A Second Life Production

The makers of this video remind of the first movies made. A new technology in play that allows for the creation and distrabution of entertainment content. As second life continues to develope players(aka participatory clients) with media savoy and a nack for creative vision, a new platorm for movie development might be around the corner. Keep in mind I'm not suggesting a block buster theater presentation, but webisode productions are a possiblity.

Easter Spirit

I can't explain why this funny, it just is.

Hitler Gets Banned from XBOX Live

Maybe I should do my project with this video. Now Hitler is banned from XBOX Live. This is a good example of remix in that you can see how funny you can make the same old video footage. Would Hitler have played video games? Probably, if you could win territory in the game and have people hung on hooks with piano wire if you won. Enjoy!

Hitler Takes Over Texas A&M University

Funny, funny, Hitler taking over once again, this time of our alma mater. If Hitler were alive, would he be impressed with Texas A&M University? Maybe some of the traditions. Quite possibly the corps. Not that I am a Hitler fan or anything. Glad he is dead and that I never met him.

Adam does it again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NisCkxU544c
While this post is alittle graphic in the use of language, it does drive home the comedic drive of Andy Samberg.

Sandbox game example

Video Games | Red Dead Redemption | Exclusive Life in the West Part II

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

This game hasn't come out yet, but I saw this video today and it really caught my eye. Red Dead Redemption is being developed by Rockstar Games, the same game company behind the Grand Theft Auto series, as well as Bully, Max Payne series, and Midnight Club. I didn't know this game was a sandbox game until I saw this video. The narrator describes it as an "open-world" game, which is another way of saying it is a sandbox game. The player is free to go from town to town and interact with the people he meets and the environment. This is in contrast to more linear game such as Halo or Call of Duty where the player is sypheined down a set path to advance in the game. This game looks really great. You don't see many Western-themed games out there, let alone an open-world Western game. Can't wait!

The video is widescreen so it doesn't fit properly on the page, here's the link to the video in HD.

Surrogates and Second Life all too real??

The human element disappears in virtual worlds such a second life. There is no possible ways that interpersonal relationships could be built the same way in these avatar world compared to the real world. This "cyber life social hang out" reminds me of the movie Surrogates with Bruce Willis. In the movie, avatars are sent out to live their lives, they can look how they choose to look, work where they want to work, just like second life. The only difference is that instead of meeting in a cyber world, the avatar is actually in the real world. The glamour is presented at first but then you start to see the cracks of the avatar phenomenon and how it greatly affects people's lives.