonprofit Commons

February 4th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

About TechSoup’s Nonprofits In Second Life, Nonprofit Commons project. Learn more about how nonprofits are making a real-world difference through virtual world work. About Draxtor Despres Bernhard Drax writes music for TV, commercials and feature film. His orchestral score for the Disney romantic comedy “Sommer” gained critical acclaim in Germany as the film remained among […]

Second Life Machinima: Draxtor Despres SL as a Green Workplace

January 6th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

At a recent panel discussion in Second Life, hosted by the US Department of State, experts from industry and the non-profit world pondered some fairly topical questions: to tele-commute OR not to tele-commute? Are 3D worlds a good place to do serious work? Are Avatars with yellow faces a provocation for management? Draxtor Despres was […]

Second Life Machinima: SL Super Bowl Doritos Machinima Contestant

December 1st, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

Machinima by Silver and Goldie entered the 2010 Doritos® Crash the Super Bowl contest with a :30 commercial spot filmed entirely within the Second Life® virtual world. “This is one more example of how enterprises can use Second Life,” said producer Beverly Lang, known in Second Life as Goldie Goodman.

Second Life Machinima: Draxtor Despres Features US State Department and Cross Cultural Collaboration in SL

November 3rd, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

Leading architects from the US, New Zealand and Egypt discussed what President Obama promised in his Cairo speech: an online network, facilitating collaboration across geographic and cultural boundaries. Hey, isn’t that what SL has been for many of us for these past few years already? Draxtor Despres looked into the matter.

Second Life Machinima: Draxtor Despres Presents BAVC Producer Gita Pullapilly

October 28th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

In his latest series about the BAVC, Draxtor Despres talks to Gita Pullapilly. The movie “The Way We Get By”  presents an intimate portrait of a group of senior citizens in Bangor Maine, who dedicate their lives to greet homecoming troops. Draxtor welcomes producer Gita Pullapilly to the virtual BAVC studio. Every year, SF based […]

Second Life Machinima Video Report: Draxtor Despres Interviews Lynette Wallworth of the Bay Area Video Coalition

July 7th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

Australian artist Lynette Wallworth was a mentor at the Producer Institute this year at BAVC in San Francisco. Her installations utilize technology to amplify and celebrate the human spirit. During the course of these intense 10 days, she engaged with filmmakers and technologists in fruitful collaboration and she entered Second Life for the first time.  […]

Second Life Machinima Video Report: Draxtor Despres Interviews Wendy Levy of the Bay Area Video Coalition

June 9th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

Wendy Levy from the San Francisco based Bay Area Video Coalition ( BAVC) is at the helm of the annual Producer’s Institute, which brings filmmakers together with technologists to develop new media strategies for their projects. Centered around social and human rights issues, the film projects touch on subjects from health-care crises to sex trafficking.  […]

Second Life Machinima Video Report: Draxtor Features MacArthur Foundation’s SL Island

June 3rd, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton takes you on a tour of MacArthur Island in the virtual world Second Life, providing a brief overview of the Foundation’s work.

Second Life Machinima Video Report: Draxtor Despres Examines RL Relationships in SL

May 19th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports

Draxtor interviews Dareth Denimore, a sociology student at Cambridge University in the UK. Dareth just completed a survey on relationships in SL and, in the process, talked to over 200 avatars about their habits when it comes to relationships and virtual relations.