Registrations are up. People are rediscovering Second Life. Which makes sense, because one of the first things you realise after … Continue reading Huck’s absolute beginner’s guide to Second Life for the coronavirus curious
(for GJH) 12B arrives at midnight and marches from his ride; salutes the guard, hi-5s the drivers, and rubs his … Continue reading stock picker
Meet Paper. Long-term readers of this blog might recall I created him back in 2016 as part of my review … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part four: working with alts
A great post from co-star Caitlin Tobias about what it was like to be in Stömol! Cait’s World In my … Continue reading Stömol backstage – my life as a Second Life actress
In the previous part of this series, I looked at how to frame shots whether the camera adopts a static … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part three: camera movement
Time to get filming. In part one, I went through the software and hardware I’ve used to record video for … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part two: framing your shot
Now that the trailer for Stömol is done, I can get down to the serious business of procrastinating over doing … Continue reading Huck’s guide to making machinima in Second Life part one: the tools
The official trailer for Stömol got its debut on New World Notes this week. Long-term SL commentator and author, Wagner … Continue reading Stömol: Official trailer released
Today sees the launch of a new website dedicated to news about my upcoming feature-length machinima, Stömol. And stay tuned, … Continue reading Stömol: A new website
As 2019 – and, indeed, the decade – issues its final dying gasp, it’s time to look back over the … Continue reading Fifteen amazing images of 2019 by some of my favourite SL photographers
It’s time to recycle content again. 2019 has been fairly photography-light for me, with most of my time this year … Continue reading My top ten SL photos (by me) of 2019
He landed his sleigh in the car park of Big Data UK HQ and trudged with his sack across freshly … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2019
Things have been a bit quiet on this blog (and on my Flickr stream) recently. You noticed, right? Of course … Continue reading Announcing Stömol
This is the place where avatars die. A white-edged limbo, lost in the sky, where the empties slump in suspended … Continue reading Where avatars die
ALL 10 PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AVATAR DINING CLUB STORIES PLUS TWO NEW TALES EXCLUSIVE TO THIS COLLECTION. How was Raw Concrete … Continue reading The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries (2019) by Huckleberry Hax
On Friday 28 June I’ll be launching my new book, “The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries” at the rooftop pool of … Continue reading Book launch party: The Avatar Dining Club Mysteries
A new Avatar Dining Club mystery for you to read. If you’re a fan of this series, look at for … Continue reading The Apostrophian
I started to type something funny, but then I saw that she was typing something. So I stopped to wait … Continue reading Texture
hair clips hair brushes toothbrushes toothpicks lipstick bleach a tray of bottles of nail polish bottles of correction fluid plastic … Continue reading Behind the counter
Click. One thought breaks free, seeking minds, to be absorbed; a stray neutron, fat and heavy: it penetrates; it infuriates; … Continue reading Viral
It’s no secret that my ‘Avatar Dining Club’ series is a tribute to Isaac Asmiov’s ‘Black Widowers’ short stories, a collection … Continue reading The Gallery Opening
A new Avatar Dining Club mystery. — A light dusting of snow covered the path on my walk from the … Continue reading The missed appointment
the absence of time the absence of self the absence of feeling I know what to say I know how … Continue reading flat
It’s that time of year when I please a small handful of SL photographers and cheese off the rest of … Continue reading Thirteen amazing photos of 2018 by some of my favourite SL photographers
It’s been a busy year at the Nancy Redgrave Building. As more and more stuff celebrating the 70s has come … Continue reading Ten great pictures of the Nancy Redgrave Building in 2018
On Thursday, I published my ten highest rated pictures on Flickr of 2018. Here are a few more pictures from … Continue reading Five favourite pictures of mine from 2018 that didn’t make the top ten (but I like them anyway)
It’s that time over the year when bloggers and YouTubers the world over start churning out recycled content from the … Continue reading My top ten SL photos (by me) of 2018
As a Christmas treat, here’s a new Avatar Dining Club story. – – For the seventh meeting of the Avatar … Continue reading The Vanishing Table
another log on the fire another tin for the shed the newsreader drones on on Drones a sudden silence as … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2018
Last year, I created for Christmas a moving greetings card video that showed off some of SL’s finest wintry places. … Continue reading The Christmas Eve party: story of a picture.
