Congratulations, President-Elect Obama!

While we know many of our users are from outside the United States, and others perhaps voted for the other guy, Team Cruxy is proud to congratulate the new President-Elect of the United States, Barack Obama. Here’s to a bright future for all, for the freedom to create and dream, and for regular people to [...]

Don’t fall for the “Nigerian Scam” (watch this film!)

We just found out about a new film on Cruxy, "419: the Nigerian Scam", via this Digg post:

Inspired by his best friend's ordeal but having only $180 to spare, a Canadian student created a movie that won a film festival last week, in Virginia, and had the worldwide premiere at the West Hollywood International Film Festival. There is the trailer and more info about the movie - called "419: the Nigerian Scam".

EBKK Reviewed by Geeks of Doom!

We’ve talked about indie film Easter Bunny, Kill Kill! before on this blog, when it was released on Cruxy a few months ago. Now, blog of all things geeky and strange, Geeks of Doom, has a review: Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! is just the kind of gut punch indie horror needs, both for its original and [...]

Cruxy 1.0 - Just Over One Year!

With Google Video and Brightcove canning their paid digital download services, and other "make-money-from-your-video" sites like Revver and Meta Cafe on the block, Cruxy stands alone as THE marketplace for buying and selling user-generated media like short films, songs and instructional videos. Creators are continuing to realize that Cruxy offers the most open, flexible and accessible tools for selling digital media downloads. Why are [...]

Week 4! Cruxy, Amazon & author Warren Adler

Today, in Second Life, will be the fourth weekly short story session with Warren Adler, author of books that include "War of the Roses" and "Random Hearts". Today, Mr. Adler will be announcing and reading the winners of his recent Short Story Contest. This event is co-hosted by Amazon, providing the virtual location for the event, and Cruxy providing the physical location and assistance for Warren in real-life. Cruxy has also developed a new format for distributing audiobooks in Second Life, which we hope to formally announce soon.... for now, you can see a few pictures below: