For those who are unfamiliar with Second Life and MySpace, and for those that are, here are some wonderful user-generated videos that ridicule and elaborate on them:
Everything you see in these videos is true! Tell me about any others you know, spoofing other worlds and sites too.
I forgot to publish this notice about a talk I’m giving tomorrow (Friday 16th June) at the University of Sydney. It is the School of English, Art History, Film and Media Research Day: “TECHNOLOGIES AND THE HUMANITIES”. There will be talks delivered by Professors, lecturers and PhD candidates like me. It is a whole day event and I’m on in the morning. The venue is the Conference Rooms 1 &2, Darlington Centre, University of Sydney. I’ll be giving a quick overview of the two theories I’m proposing in my PhD: Polymorphic Narrative and Polysystem Narratology. I can’t wait! Now, to get some sleep…Yeah sure! I’m cramming!
There is alot of talk about cybersex, virtual love, in-game weddings and so on. I’ll be talking a bit about this soon. But for now, I’ll share with you something that is a bit closer to home. My brother, David Knife, and his wife were interviewed for a Wall Street Journal article on people who have made real life relationships from MMOGs. Just in case it switches to paid access I’ve reposted the text here but there are pics at the article. I attended their in-game wedding and it was great. The article didn’t include any pics from my brother and Traci so I’ve added one here. 🙂