Second Skin - A Documentary about MMO Gamers

My experience?  Once quit my job for my MMO, married my DAoC guildmate, and play like a madwoman every chance I get!  Your experience?  Pure West Films takes a look at the life of MMO gamers, and how our lives are changed forever by being involved in them.

Second Skin takes an intimate, disturbing look at three sets of computer gamers whose
lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of computer games called Massively
Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest allow
millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces.

Second Skin introduces us to couples who have fallen in love without ever meeting,
disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose, those struggling with
addiction, Chinese gold-farming sweatshop workers, wealthy entrepreneurs and
legendary guild leaders--all living within a world that doesn't quite exist.

Second Skin focuses on a couple who met in a virtual world, an addict whose life was
ruined by MMOs, and a group of MMO gamers who spend most of their lives inside
virtual worlds.
The incredibly moving trailer can be found on Youtube, and more information on the documentary can be found on their webpage.  Regardless of how you look at games, online social experiences, and the juggling that each of us do every day to fit our hobby/addiction/entertainment into our lives, this is a moving testiment to how each of us change each others lives daily.
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