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40 Years Later: The 1969 Woodstock in Second Life
There has been much criticism about 3D virtual environments as just an exact reflection of real life which could not just cope with the thrills of real life. But there is also something commercial and free virtual worlds can do that can never be done in real life: they can turn back time in their [...]
Continue reading...The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World
Sunday, August 9, 2009
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fmBrRcFSwM[/youtube] The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World is an exciting new online virtual world for kids aged 7 to 14 due to launch in the Christmas of 2009. Adapted from a popular children story book series, The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks contains loads of fun and exciting games and adventures that promote the spirit of [...]
Continue reading...Second Life’s Sixth Birthday
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Six years old is that time in the life of a child when he/she starts getting the hang of education through pre-school, with elementary school coming up. Six years old is also the present age of one of the stand out among the field of commercial and free virtual worlds – Second Life. At this [...]
Continue reading...Twitter’s Role in NBA Free Agency
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
When the Los Angeles Lakers were crowned the NBA champions of the 2008-2009 basketball season, it only means all the other 29 teams of the popular basketball league are primed to make roster changes in the offseason. Contracts expire in June 30 and this means free agency is once again active. This season is different [...]
Continue reading...Virtual Tourism: Jetsetting without the Plane Rides
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
There are people gifted with excessive amounts of riches that they can afford to go and visit all the exciting destinations in the world. A few select people have jobs which allow them to live in airports figuratively because they have to go on various locations for business purposes. But well not everyone has that [...]
Continue reading...Classrooms without Blackboards
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
On average, a new technology would have to take about ten years or so before it becomes integrated into everyday life. We’ve seen this with mobile phones and the World Wide Web. With the emergence of commercial and free virtual worlds, technology is once again expanding in its reach with a host of features to [...]
Continue reading...Sesame Workshop, Discovery Kids Introduces New Show in Latin America
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
PLAZA SESAMO’s beloved new friend Abby Cadabby is spreading her fairy wings and flying over to 3, 2, 1 VAMOS!, an original half-hour preschool cartoon animation program premiering on June 22 on Discovery Kids Latin America. 321 VAMOS will feature segments from beloved children’s shows PLAY WITH ME SESAME and GLOBAL GROVER and introduce children [...]
Continue reading...Total Drama Action Premieres as Most-Watched on All TV Among Kids
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Officially kicking the summer television season into high gear, Cartoon Network’s newest cartoon animation series TOTAL DRAMA ACTION premiered Thursday night (June 11, 9 p.m.) as the most-watched program of the day on all television-broadcast and cable-among kids 6-11, kids 9-14 and boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The [...]
Continue reading...The Penguins of Madagascar Top Children Show for May
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Nickelodeon’s hit cartoon animation series, THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (Sunday, June 14, 10 a.m. ET/PT) averaged 3.7 million total viewers (P2+) and ranked as the week’s top kids’ show with P2+ on all of basic cable with the repeat performance of “The Hidden/Kingdom Come”. The Penguins Saturday morning play (”Little Zoo Coupe/All Choked Up”, June [...]
Continue reading...What if Doraemon Was Head of a State?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In March of 2008, the Foreign Ministry of Japan appointed a certain cartoon character Doraemon into an anime ambassador. While it can be argued what exactly an anime ambassador does, it is a great honor for a cartoon character – and only those with such high status in the popular culture of a country (in [...]
Continue reading...Virtual World Training for Education and Business
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Commercial and free online virtual worlds are gaining more ground and acceptance in everyday life. This is why academicians and business experts are seeing more potential in them not only as a medium for entertainment but for training as well. There are exciting features offered by the platform of virtual worlds which are innovative and [...]
Continue reading...Fox’s The Cleveland Show gets Premiere Date
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
FOX has set the fall premiere date for its new cartoon animation series The Cleveland Show on September 27 Sunday at 8:30-9PM ET/PT. This will be coupled by the return of The Simpsons (8-8:30 PM) as well as American Dad (9:30-10PM) in order to complete the Animation Domination time table of Fox. The Cleveland Show is [...]
Continue reading...Annecy Cristal Awards 2009: Coraline, Mary & Max Dominate
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Coraline, the stop motion clay animation feature film adaptation of a Neil Gaiman novel and the clay cartoon animation full-length movie Mary and Max were the winners of the Best Feature Award during the conclusion of the Annecy Animation Festival. French co-production BRENDAN AND THE SECRET OF KELLS came away with the audience prize. Here are [...]
Continue reading...Spirited Away and Miyazaki Tribute Adorn The Academy’s Anime celebration
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will expand its three-month celebration of anime with a screening of the 2002 Oscar-winning cartoon animation feature “Spirited Away” on Friday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m., and “A Tribute to Animation Master Hayao Miyazaki” on Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. Both events will take place at [...]
Continue reading...The Integration of Transformers in Society
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
It is only a few days before the release of the upcoming sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and the theaters are now being filled with trailers trying to hype us with a lot of computer-generated imagery from the best 3D animation studios of Hollywood. With director Michael Bay in the helm and a bigger [...]
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
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