Game Politics ([info]gamepolitics) wrote,
@ 2006-09-05 07:00:00
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Entry tags:mark warner, rik riel, second life, videos

Video of Presidential Candidate's Second Life Whistle Stop

Last week, presidential hopeful Mark Warner (D) wowed online gamers in a way that even WoW itself never has.

The former Virginia governor's ground-breaking visit to the popular MMO Second Life could be the first of many such appearances by politicians. Indeed, Warner himself will make a return trip to SL for a "virtual town hall" meeting in the fall.

GP has been hoping for some video of the event, and now we've got two for readers to check out. In the first clip Gov. Warner flies onstage - a trick even presidents can't pull off in real life.

Second Lifer Rik Riel has video of Warner being interviewed by journo Wagner James Au.




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Silly
[info]g_dog_dre
2006-09-05 03:56 pm UTC (link)
That video made the event look silly.

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[info]kyouryuu
2006-09-05 09:40 pm UTC (link)
I don't know a lick about Second Life, but if I wanted to read text on the screen, there's always IRC for that. XD

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[info]zantor64
2006-09-07 06:09 pm UTC (link)
This is a very cool thing to see happen. Not only has the NOAA taken a spot in SL, but now politicians are now going there. I hope this will help politicians to become more citizen oriented, not to get the virtual world confused with reality.

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