A new video subgenre

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Basically, videos that show you real-world re-enactments of what virtual activities are like.

Like, say, this one for Second Life. 🙂

  13 Responses to “A new video subgenre”

  1. OGRE :: Old Grumpy Ramblin' Eejit. says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Ganked from Raph this is one of the funniest SL related videos I’ve seen in a while.

  2. Think In Pictures: Adventures In Visual Education says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Via

  3. "Remember what the dormouse said" says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Cute huh?! Stolen from Raph Koster who defines it as a subgenre. I suppose it is – but it was inevitable that these little movies would be made. Our virtual lives are a part of our real lives, so inevitably this is a recipe for expression. I’ve seen a few others – this The Sims one, for

  4. Sol Contenido - Las noticias y videos que estabas buscando says:
    November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    subgenreBasically, videos that show you real-world re-enactments of what virtual activities are like. Like, say, this one for Second Life. Link

  5. Sean Bulger says:
    June 23, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    Well, while I’m not entirely sure how new I’d call them… But, definitely funny regardless. 🙂

  6. Michael Chui says:
    June 23, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    By the way, Raph, you can put an EM tag inside the Anchor tag. 😛 Like so: heeeere’s Google.

  7. joshlee says:
    June 23, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    It’s like the new LARPing! Or something. They need to dress more outlandishly, though.

  8. Mike Rozak says:
    June 23, 2007 at 6:38 pm

    It’s the opposite of machinima!

    Personally, I saw the video as a series of bug reports about SL; they need to improve their avatar movement/avoidance.

  9. Tony Walsh says:
    June 24, 2007 at 5:36 am

    Also see RealFrogger, involving a re-enactment of Frogger with a remote-controlled, green-clad Roomba. From the balcony of the Austin Driskill, it looked remarkably like the video game. No crocodiles, though.

  10. Tim says:
    June 24, 2007 at 9:38 am

    Don’t forget the classic old “Lighting bolt!” live action Dungeons & Dragons video…

    http://xnguyen.com/Misc/RPG_Nerds.mpeg

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    June 24, 2007 at 7:17 pm

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  12. moo says:
    June 25, 2007 at 12:03 am

    That video is awesome, thanks for linking it Raph!

  13. Prokofy Neva says:
    June 25, 2007 at 9:47 am

    Did everybody notice the sign CREATE OR DIE on the wall in the office where the human avatars were all typing in a group?

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