(Full disclosure: I never finished watching it.)
By now I'm sure everyone has heard of the new mmo documentary Second Skin. Apparently some dudes got the bright idea to make a documentary of a certain selection of gamers who play EQ2 and WoW. Maybe when they first set out on this project they didn't intend it to be so heavily biased against the genre, but the finished product is pretty heavy handed in its disdain for these types of games. This is not a review, other than to say I thought the movie was fear-mongering crapola. Also, check out the latest episode of Spouse Aggro, as Leala pretty much rips into the film - like RAWR!
However, I just had an amazing idea for a rebuttal. Hence the title of this post. To counter all the negativity expressed in Second Skin, somebody needs to take their little digital camera and hop on a plane around the world to interview the podcasters of the Virgin Worlds Collective! From the way these folks behave on their shows (like normal, everyday human beings without social issues) they would be the perfect group of people to interview in order to show that the mmo community is a very friendly, deep thinking social sphere that isn't just inhabited by nerds in their parent's basements. The bias would be very obvious and very positive, promoting our community to the world at large.
Someone mention my idea to Brent and lets get this shit in theatres!
-Max
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Hmmm, I think I need to look into the BS documentary, and see what Leala thinks of it.
ReplyDeleteBut your idea sounds like a good one. Best to get both sides of a story, and hear from the people who know what they are talking about - the podcasters.
Go forward.
~Yoh