Episode Listing for Designing Worlds
Go to Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Episode 151 Broadcast 6 February 2012

Saffia and Elrik visit the beautiful estates of Costa Rica in Second Life, where this highly successful group of regions has modelled itself on real-life Costa Rica. We talk to RL and SL Costa Rica resident Giancarlo Takacs, event manager Mariella Anna and fashion event organiser Mimi Juneau about the life and history of the estates and visit some of the spectacular features of the area.

Go to 150th Anniversary of Designing Worlds
150th Anniversary of Designing Worlds

Episode 150 Broadcast 30 January 2012

Believe it or not, this is the 150th Episode of Designing Worlds and its predecessor, Meta Makeover. To mark this anniversary, Saffia and Elrik bring you a bumper programme that takes you on a tour of our beautiful new studios, designed and built by Kayle Matzerath on Garden of Dreams2. At the same time we'll show you some excerpts from our favourites among the past 149 episodes - including the very first show ever.

Go to Laurel Arts Isle
Laurel Arts Isle

Episode 149 Broadcast 23 January 2012

Saffia and Elrik tour the Ancient-Egypt themed Laurel Arts Isle, where Circe Broom has created extensive multiple music stages in a beautiful Ancient Egyptian environment with the help of her colleagues, including the longest-running music venue in Second Life, which has been operating for over eight years. They learn that sadly, the venues may have to close in the near future due to the costs involved, unless they receive additional financial support from patrons. Regrettably, therefore, this show may represent another "Last Chance To See".

Go to ChangHigh Sisters
ChangHigh Sisters

Episode 148 Broadcast 16 January 2012

To open our new season, Saffia and Elrik meet the ChangHigh Sisters - a performing arts troupe who are well-known throughout Second Life, where their popular performances draw significant audiences. Elrik and Saffia try some of the Sisters' acrobatic poses themselves, and discover a little of the deep spiritual and esoteric background behind the ChangHigh Sisters' Fireshow of Light, Life & Love. The programme culminates with the Sisters' unique show - staged especially for Designing Worlds - of stunning acrobatics with fire and dazzling colours, including inspiring narration and music from leading in-world and RL composers and musicians.

Go to Pleasantville Holiday
Pleasantville Holiday

Episode 147 Broadcast 12 December 2011

To close the season, Designing Worlds visits the small town of Pleasantville to see how they celebrate Christmas. Consisting of three regions, with an elementary school and downtown area, Pleasantville is devoted to the increasingly popular activity of family roleplay. Saffia and Elrik talk to some of the kids, their parents and teachers, share in their Christmas activities, and find out why family roleplay is such a special thing in so many people's Second Lives.

Go to Christmas in Babbage
Christmas in Babbage

Episode 146 Broadcast 5 December 2011

Saffia and Elrik are visiting New Babbage to deliver a shipment of seasonal gifts from Prim Perfect Publications to the urchins of New Babbage. Saffia will be meeting our old friend, the Assistant Maceholder of New Babbage, Victor Mornington, to deliver the gifts, while Elrik hopes to get a look at some of the exciting new steam-powered technology developed for the winter season by their ingenious engineers. And this is New Babbage, after all, so absolutely nothing at all can go wrong...

Go to Retropolis
Retropolis

Episode 145 Broadcast 28 November 2011

Saffia and Elrik visit the extraordinarily varied region of Retropolis in the company of its creators, Tricia Farella and Terra Volitant. From a ship on a stormy sea, to a tropical treasure island, to an eerie tower and an atmospheric swamp, Retropolis provides all you need to create your own quest, roleplay or simply hang out in these beautifully-detailed environments.

Go to Thanksgiving 2011
Thanksgiving 2011

Episode 144 Broadcast 21 November 2011

This week, Saffia and Elrik invite some virtual design and media friends over for a traditional American-style Thanksgiving dinner, in the gorgeous Garden of Dreams Piano Bar and adjacent Banquet Hall. Our guests are Nikki Mathieson of Relay for Life; Pooky Amsterdam, CEO of PookyMedia; Texas Timtam, co-founder of Treet TV; Cain Maven of Maven Homes; Pitsch Parx of UrbanizeD; and RacerX Gullwing of Giant Snail Racing. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion - and to find out what our notable guests are up to.