{"id":3547,"date":"2014-01-17T19:19:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T19:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2014-01-17T19:19:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T19:19:03","slug":"catch-up-with-season-2-of-the-blackened-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3547","title":{"rendered":"Catch Up With Season 2 Of The Blackened Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Blackened Mirror Poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Season 2 of The Blackened Mirror <\/a>is currently taking a mid season break, which is good because it gives people time to catch up with the series before the next episode is aired. \u00a0So far three episodes have been aired, a further three episodes are scheduled to start from Sunday January 26th.<\/p>\n

For those of you who don’t know, The Blackened Mirror is a machinima based series filmed in Second Life. The show is written by Da5id Abbott and directed by Saffia Widdershins of Prim Perfect<\/a> fame. treet.<\/a>tv\u00a0also happily put their name on the credits.<\/p>\n

I’m a big fan of storytelling in many forms and The Blackened Mirror certainly uses the Second Life well as a means of telling a story, but credit has to go to Da5id Abbott for scripting that story.<\/p>\n

To get the best from the show you really need to visit the website. The news section<\/a> in particular is an excellent resource as it gives you background and information on the episodes. The episodes themselves can also be viewed from the episodes page<\/a>, there you will get a little bit of blurb about each episode. I’ll embed the first three episodes below the cut.<\/p>\n

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The episodes are short, the longest one is just ten and half minutes long. The episodes also feature contributions from Second Life residents, activists, content creators, photographers and more. I will mention a few of them and apologise for not mentioning everyone involved. However if you go to the cast and crew page of the website<\/a> you will see more names, some may be familiar.<\/p>\n

Episode 1 – Reversals Of Fortune<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Episode 1 opens with Harland Quinn in a strange place, with strange people and even stranger walls!<\/p>\n

Random Information<\/strong> – Honour McMillan<\/a> is the assistant director. Scott Simpson<\/a> plays characters, provides original music and does post production work for the show. Scott Simpson is better known in Second Life circles as Zander Greene, co-founder of Fantasy Faire.<\/p>\n