Speaking In Oz: Two Machinima-Based Second Life Talk Shows From Australia

I recently did two SL-based talk show appearances to chat up my book, both coincidentally hosted by Australian Residents.  I talk Resident frustrations with Lindens (and vice versa), a 3D pot plant carnival, and more with the lovely and talented Paisley Beebe of SLCN.TV's Tonight Live-- watch it here.  Shortly before that, the gregarious Angelico Babii had me on Metaverse-tv.com's Late Show, talking virtual political campaigns, the birth of the metaverse, and beyond. Watch that one here.  (By the way, the story I tell Angelico about the kidnapped monkey, the timorous terrorists, and Baccara Rhodes' summer cottage in the war zone is here.)  Both great hosts, asking smart questions, in quality productions worth a full watch; I'm fascinated by the devotion to creating a TV-like setting.  Interestingly enough, though the interviews were conducted in voice, neither host used the Second Life VOIP client, preferring Skype instead. (Lip animations were added in post-production.)

Comments

[watcher]

As someone who worked behind the scenes on The Real Life Late Show with David Letterman I have to say I'm impressed with what both Paisley Beebe and Angelico Babii are doing here. Ive dabbled with Second Life a bit and found it very awkward to navigate but i do think it has tremendous potential. kudos to those who have produced such life like programming from within it. Is this the beginning of "late night TV wars" in the virtual arena? Ill keep watching.. and Wagner I think I will have to get a copy of your book, sounds like an interesting read.

[Wiz Nordberg]

Note that the Tonight Live show is not post-produced. It goes out totally live, with lip movement being done in real=time during the broadcast. The last show was plagued with more tech problems than most, however, the footage in the archive is exactly what went out live, with "breaks" for Second Life problems were simply clipped out.

Usually the live program is almost identical to the archive and live viewership is a big component of the audience.