Coffee Talk: We All Have a Second Skin

August 10, 2009 in Columns,Gaming,Movies,Video Games with 3 Comments

Director Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza has finally released his long awaitied documentary Second Skin, which depicts the lives (virtual and real) of several World of Warcraft and Everquest players. Luckily, this relatively new director has decided to release the film both in select theaters and online through services like Hulu this past Friday. God, we love the internet.

As you may know, Tim and I do spend a good amount of our free time in the World of Warcraft along with the other 12 million players across the globe. Being an avid MMO player (and a fan of nerdy documentaries), I’m interested in what you, constant readers, think about online worlds.

So, do us a solid and take the time to watch Second Skin. While the film is well edited and does a great job exposing the minds of MMO players, it also includes some pretty impressive machinima. After watching this lovely documentary, let us know what you think. If you play an MMO already, how does it make you feel about your gaming habits? If not, does Escoriaza’s work attract you to online worlds or freak you out push you away? Shout out in the comments section!

(Via Big Download)

About Joe Osborne: When not blogging for Geekadelphia, Joe is a staff writer for Aol's @gamesdotcom. His work has also appeared in fine publications like PCMag.com and City Paper. And if it came from Azeroth, he's all over it. (However, he's not exactly digging the prospect of pandas.)

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3 Responses to “Coffee Talk: We All Have a Second Skin”

  1. CinemaCasey August 10, 2009 at 11:45 am #

    I saw this film — and absolutely loved it. I thought that the parallels the filmmaker explored between virtual and real life and healthy gaming versus addiction were both clever and thought-provoking. After watching it, I took a long hard look at my own second skin and wondered what it could possibly say about me. “Second Skin” comes out on DVD August 25th. I have pre-ordered a copy for my oldest sister already!

  2. Filmtastic August 10, 2009 at 2:27 pm #

    I really dug the film and the way they delved into the multitude of different aspects within the world of MMOs.

    I also had no idea about that crazy gold farming stuff going down in China. Weird.

    Oh, and thanks for the heads up on the DVD. I went ahead and preordered my own copy at Amazon.

  3. Nathan Morgan August 11, 2009 at 2:17 pm #

    The movie was good and the statistics were amazing, but it would have been good to explain that not ALL gamers look like that so that people who are unfamiliar with gamers would know that. It is playing on hulu and snagfilms if anyone else wants to see it.

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