THE YEAR IN NWN: SECOND LIFE MACHINIMA

Here's my personal selection of SL machinima covered in New World Notes over the year past-- and not, I'd hasten to add, a "Best of SL Machinima 2006", because there were numerous standout videos that I wasn't able to mention.  I'd love to see an annual Oscars of Second Life machinima, but until then, here's my own nominations-- all of them in their own way using the medium to create new, groundbreaking, perfectly-executed mini-masterpieces.

For an eerie, David Lynchian short.
For a takeoff on a viral video phenomenon.
For a takeoff on a Colbert Report contest to create a viral video phenomenon.

To create a planetarium-worthy tour of the solar system.
To document a new art form in the making.
To mercilessly satirize Second Life itself.

As a fully-realized tool for professional-level filmmaking.
(As featured here, as well.)

Full machinima index here.