Tag Archives: WYB

Where Have You Been? S06E01 – Mulafell

Posted on by

Wel­come to Where Have You Been Sea­son Six! This episode will be broad­cast  at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days from June 10th.

We won’t spend a lot of pre­cious time mar­veling at the won­der of the sixth year of us doing this togeth­er, for our Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio lis­ten­ers. Even after all this time, there’s still so much to explore on the Sec­ond Life Grid. That’s the best part of it. So let’s dig in!

We’re begin­ning this new sea­son with a des­ti­na­tion that com­bines a lot of dif­fer­ent appeal­ing ele­ments: explo­ration, cosy nich­es to linger in, and sub­tle nods to var­i­ous ele­ments of fan­ta­sy and fic­tion. We are vis­it­ing Mulafell, the cap­i­tal of the four-region Mulashire. The McGre­gor-Mid­night Fam­i­ly gen­er­ous­ly make their lands avail­able to res­i­dents, includ­ing the regions Mulaness, Mula­hope, and Mula­rune.

There are many love­ly cel­e­bra­tions of Mid­dle Earth in Sec­ond Life. Lovers of the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien can cer­tain­ly find plen­ty of places to appeal to their inner Elf or Hob­bit. But Mulafell has a great deal more than just that, includ­ing a train and boat rides. The cre­ators have done a ter­rif­ic job of cre­at­ing visu­al car­rots to fol­low, always lead­ing you to more. It is a delight­ful des­ti­na­tion to explore either on your own or with a friend.

Region: Mulafell, Cap­i­tal of Mulashire (Mod­er­ate)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mulafell/185/199/22
Own­er: The McGre­gor-Mid­night Fam­i­ly

Where Have You Been? S05E09 – FlygearZ: A Winter Waltz

Posted on by

Whether des­ti­na­tions specif­i­cal­ly reflect any of the Decem­ber hol­i­days, or just the breath­tak­ing glo­ries of the snowy sea­son, there’s no doubt there are many, many beau­ti­ful regions to be dis­cov­ered and explored at this time of year — it made it real­ly dif­fi­cult to pick one to fea­ture.

So, as we often sug­gest, when look­ing for places to explore across the Sec­ond Life grid, first lis­ten to us….  (laughs) Then, check out the Sec­ond Life Des­ti­na­tion Guide.

Fly­GearZ pro­duces, among oth­er things, curat­ed dance events. They are more than your aver­age dance par­ty —  what Jen­na Dirval puts togeth­er is some­thing more. She applies her First World knowl­edge of dance and her love of explor­ing musi­cal gen­res to con­struct shows that are mem­o­rable events. Fly­GearZ have been wild­ly pop­u­lar at Calas Gal­ad­hon, among oth­er places.

Con­tin­ue read­ing→

Where Have You Been? S05E08 – A Museum to Get Lost In: The Vordun

Posted on by

Even nine years ago when it opened, the Vor­dun Muse­um & Gallery was impres­sive — lots of Euro­pean art­works cel­e­brat­ed in the style of the great muse­ums of the world, and it even then had a touch of the inno­v­a­tive using some then-just-emer­gent media and expe­ri­ence tools to enhance resident’s vis­its. Back then it was on a sub-par­cel of the Fan­cy Decor store region, of which Jake Vor­dun is also the cre­ator.

It’s cer­tain­ly grown since then. The Vor­dun Muse­um & Gallery now fills its own region. And tru­ly, it fills it. Not only are there works by Reynolds, Rubens, Gains­bor­ough and a host of lumi­nar­ies from through­out art his­to­ry, but there are gal­leries fea­tur­ing spe­cif­ic exhi­bi­tions — ten in all! The pas­sion of its cre­ator for art, for mod­ern muse­um cura­tion, and for the expe­ri­ence of vis­it­ing a world class muse­um is clear. It begins even before you enter, with the sit­ing of the Muse­um on a rise with its stair­case con­course, its water fea­tures and sculp­tures.

