A documentary film christened “Molotov’s Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey” that details the increasingly complex social interactions within the virtual world, Second Life, has been pounced upon by HBO. The machinisma, directed by Douglas Gayeton, follows the trail of a Second Life avatar, Molotov Alva, as he navigates through the virtual world and interacts with other avatars.
Not only does HBO have plans of airing the 35 min documentary next year but it also intends to forward the documentary for a shot at the Oscar in the animated short film category. The amount that HBO paid for the documentary hasn’t been intimated.
This virtual world continues to weave a complex web of social interactions that make for an interesting documentary theme, and there is no better way of observing Second life than from within. Even the harshest of Second Life critics wouldn’t want to miss it when it airs on HBO and, needless to mention, machinisma enthusiasts would be on the edge of their seats for this one.
It is still debated whether Second Life is a game, but, the virtual reality experience it provides is pretty similar to some of the MMORPG’s like World of Warcraft. So, most MMORPG gamers would be able connect with the documentary. Who knows that it might be to virtual reality what Easy Rider was to counter culture.
Read[Hollywood Reporter] via [kotaku]
THis is rather interesting to find, considering im on second life and have been since november of 06, Second life is a very interesting place to be,You can do pretty much everythingin s.l. that u can do in the real world, PLUS U CAN FLY;) ya'll should check it out, just got to http//www.secondlife.com to learn more about it, u can meet all kinds of interesting people. If thats not enough to convince u to check it out, then consider this, there are thousands of corperate companies on second life including microsoft, manpower, u may even find ur local radio station on there if u live in /near a big city. And i have also seen that there is thepresident of a country on there, so check it out, and have fun
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Awesome news, I'm on SL almost everyday, Red if a friend from there
. SL is a wonderful world to be in. If you give it some time you'll be acquainted with it in no time. SL has everything the real world has to offer in addition to teleporting from place to place and flying around, and minus physical interaction with the other people. SL is a world you should definitly check out
SL is incredible…..I have met so many awesome people from around the world that I never would have been able to come in contact with. And it's NOT a game! You meet real people with real feelings who have ideas which are discussed on a daily basis. I've even met the soul I love and many others I care a great deal for. Gamers play, but we live in sl.