B. Kiddo - Bounce

Adviced to click the ‘watch in high quality’ on it’s youtube page.

Surrealia Antaine - Bounce

But admit it, no machinima or music video can be bad if it features nekos & tails? ;)

Update: Apparently the previous video was removed from youtube. I wonder if it was because of the ‘I <3 anal' sign? Anyway, here you go:

What really does crank me up is the song that’s playing in the background. It’s a melodic version of a song I only know in Dutch ‘Sex met die Blonde’ (Sex with the Blond haired girl, low quality youtube link). What’s the English original, assuming there is one?

If you want to see more from Arahan Claveau & Nebulosus Severine, make sure to check out Arahan Claveau’s stream at Blip.TV For Nebulosus, you should also check out video & photo material from her Garden of NPIRL Delights build and check out the work she did with Callie Cline on a dress for Passion of Black Swan for which she is one of the participating designers.

We continue the quest for great Second Life machinima shot in 2008 by taking a look at Surrealia Anatine’s - from Kisai Studios - work B. Kiddo aka Joga Kidd (more machinima works on simspremiere.com), as was suggested by Phoenix Chapman. One of the most recent Surrealia Antatine’s works Beatrix Kiddo’s work is ‘The Cats Will Play’, a ‘Grindhouse’ - the defunct burlesque theatres, on 42nd Street, New York, where ‘bump n’ grind’ dancing and striptease used to be on the bill - tribute music machinima. A must see for all neko’s (and neko lovers) out there:

A lot of the effects used remind me of a - good, opposed to the casino royale - Bond movie intro, and I wonder how she did them… shooting on ‘blue screen’ (do they still use those?) in-world and lot’s of video editing, or shooting against the full bright backgrounds in SL with ‘render glow = TRUE’. Regardless, ‘The Cats Will Play’ is one sexy music video that makes you want to *purrrrr* (and go out and by ears and tails for the ladies that do not own them yet). *hums ‘hang up the chick habit, hang it up, daddy, a girl’s not a tonic or a pill, … I’m telling you it’s not a trick, pay attention, don’t be thick, or you’re liable to get licked…’*

Surrealia Antanine

Another nice music video - if you enjoy the retro sound of SNAP!’s ‘Rhythm is a dancer’ - is Rhythm is a Dancer by Miss Surrealia Anatine (visible here on Koinup).

And not just Second Life machinima for Miss Anatine, a lot of movies shot by Kisai Studio use Sims2 characters. One of her best is ‘Alice’ - which was the bronze winner for the 2008 Online Machinima Festival. It’s a different version of Alice in Wonderland all right, but who says stories should not evolve and adjust to new media? ;) Behold and enjoy:

If you want to explore more of Surrealia Anatine’s work, I suggest you take a look at her YouTube Channel or ‘Kisai Studios’ on Koinup.

Great machinima tips & linkage still more than welcome in the comments. I’m sure I did not find all great 2008 ones yet!

I apologise to the ladies in question for mixing up director credits. ‘Confusement’ was created by both ladies being present on simspremiere.com.

Miss Voom’s ‘The Dumb Man’ is a darned impressive Second Life machinima interpretation of the story written by Sherwood Anderson. It’s far beyond what we usually see in Second Life - WindLight regardless - and contains some incredible eye candy. My fav part is at 30 seconds, the rotating earth is just amazing. But again, watch ‘The Dumb Man’ for yourself:

High Quality on Vimeo

And the - regardless how many times you’ve seen it, always still impressive - ‘The Making of Second Life’:

High Quality on Vimeo

Still wondering ’bout great 2008 SL machinima creations besides Krrish Sphyker’s and Lainy Voom’s! ;)

Shot at Valkyrie Manor (Lime) and -EXP- (REC) this CGI animated story by Krissh Spyker… actually contains a story line! Trey (Trey Rammidge) jumps on his motor bike to visit a mansion and find out if it’s actually haunted. He meets a strange guy (Krrish himself) - conversation ’bout pr0n - and a mysterious lady (Ayra Carter). Which he succeeds at seriously pissing off. But go ahead, take some popcorn and watch the movie… . You want to doubleclick this to go to YouTube and then press ‘Watch in high quality’ for the best possible enjoyment!

On the web, not much info on Krrish Spyker and ‘The Visitor’ machinima could be found, except for his facebook profile. And err… am I right? Is this one of the best SL machinima’s released this year? Or did I miss out on some other great ones released in 2008? (which creators we should poke to submit to the Machinima Filmfest 2008 to represent our brave new virtual world? ;)

update: how could I forget about Lainy Voom’s work?! *slaps herself*

• Direct and contributory trademark infringement Linden Lab;
• direct and contributory trademark dilution by Linden Lab;
• trademark infringement by the John Doe defendant known as ‘Victor Vezina’ and others;
• trademark dilution by the John Doe defendant known as ‘Victor Vezina’ and others;
• tortious interference by Linden Lab;
• fraud by Mitch Kapor;
• fraud by Philip Rosedale;
• and fraud by Linden Lab.

Earlier on, guest writer at ‘Virtually Blind’ and trademark attorney Thayer Preece already concluded that - although the trademark should probably not have been appointed to Richard Minsky in the first place - SL residents are now stuck with that, and ‘are faced with a choice of either losing the use of the word, or opening themselves up to potential lawsuits and account suspensions‘. Benjamin Duranske further notes: ‘Please note that as with any lawsuit, these claims are merely that — claims. They have not been tested, and indeed, none of the defendants have yet formally responded to the Complaint. This site will cover their response when it occurs.’

Although it’s probably more for protecting their own ‘SL + word’ trademark, Linden Lab is siding with the residents on this ‘SLarty’ trademark case:.

An interesting fact is that - according to Richard Minsky’s paperwork - LL asked - as we hoped would happen - Minsky to stop hassling other residents and abandon his trademark as it does not comply with Linden’s ‘SL’ trademark: ‘Ms. Pirri also told Ms. Franklin that Linden wanted me to abandon the SLART mark before the USPTO, to stop approaching other residents regarding their unauthorized use of the mark, and to comply with the terms of use of the SL license.’ And in an reply from Ms Pirri (LL Lawyer): ‘And you did confirm that he’ll abandon the SLArt registration with the USPTO? And that he’ll stop his demands that other Residents not use SLart? Please confirm that. It’s important that he understands that he doesn’t have the right to demand that other Residents not make nominative fair use of SLArt‘.

For a more thought off look on the matter - besides OMFG! Good luck taking on LL’s lawyers! - I refer you to Virtually Blind, but I do wonder:

1. Is there any chance/rule/whatever that a judge can say ‘Ah, but an error was made giving you the trademark in the first place, so you don’t have any reason to complain, as you do not hold the SLart trademark any more! *declare Minsky’s SLart trademark to be ‘fail’* *stick out tongue*’?
2. Isn’t it rather crazy to already sue for future violations by people you don’t know? (and holding LL responsible for those, as LL always say the residents are responsible for what they publish, not LL).
3. If you were ‘an artist, a composer, a musician, a scholar, a curator of exhibitions, an educator, an event organiser, a scholar, and a publisher and internationally recognized as a leader in the field of Book Art’, would you not have anything better to do than writing extremely long boring letters with lots of random facts and considering going to court over this?
4. Can he be making that much money from his SLart magazine - without overcharging - that it’s worth taking LL & Mitch Kapor and Philip Rosedale to trial over this? Or is he hoping to achieve the same results that Stroker Serpentine - SexGen beds, remember? - and Marc Bragg - this one on illegal land acquisition and the ‘legal properties’ of SL land and this one we never heard of again achieved: instant SLfame to thus raise the sales of is ‘SLart books’?

Curious about more in-depth opinions than mine! (And definitely going to keep an eye on Virtually Blind.)

Loki Popinjay - not that kind of pervert! - showed his ‘Avatar Zodiac’ first at SL5B, where - despite strict rules - nobody seem to have had a problem with it. As it was amazing, the exhibition was prolonged at Rezzable Cannery. Now, after 1 totally crazy puritan sick f*ck reported - abuse reported - Loki Popinjay, Loki got threats from Linden Lab and decided to just burn the photograph himself. An excerpt from the e-mail Loki received from Linden Lab:

Violation: Community Standards: Broadly Offensive Content or Conduct

Real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depiction of sexual violence including rape, real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depictions of extreme or graphic violence, and other broadly offensive content are never allowed or tolerated within Second Life.

Nude photo of young girl holding a teddy bear needs to be removed immediately. Alternatively, you may cover up the nudity with photo alterations.

What this does not make sense at all:

1. This photograph was up at SL5B, which had a very high ‘puritain’ rating this year. Nobody complained.
2. All of the sudden, some idiot flags it, and immediately it is labelled as ‘violation’ and Loki gets threatened with ‘account suspension’, without asking him for explanation. They are milder on ‘content thiefs’!
3. I wonder what exactly makes this avie a ‘young girl’. Hips & shape definitely looks adult to me. Maybe the cute curls or the teddy bear?
4. I wonder where exactly Lindens finds the ‘nude’. Both nipples & genitals are covered, using hair, arms and the teddy bear.
5. What do LL expect for the depiction of a ‘virgin’? I would assume that in the SLT zone, 30 year old virgins are as rare as in Europe?

Loki Popinjay contested this decision by Linden Lab, but got to hear from Harry Linden that this is indeed a violation of ToS and the work needs to be removed or redone. *sighs*

Although I don’t believe the male voice that speaks the words ‘never crashed’, I believe this positive reminder is a lovely machinima and a great achievement by Miss Yifu and Mr Dizzy. No?

So, we (some Rezzable folks) definitely need to go see! ;) We’ll be at the opening at 6PM UK time tonight. If you happen to be there too, don’t hesitate to come and say ‘Hi!’.

Update: met Malburns & took some photographs of the RMB City Exhibition, to be found on Flickr.

Reflecting on China’s recent urban and cultural explosion, the architecture of RMB City is an amalgam of Chinese icons, ancient and modern, from the panda to the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The installation in the Gallery’s lobby presents two- and three-dimensional visualisations of RMB City as well as computer access to a virtual viewing platform over the construction site, which features video updates of the construction process.

Cao Fei: RMB City opens to public Saturday 26 July and takes place at the Serpentine Gallery which is located at the Kensington Gardens, London and is opened daily from 10am until 6pm.