The Vor­dun offers some unique expe­ri­ences to com­ple­ment the works and themes fea­tured. The exhib­it “Musi­ca Anti­qua”, for exam­ple, focus­es on ear­ly music in art and instru­ments. Both audio and video sup­port are pro­vid­ed to enhance the expe­ri­ence. In the gallery fea­tur­ing “Alle­gories of Artemisia” a series of vibrant­ly col­ored rooms take the vis­i­tor on a jour­ney through the work of Ital­ian Baroque artist Artemisia Gen­tileschi, draw­ing par­al­lels between the sub­jects of the artist’s work and major events in their life. “Proverbs of the Low Coun­tries” explores Peter Bruegel the Elder’s 1559 oil “The Blue Cloak” or “Nether­lan­dish Proverbs.” The paint­ing fea­tures 110 prover­bial phras­es, some of which might be famil­iar to you, such as “armed to the teeth” or “belling the cat.” When you accept the muse­um expe­ri­ence, a HUD will appear on your view­er screen and allow you to nav­i­gate close-up through each of the proverbs depict­ed in the work.

Vis­it­ing The Vor­dun real­ly feels like you are vis­it­ing one of the great hous­es of West­ern art in Lon­don, Paris, Rome, Vien­na or New York.

This episode airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days through the end of Novem­ber.

Region: The Vor­dun Muse­um & Gallery  – Mod­er­ate
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vordun/155/252/26

Own­er: Jake Vor­dun

Where Have You Been? S05E07: The Big Halloween Episode

Posted on by

It’s Octo­ber, and it’s the high spook­able sea­son. We are elat­ed and exhaust­ed already, and there’s still a lot of month to go for Hal­lowe’en in Sec­ond Life.

Octo­ber is a big month in Sec­ond Life. So much so that a lot of this year’s sea­son­al offer­ings opened in Sep­tem­ber. And there’s no doubt that it’s not just you, or your near­est friends who “go big” for the Sea­son. The All Hal­lows Hol­i­day has many, many avid fans and prac­ti­tion­ers in Sec­ond Life. If you are look­ing for spooky haunts, sin­is­ter asy­lums, or ghost­ly forests, you shall cer­tain­ly find them!

In this episode we dis­cuss some of the loca­tions we enjoyed most, and where to find more. We don’t just choose any cob-web strewn loca­tion — we tend to look for places that are unique, or that reflect com­mu­ni­ty. And we’ve lined up all the haunt­ed hous­es, creepy car­ni­vals, butchered and blood­let­ting asy­lums, mys­te­ri­ous forests warn­ing you to enter only if you dare and strong­ly sug­gest­ing that you turn back NOW – to please almost any res­i­dent. They run the gamut from the Sec­ond Life equiv­a­lent of a Mom & Pop road­side attrac­tion, where res­i­dents put out their favorite hol­i­day décor and proud­ly declare “BOO to You!” to more exten­sive and sophis­ti­cat­ed locales.

The episode airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days through the end of Octo­ber.

Here are some of the key loca­tions in this episode:

Crit­ter­flop Hal­low­pop
Region: alpha­tribe island  – Mod­er­ate
Own­er: Alpha Auer

The Bewitched For­est
Region: Hazy Cove  – Mod­er­ate
Own­er: Aislen Athe­ria and Kuva Nishi.

Sec­ond Life Des­ti­na­tion Guide

Sec­ond Haunts

Free­bird Trick or Treat

Where Have You Been: S05E06 — Bryggen

Posted on by

In this episode, we are head­ing some­where that is both old and new with­in a long stand­ing des­ti­na­tion estate on the Blake Sea in Sec­ond Life — Sec­ond Nor­way, and par­tic­u­lar the region Bryggen. As with many places in the Blake Sea, there is a real world Bryggen. It is a his­toric har­bour dis­trict in Bergen, one of North Europe’s old­est port cities on the west coast of Nor­way.

The Sec­ond Life Bryggen has lots of appeal for your grid-explor­ing plea­sure. In their own words, it is “an open, lay­ered, and autonomous city. It thrives on diver­si­ty and ini­tia­tive, every role con­tributes to the city’s rich iden­ti­ty.”

