This eerie and frightfully prescient little short film was showcased on HuffingtonPost.com today.

Yes we can laugh at the absurdity and shudder at the thought of people sitting zombie like in empty rooms staring into a Facebook inner space.  But the reality is, is that gaming tech developer's are already trying to make this dystopia a reality.

Check out my posts previous posts about gaming reality here and here.

The Third Cat

THE THIRD CAT from gorrr aka. Mosmax on Vimeo.

This was featured on New World Notes today in honor of the passing of filmmaker Chris Marker.

The machinima was created by Max Moswitzer in collaboration with Chris Marker.  It is a love note to "The Third Man" but this time around, starring Chris Marker's lovable feline.  It also features some of the most spectacular builds in Second Life.

Gamers

This small documentary was recently featured on Massively.  In which it caused loads of outrage.  The main argument being that the documentary was unfair and biased.

Truthfully, after watching it twice, I can't really find any kind of bias from the filmmaker at all.  He approached the subject with an open mind, he interviewed people for and against video gaming, and came to his own conclusions.  Well many gamers might not like what he personally discovered, but none of us can say that he had a well established agenda to get to that conclusion.  The journey for this filmmaker was that it gave him the opportunity to meet and chat with other people.  The game turned out to be a means to find new outlets to socialize outside the game.  And I have to admit he did find a really interesting bunch of people to interview.  Along with a talent to discover the prettiest girl gamers at Blizzcon.

This was a great film on the subject.  I just don't understand the outrage against it.

On a completely random note:  I didn't know they had a bar at Blizzcon.  So cool.  To be able to mix two addictions at once!

Kind of joking...kind of serious

When I think of what Second Life reminds me of, I hark back to those old sci fi films of the late 70's/early 80's.

Like this oldie but a goodie.

Good PvP...

has the same visceral reactions shown in Scorsese's film "The Gangs of New York".  Brendon Gleeson screaming like a loon with murderous excitement is what PvP gives everyday players.  But without the danger of real bloodshed.

I know it isn't for everyone.  So far games focusing on the carnage haven't done as well as World of Warcraft.  So what separates the PvP hooligans from the PvE fanatics?

On another note, I could only find the full scene dubbed in French.  *shrug*