BBC broadcasts Newsnight from Second Life
Adding to a library of evidence that points to the BBC being totally addicted to online games, comes the news that a section of the BBC's Newsnight program was broadcast from within the popular MMO, Second Life. Beyond the novelty of a MMO based TV program, the report takes a look at the many aspects of online games: from online economies to "hired gamers" which are paid to level up characters in games like World of Warcraft. The whole segment was born out of an off-hand comment to the program's editor, "why don't we broadcast Newsnight from inside a computer game." Whatever next? A news report from the war-torn land of Battlefield 2?
[Via Wonderland]
