HBO acquires Second Life documentary
by Ross Miller 
{ Sep 11th 2007 at 8:53PM }
The documentary is still available on Molotov Alva's website. As Animation Magazine notes, the video could be eligible for submission to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for Best Animated Short (or perhaps Best Documentary). In the setting of machinima, however, who gets credit for the animation: Gayeton, SL creators Linden Labs, the residents featured in the film? Regardless, Molotov represents a major step in the field of machinima.
[Via SL Insider]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Arno @ Sep 11th 2007 9:40PM
Holy crap is *that* what Second Life looks like??
Nushio (Honorary NDF Member) @ Sep 11th 2007 10:45PM
If they required Crysis-Level gpus for Second Life, their audience would be *much* lower, though I'll admit they could up the graphics a bit.
root @ Sep 11th 2007 9:45PM
2nd life is dead.
required @ Sep 11th 2007 9:46PM
I wonder if the pr team at Linden Labs helped push this over to HBO.
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 9:53PM
South Park did it. Wait I mean Simpsons... After South Park did it but without actual footage...
Mighty Shockwave @ Sep 11th 2007 11:45PM
All I hear about is Second Life, but what about World of Warcraft. It is a far larger and more socially complex MMORPG than Second Life, with large guilds and complex planning (for higher-level raids) and customs which makes each group unique.
Easy_G @ Sep 12th 2007 12:07AM
Shockwave:
The difference is Second Life allows people to do whatever they want. It can be heavily customized, with no specific gameplay, an allows users to generate their own content. WoW merely has players forming groups to tackle the objectives presented by Blizzard. Second Life is much more dynamic allowing for far varied situations that should be more interesting in a documentary setting.
Sir_Mal @ Sep 12th 2007 7:15AM
ten bucks on the first giant flaming dick appearing by minute 3.
Either that or mario moshpit.