HBO Pays Real Money for Virtual World Doc

by Carlos Bergfeld, Sep 05, 2007 11:30am PDT

Related Topics – Second Life

HBO paid a lucky Second Lifer six figures to produce a documentary within the massively multiplayer fetishworld of the game, Reuters reported. The entertainment company acquired the rights for seven mini-episodes of "My Second Life: The video diaries of Molotov Alta," which will be released next year. In real life, Douglas Gayeton plays Molotov Alta--Gayeton will be receiving the considerable payment in real dollars for producing the episodes. The show is framed as video correspondence from a man who appeared in Second Life's wacky, depressing world after vanishing from his West Coast home. The series will include popular Second Life topics such as furries, cyberpunks, neo-Luddites, and sex slaves.

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Does it piss anyone else off that Second Life gets this kind of mainstream media recognition? The amount of time, talent, sweat and tears that goes into real video games, and pieces of crap like this are drawing attention from HBO? Ghey.

Sep 06, 2007 8:53am PDT

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That chick in the pic is pretty fucking hot.

Sep 05, 2007 7:02pm PDT

That chick in the pic is pretty fucking hot. : SiW73

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That pilot actually looks interesting. I look forward to this documentary..
But what'll be more interesting (and probably amusing) will the reactions.
Next year is still far away though..

Sep 05, 2007 2:56pm PDT

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You tube link didn't work for me.

Sep 05, 2007 12:32pm PDT

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You tube link didn't work for me. : amrbean
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