Bryggen also pro­vides Role­play oppor­tu­ni­ties, but as an inte­grat­ed ele­ment of Sec­ond Nor­way, it is acces­si­ble via the estate rail­road, and by water, open­ing it up to a lot of pos­si­bil­i­ties, not just RP.  Bryggen could also have oppor­tu­ni­ties for pho­tog­ra­phers and image mak­ers. Also, it might be a des­ti­na­tion for you sailors to swing by as you explore that part of the Blake Sea.

This episode airs on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific dur­ing Sep­tem­ber.

S05E06 – Bryggen

Region: Bryggen – Mod­er­ate

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bryggen/123/103/24

Own­er: Group Owned — Sec­ond Nor­way

 

Where Have You Been? S05E02 — Raglan Shire Art Walk

Posted on by

In the sec­ond pro­gramme of our new sea­son, we pay a vis­it to an event that, while quite well-known, is deserv­ing of more atten­tion: the Raglan Shire Art Walk. This pro­gramme will air on Sat­ur­days and Wednes­days until June 11th, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.

And don’t miss “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” — pre­sent­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton: the series about the machines that make our civ­i­liza­tion run and the peo­ple whose inge­nu­ity cre­at­ed them. The pro­gramme is broad­cast every 4 hours from 4am Pacif­ic on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days.

Where Have You Been? S05E01 — Back to Where We Began

Posted on by

We are pleased to announce the start of a new sea­son — Sea­son 5 — of our twice-month­ly series where we report on things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life grid. We are cel­e­brat­ing the open­ing of the new sea­son by going back to the begin­ning — where we start­ed with Sea­son 01, Episode 01 — the Sec­ond Life Endow­ment for the Arts known as the “SLEA.” This pro­gramme will air on Sat­ur­days and Wednes­days until May 21st, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.

And don’t miss “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” — pre­sent­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton: the series about the machines that make our civ­i­liza­tion run and the peo­ple whose inge­nu­ity cre­at­ed them. The pro­gramme is broad­cast every 4 hours from 4am Pacif­ic on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days.

Where Have You Been? S04E14: MadPea Unlimited

Posted on by

We’re pleased to present the final episode in the fourth sea­son of our orig­i­nal series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we dis­cuss things to do and places to vis­it across the Sec­ond Life Grid.

Episodes are broad­cast on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.

This time we look at an amaz­ing deal that gives SL res­i­dents six-month priv­i­leged free access to a wealth of games and expe­ri­ences — at “Mad­Pea Unlim­it­ed”.

Con­tin­ue read­ing→

Where Have You Been? S04E13: Gingerbread and the Woodies

Posted on by

We’re pleased to present the lat­est episode in our orig­i­nal series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we dis­cuss things to do and places to vis­it across the Sec­ond Life Grid.

Episodes are broad­cast on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.

In this episode we inves­ti­gate a new instal­la­tion at alpha tribe Island: “Gin­ger­bread and the Wood­ies”.

Gin­ger­bread and the Wood­ies on alpha tribe Island has been cre­at­ed by Alpha Auer and is exact­ly what it might sound like — a dis­play of the sea­son in wood and gin­ger­bread. But what you’ll dis­cov­er on alpha tribe Island is real­ly much more. It’s full of delight, whim­sy, and some mad-cool orig­i­nal mesh.

Con­tin­ue read­ing→

Where Have You Been? S04E12: We Orange the World at Artsville

Posted on by

We’re pleased to present the lat­est episode in our orig­i­nal series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we dis­cuss things to do and places to vis­it across the Sec­ond Life Grid.

Episodes are broad­cast on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.

In this episode we dis­cuss a new instal­la­tion at Artsville: “We Orange The World”

Orange is the sig­na­ture col­or of the Unit­ed Nations women’s UNiTE cam­paign, and it rep­re­sents a future free from gen­der-based vio­lence. The instal­la­tion “We Orange the World”, now open at Artsville gal­leries, embraces both the cheer of the col­or, and the men­ace of gen­der-based vio­lence.

Con­tin­ue read­ing→