Prim Perfect Jigsaw at Fantasy Faire: Sunset over Lotus Valley Dream

Lotus Valley Dream

It’s not just that it’s hard to let go of the wonderful Fantasy Faire this year (although that, too!).  Taking another jigsaw from there is a way of giving you a nudge (is that just a Brit thing? It’s like a firm hint!) that tonight will see the second of our two shows from Fantasy Faire on Designing Worlds – and more about that will follow later.

And that show will include a visit to the subject of today’s jigsaw – Lotus Valley Dream.  Sunset here was not a problem – the windlight setting was a permanent and beautiful sunset (a modified version of one of Bryn Oh’s settings, one of the creators, Marcus Inkpen, told me). The Explorers Club had a beautiful location – as you strolled out, you looked straight out over the road leading down to the setting sun, the beautiful buildings ahead, the lake (with its lotus and its dragon) glinting off to the right …

Is it possible to be nostalgic for something that’s only been gone a week? I think so.

Over 9,500,000 raised for Relay for Life …

Let’s do a jigsaw.

Sunset over Lotus Valley Dream, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

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Catch up with your Prim Perfect jigsaws (showing images of Second Life and other virtual worlds).

If you’d like to submit a photo of your own to feature as a jigsaw, send it to the Prim Perfect Flickr Group. It should be sized 800w x 600h, or else it will need to be re-sized.

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Springtime Hunts on Happy Hunting! – now on the web!

Happy Hunting has another great show – with a review of some of the amazing gifts available at Mad Pea’s latest Hunt – Lost Treasure of the Inca Warrior.

Rosamoo, of Hunt SL, has found six more amazing hunts and items this week – including the wonderful gifts that are your reward for completing Mad Pea’s latest Hunt – Lost Treasure of the Inca Warrior! And you can find the details of all the hunts discussed right here.

Some of the amazing things you can hunt for at the moment!

And after that, instead of an interview, there’s some special hunt tips as we take a light-hearted look at how NOT to dress to go hunting – and how to do it properly!

Plus there’s news from Rosamoo of exciting hunts that lie ahead!

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Join Happy Hunting! for news of great Hunts and some invaluable Hunt tips too!

Cinders and Rosamoo discuss hunts!

The second part of the Fantasy Faire Hunt starts today at noon – but do take a break to catch up with all the news and views of our Happy Hunting show at 3pm! Join us in the treet.tv studios in Garden of Dreams at 3pm, Friday 3rd May, with our host Cinders Vale and hunt reporter Rosamoo Mendelsohn of Hunt SL.

Some of the amazing things you can hunt for at the moment!

Rosamoo has reports on six different hunts (and all amazing), and she’s found some terrific items to share with us too.

And after that, instead of an interview, there’s some special hunt tips as we take a light-hearted look at how NOT to dress to go hunting – and how to do it properly!

Here’s a clue – this is the “before” picture!

Plus there will be news from Rosamoo of exciting hunts that lie ahead!

So join us at 3pm today in the studio for the broadcast. Bring along your hunter friends too. We will be glad to have you all join us for the show.

Or – if you can’t attend in person – tune in at 3pm SLT on Friday for the live show on http://treet.tv/live or on the Vimeo channel – or catch it later in the week on our shows page on the Treet.tv web site at http://treet.tv/shows/happy-hunting.

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See Designing Worlds at the Fantasy Faire (Part 1)

Now available on the web – our latest episode, the first of two visits we’ll be paying to the amazing Fantasy Faire.

We visit the amazing Fantasy Faire (a visit filmed before the Faire actually opened) and talk to Zander Greene and Elicio Ember (the creator of the beautiful Titans’ Hollow as we explore some of the fascinating regions in the quiet days before they filled with eager visitors, and learn about the work and ideas that led to their creation.

Lumenaria, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont

At the time of writing, the amount raised by the Faire stands at more than 8,800,000 Lindens – more than US$35,600 or nearly £23,000. And all that raised in a virtual world.

Lotus Valley Dream, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont

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Designing Worlds’ new season starts – with a visit to Fantasy Faire

Fairelands Junction – photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 29th April, for the start of an exciting new season for the opening episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams.

Fairelands Junction – photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

We’ll be visiting the amazing Fantasy Faire (a visit filmed before the Faire actually opened) and talking to Zander Greene and Elicio Ember (the creator of the amazing Tiitans’ Hollow as we explore some of the fascinating regions in the quiet days before they filled with eager visitors, and learn about the work and ideas that led to their creation.

Titans’ Hollow – photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

And we’ll be learning something about the Hunt too. Remember – although the first part finishes with the Faire, you’ll be able to carry on with the second part of the Hunt from May 1st – May 19th.

So – come and join us at 2pm.

The Valley of Ish’Nar – where the second part of the Hunt occurs – photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Or – if you can’t attend in person – tune in at 2pm SLT on Monday for the live show on http://treet.tv/live – or catch it later in the week on our shows page on the Treet.tv web site at http://treet.tv/shows/designingworlds – our very own version of the iPlayer!

There’s also a special short story competition sponsored by Prim Perfect and the Fantasy Faire team – you can find out all the details here.

Magnificat – photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

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Happy Hunting is back – with great hunts to share and a preview of the Key of Hope Hunt at Fantasy Faire!

