Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software called Massively Multiplayer Online games, or MMOs, allows millions of users to interact simultaneously in virtual spaces. Of the 50 million players worldwide, 50 percent consider themselves addicted.
Writing
Unflinching portraits that refuse easy gamer stereotypes.
Editing
Seamless weave of virtual and physical realities.
Director
Juan Carlos Pineiro-Escoriaza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during WoW's 2007 peak, this captures a pre-Twitch era where gaming shame still dominated mainstream perception.
Nick Yee's research featured here became foundational for academic study of virtual worlds; his book published two years later.
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