I’m hoping that some time in the near future I’ll be able to get in touch with some of the people behind GayWorldNews-TV The InsyX show, such as Teno Theriac or Rocky Constantine. There are currently six episodes of this inworld chat show available on the YouTube channel.
I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of this and being a straight male I’m not that familiar with the gay scene in Second Life but this is why having a blog is useful, you get to discover more happenings within Second Life and this show came to my attention due to recent discussions about use of machnima for promotion of Second Life.
These shows are longer than The Drax files, running closer to half an hour rather than the five minutes in The Drax Files and they take a different approach with the show shot entirely inworld, it’s more like Paisley Beebe’s Tonight Live, than The Drax Files but both approaches have merit and the fact that both are available outside of Second Life means they have potential to attract people to Second Life who aren’t currently using Second Life.
I haven’t watched all six episodes of the show, I’ve only watched the interview with Eddi Haskell so far, which I’ll embed at the end of this post.
The show does have gay themes, which isn’t surprising considering the name of the channel but it also discusses general usage of Second Life, what Eddi does in Second Life, what he likes, charity fundraising for causes outside of Second Life etc. This is the sort of overview of Second Life that is important, getting behind the avatar and dicussing why they use Second Life and what can be achieved in Second Life. The interview with Eddi Haskell also discusses issues such as perceptions of Second Life from people who don’t use it, the typical ones, that it’s all about virtual sex when this isn’t the case.
Then there is talk of what can be achieved within Second Life for communities, Second Life weddings and why Eddi would like to get into building again rather than running a club again!
The next edition of the InsyX show is scheduled for 1.30pm on Sunday, unfortunately I am unlikely to be able to view the show live due to commitments but I am hoping to take a look at the studio at some point and take some photos.
Eddi Haskell also has his own blog, which you can see here: http://eddihaskell.blogspot.co.uk/
Umm I proabably should have asked Teno or Rocky for a SLURL to the studio ….dammit I knew I’d forget something!
Aha! Teno sent it to me: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saint%20Niguel%20Isle/176/24/2
hey Ciaran, thank you for blogging about our show : )
we have a new episode out, lucky no.7, with studio guest Baz Ceawiln.
you can take a look at it here: http://youtu.be/TVRzwSJTFLM
oooh, and even if the studio windows are dimmed during taping, it’s not a gay darkroom, so no fears of contacts if you a straight ; ) everyone is welcome to join us live in the studio during the interviews!
teno
hehe thanks for the comment, I really hope to catch a live show at some point, you get a better feel for the ambience then.
Thank you for posting this! It is much appreciated. Cheers!