Tomorrow evening on ABC TV, the first of a two-part series called Gamer Revolution will screen. It's a wide-ranging look at gaming but from the snippets I've seen I believe Second Life receives an examination. … [Read more...] about Gamer Revolution on ABC TV
Virtual worlds in the media
SL on 60 Minutes tonight
60 Minutes ran a story on Second Life this evening. It's an Australian produced story and featured reporter Liz Hayes. It leant heavily (read: very little new information) on the Australian users covered in the SBS documentary - Diana Gales and Blair Styles. ABC gets a mention but surprisingly Telstra doesn't. The flow of the story was fairly clumsy to boot as it mixed in … [Read more...] about SL on 60 Minutes tonight
Some big guns take aim at SL’s usefulness for business
The SL Herald in their inimitable style discuss some criticism being leveled by big business at SL. Quoting a Forbes article titled 'Sex, Pranks and Reality', the SL Herald summarise the corporations shutting up shop or thinking about it. The prize quote from the Forbes article comes from Wells Fargo's digital agency: "Going into Second Life now is the equivalent of running a … [Read more...] about Some big guns take aim at SL’s usefulness for business