Few things capture the forced joviality, drunkenly uninhibited behaviour and subsequent shame, guilt, regret and outright anger at the season … Continue reading 70s Office Christmas party: 7 Dec @ 3pm SLT
I’m a big fan of the 70s aesthetic. Over the years, I’ve been developing my building, The Nancy Redgrave Building, … Continue reading Collabor88 fashion bloggers: here’s a 1970s set for you
Yes, it’s here again. National Novel Writing Month begins the day after tomorrow. Once again, I’ll be doing a workshop … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2018 kicks off: workshop
In an explosion of red and orange sparkles, I was visited last night by my fourteen-year-old self. He appeared right … Continue reading Beware of nostalgia: you weren’t the same person back then
One of the depressingly large number of items on my book management ‘to do’ list is to create a new … Continue reading Old friend, reformatted
Born-again bachelor, quite the surprise; his new boots and waistcoat a labelled disguise. He gives his account of a decade … Continue reading Born-again bachelor
The door bursts open and a new guy appears, ushers me into the workshop and hands me a sweat-coated phone, … Continue reading Eggshell
One of my photographs – ‘Bike’ – has been included in the latest DiXmiX group exhibition. ‘Bicycles‘ also features bike-inspired … Continue reading ‘Bicycles’ at DiXmiX gallery
In the final three minutes the sun still casts shadows, right up to the moment the button gets clicked. Close … Continue reading ‘No North’ exhibition @ DiXmiX gallery
I saw a girl get shot. I knew her for maybe six, seven years. She was in my class in … Continue reading I saw a girl get shot
Here you go: a proper 70s aspirational kitchen. You probably never actually saw one of these in your own youth … Continue reading HHAX 70s kitchen
Was it mere coincidence that Linden announced the opening of its brand new Second Life Instagram account just a couple … Continue reading Second Life photography: fuel for the raging fires of narcissism or a revolution in artistic self-expression?
I’m ok with people laughing at my fondness for straight lines and right-angled corners set in concrete designs. I acknowledge … Continue reading concrete
Yesterday, I finally reached 1,000 followers on my Flickr stream. It’s a milestone that’s taken me about four years to … Continue reading 1k Flickr followers
it will make not a bit of difference but one day you too will see this the boy staring at … Continue reading chasm
Inspired (as always) by mid-century, post-war design, the HHAX Nightingale is my lowest land impact building so far. Weighing in … Continue reading The HHAX Nightingale
I needed a piece of short transitional fiction to cleanse my palette from AFK stuff. So I wrote a new … Continue reading Some fatal crossposts
The vast majority of my book sales are the Kindle ebook versions, which is completely understandable: they’re very cheap and … Continue reading AFK, All of it: print versions
A huge thank you to everyone who attended my launch party last night for ‘AFK, All of it.’ The StoshChuckles … Continue reading Launch party snapshots
ALL 5 NOVELS OF THE AFK SERIES TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME: AFK AFK, AGAIN AFK, INDEFINITELY AFK, INPURSUIT OF AVENGEMENT … Continue reading AFK, All of it (2018) by Huckleberry Hax
It’s time for me to move on from the AFK novels. To mark this closure, I’ve combined all five volumes … Continue reading Launch party for AFK, All of it
As some of you know, I’m slightly in love with mid-20th century design, especially that era of Danish Modern teak … Continue reading New from HHAX: The Ladderax v2
Warning: self-congratulatory post ahead (with yet more stuff about posting reviews). I’m currently putting together an all-in-one compilation of the … Continue reading Praise for the AFK series
Here’s a special edition of my HHAX Blank tape: the Lovers’ mixtape a mod/trans version decorated for Valentines Day that … Continue reading The HHAX Lovers’ mixtape: your Valentine’s gift sorted
I don’t really regard myself in SL as a ‘content creator.’ My philosophy of building is simply to create from … Continue reading New from HHAX: Blank tape
Fifty years into the future, she asked if I had a 39-20 she could upload herself into. I told her … Continue reading Real
Another building. I decided I wanted to create something a bit grander this time. The Dragonfly is a large, 32m … Continue reading New from HHAX: The Dragonfly
I liked 2077 so much (read my review here) I just had to go back in and create a short … Continue reading 2077: A moving postcard
I have to admit, since my first blog post on Sansar, I’ve not made very many return trips. I’ve been … Continue reading Sansar just got interesting
Blind eyes are handy things to have to turn. Turn a blind eye to something you think might just be … Continue reading Are we really ok with there being a place in SL called ‘Grandpa’s Basement’?
A new product for a new year: may I present the HHAX Atom 2. It’s a 32 prim, three storey, … Continue reading Special offer: The HHAX Atom 2
I did this last year and I think I got away with it. The problem with any sort of post … Continue reading Twelve of my favourite SL photos (by other people) of 2017
We’re not done with the self-adulation just yet, although you’ll probably be pleased to know I am starting to feel a … Continue reading Five of my favourite pictures (by me) of 2017
As we drift towards the sudden realisation that the year is about to end, it’s time for me to switch … Continue reading My top ten SL photos (by me) of 2017
A frost-covered igloo between parked cars. A blinkered personal space. And Christmas tidings falter as silenced shoppers pass. On their … Continue reading Season’s greetings 2017
