Check this out! Saturday at 5:15 after our regular conference program we will be screening Douglas Gayeton's documentary, "Molotov Alva and his Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey." This groundbreaking piece of machinima was recently acquired by HBO. I am very pleased that they have been good enough to let us a show a special 30 minute cut of this yet unreleased film. As a substantial bonus we will have Douglas on site for a Q&A after the screening so go check out the trailer and start thinking about what you want to ask him. (Please note that only people at the actualy meatspace conference will be able to see the film due to external restrictions).

I would be hard pressed to think of a film that would be a better fit for our little conference. On the phone yesterday the filmmaker told me the fantastic story behind it. He came to Second Life as an experienced film maker with an interest in trying out machinima as a medium. Using the metaverse proved very empowering for the whole process from concept to final product. Douglas had been especially positively surprised with how the community gave so generously of its time and knowledge to help his film along. These are really the stories that keeps me fascinated by the metaverse day after day and I am really looking forward to the screening.