Second Life Machinima Video Report: Draxtor Despres Examines RL Relationships in SL
May 19th, 2009 | Published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports | 2 Comments
Draxtor interviews Dareth Denimore, a sociology student at Cambridge University in the UK. Dareth just completed a survey on relationships in SL and, in the process, talked to over 200 avatars about their habits when it comes to relationships and virtual relations.
About Draxtor Despres
Bernhard Drax writes music for TV, commercials and feature film. His orchestral score for the Disney romantic comedy “Sommer” gained critical acclaim in Germany as the film remained among the top ten for 4 consecutive months this year. In the virtual world “Second Life,” he creates machinima reports on social and political issues. He recently started his own production company – draxtor.com – and he delivered promotional machinima for clients such as Manpower Inc., Dresdner Bank and Warner Brothers. Bernhard studied composition at the Richard-Strauss Conservatory in Munich Germany and audio engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles. He lives on the Central Coast of California with his wife and son.
May 25th, 2009at 10:08 pm(#)
Interesting story. I agree the relationship issue is SL is quite complicated. Just a correction to the student’s statements: there are plenty of Africans within Second Life. Here are two links for your readers http://www.artfricana.com/Reflections.html and http://slafricandiaspora.blogspot.com
May 26th, 2009at 9:08 am(#)
Hi FatimaO,
Thank you so much for the information on Africans in SL. I would love to have a reporter follow up on that information and share it with my readers. If you have any further information you could share with me on that subject please feel free to post here or send me an email at avarie.parker@gmail.com.
Thanks so much for your support,
Avarie Parker