BBC Program Broadcasts From Second Life

Posted by Zonk on Monday January 9, 2006 @10:13AM from the live-from-nowhere dept.

Via GameSetWatch, the word that BBC program Newsnight recently broadcast live from the virtual world Second Life. The broadcast included a lead-in shot on a backdrop designed to emulate the real-life Newsnight set. From the article: "Because the virtual money inside Second Life is convertible to US dollars, and people who make things can keep the intellectual property, it is possible to run a real life business inside the game. I got in touch with Cory Edo - real name Sara Van Gorden - who runs a business in Second Life designing avatars - the idealised 3D personas that people use as their online identities."

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3 questions by heavy+snowfall · 2006-01-09 10:24 · Score: 3, Interesting

- What's the exchange rate?

- Does the dev studio exhange this money for you or do you have to sell it ala WOW?

- I guess you don't go around killing monsters that drop GP in this game.. right?
Second Life by Digital+Vomit · 2006-01-09 10:45 · Score: 4, Funny

I'd try out the game, but I fear I don't meet the minimum requirements.
*rimshot*
*chirp*
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Get it? Second life? Get it? i.e. I don't have a life?
*chirp*
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Oh you can all go to hell!

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