The latest episode of The Drax Files Radio Hour was released on Friday. The episode opens with Loki Eliot introducing the episode with a strange Welsh/West Country accent! Then it quickly moves on to the content.
Not surprisingly Fitted Mesh is discussed, with concerns raised by shai delacroix over the skeleton still being tested and therefore not officially finished. Eboni Khan gives views on Fitted Mesh too.
There’s a brief discussion of interoperability on virtual worlds, which is more of an introduction to the concept of OpenSim being discussed in future shows. Maria Korolov of Hypergrid Business is lined up as a future guest.
There’s a big interview with Saffia Widdershins on One Billion rising, well worth listening to.
There’s an interview with Peter Ludlow (AKA Urizenus Sklar) founder of The Alphaville Herald. I’ve seen Peter Ludlow on documentaries about virtual worlds before, he always interviews very well. I really enjoyed this interview in particular.
There’s also a give away from this week’s show, you need to answer a question to stand a chance of winning, so follow the link and find the question or listen to the episode to hear the question.
There’s a shout out to the Second Life winter games, which start in March.
Again we see Draxtor and Jo highlighting issues regarding Second Life and virtual worlds that the wider media ignores, but are important points that absolutely should be aired. This is why this sort of show is such a shining light in the virtual world media.
This episode covers content creation, innovations and stalled ventures in the shape and form of interoperability, real social issues such as violence against women in the shape and form of One Billion Rising, virutal world governance and management issues in the interview with Peter Ludlow. These are important matters and virtual worlds are involved in them.
If you have time, the show is around an hour long, it’s well worth listening to. I know that not all the content will suit everyone but that’s part of the beauty of the show too, it covers a wide variety of issues.