Happy Hunting is back! And you can enjoy the first episode after our Easter break on the web.

Rosamoo, of Hunt SL, has found some more amazing hunts and items this week – including a magnificent tree! And you can find the details of all the hunts discussed right here.

Just some of the hunt items on this week’s show!

Then Cinders sets out across the grid to take a sneak peek at the Fantasy Faire and to talk to Zander Green (well known to Happy Hunting viewers as Harland Quinn in The Blackened Mirror), who is one of the Faire organisers and who may – just may – be willing to let out a few secrets about the The Key of Hope Hunt! The Faire started on Saturday 20th April, by the way, and the Hunt element gets underway on Tuesday 23rd April. It’s an amazing place to visit – and filled with opportunities to donate to Relay for Life.

Cinders talks to Zander Greene about the Fantasy Faire Hunt

Plus there will be news from Rosamoo of exciting hunts that lie ahead!

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Happy Hunting returns – with a preview of the Fantasy Faire!

Just some of the hunt items on this week’s show!

Happy Hunting! is back for a whole new season – and we’re kicking off with a visit to the amazing Hunt that is going to be part of the fabulous Fantasy Faire! Join us at 3pm in in the treet.tv studios in Garden of Dreams at 3pm, Friday 19th April, with our host Cinders Vale and hunt reporter Rosamoo Mendelsohn.

Rosamoo, of Hunt SL, has found some more amazing hunts and items this week – including a magnificent tree!

Cinders talks to Zander Greene about the Fantasy Faire Hunt

Then Cinders sets out across the grid to take a sneak peek at the Fantasy Faire and to talk to Zander Green (well known to Happy Hunting viewers as Harland Quinn in The Blackened Mirror), who is one of the Faire organisers and who may – just may – be willing to let out a few secrets about the special Hunt! The Faire starts on Saturday 20th April, by the way, and the Hunt element gets underway on Tuesday 23rd April.

Plus there will be news from Rosamoo of exciting hunts that lie ahead!

Cinders and Rosamoo discuss hunts!

So join us at 3pm today in the studio for the broadcast. Bring along your hunter friends too. We will be glad to have you all join us for the show.

Or – if you can’t attend in person – tune in at 3pm SLT on Friday for the live show on http://treet.tv/live  or on the Happy Hunting! channel on Aview – or catch it later in the week on our shows page on the Treet.tv web site at http://treet.tv/shows/happy-hunting.

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Be part of the adventure of Splintered Rock

We recently featured the planet Araxes on Designing Worlds - and talked to Darren Green, who produces the interactive web comic Splintered Rock, which is captured in Second Life.  And an exciting feature is the interactivity, using reader input to dictate where the story goes.

Splintered Rock

As Darren says: “At the end of each episode I ask readers to vote on what should happen next and then use their input to create the following episode.”

Splintered Rock is a mixture of hard sci-fi and western, very much in the spirit of Joss Whedon’s ‘Firefly’. Prospectors are mining rare crystals on a desert world. The planet’s inhabitants, known as the ‘desert-born’ have not caused any trouble… yet! But tensions are starting to rise at the mining outpost known as ‘Splintered Rock’.

Now he has created a Kickstarter project to fund further development of the comic.  You can find out more about it here – and there’s a video too to explain more!

I think this is a really exciting project, and the sum Darren is seeking to raise is modest – I wish him every success (and would urge all you scifi/webcomic people to go and support him!).

 

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Designing Worlds celebrates the launch of Second Life’s 10th Birthday Community Celebration!

Now available on the web – our latest episode, as we celebrate the launch of SL10B Community Celebration – the event that will take place this June, drawing together Second Life residents from all over the grid with the theme of Looking Forward, Looking Back.

And that’s what we do on this show too, as we look back at some of the builds that were created for SL7B, SL8B and SL9B – and then talk to Diana Renoir, Marianne McCann and Honour McMillan about plans for this year’s event.

SL10B-CC

Remember, you can find out more at the following locations:

Web-site: http://slcommunitycelebration.com/
Blog: http://slcommunitycelebration.com/blog/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/slcommunitycelebration/
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/YUyZkm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLBCommunity

And here are the key dates again:

April 15	Volunteer/Performance, Exhibitor Applications open
May 20	Volunteer/Performance, Exhibitor Applications close
May 27	Sims open to builders
June 16	Grand Opening
June 23	Official Birthday
June 23	Final day of performances
June 29	Sims close to the public
July 1	All builds to be dismantled – sims go offline

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Happy Hunting offers something for Him and Her – and much, more more!

Now you can enjoy the new episode of Happy Hunting! on the web with Cinders Vale and Rosamoo Mendelsohn and an interview with Gavinmyer Resident and Katiemichelle Resident, talking about the Him and Her Hunt.

Rosamoo, of Hunt SL, has found some amazing hunts and items this week – including the most amazing full-sized windmill (with a complete farmhouse attached)! And you can find the details of all the hunts discussed right here.

Happy Hunting for some awesome items!

And then Cinders will be travelling across the grid to meet Gavinmyer Resident and Katiemichelle Resident of the store Curve and Curvaceous, and talk about the Him and Her Hunt. It’s a hunt that is designed for both men and women to get clothing, poses, accessories, or anything that would appeal to either gender.

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