The Office's Dwight takes to Second Life, hilarity ensues
by Chris Chester 
Oct 29th 2007 at 6:10PM
Filed under: Real life, Culture, Events, real-world, Second Life
As fans of NBC's hit 'The Office' are probably well aware, last Thursday's episode "The Ad" gave a fair bit of screen time to Second Life. Games don't usually get a terribly fair treatment in popular media, as writers tend to perpetuate popular stereotypes about players as unsociable, unhealthy, or both for the sake of making an easy joke.
And while we have to concede that The Office's take on Second Life did focus on the escapism for which many people play the game, the punchlines were in all the right places. (See: Dwight's Second Life character playing an MMO within the MMO, to help escape further.) Check out the full episode on NBC's website, it's a good one.
And while we have to concede that The Office's take on Second Life did focus on the escapism for which many people play the game, the punchlines were in all the right places. (See: Dwight's Second Life character playing an MMO within the MMO, to help escape further.) Check out the full episode on NBC's website, it's a good one.
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Kiwini Oe said on 12:58PM 11-02-2007
The Second Life Herald had an interesting take on the differing "focus on escapism" from the angles of the two characters (Dwight and Jim):
http://foo.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/10/the-office---sl.html
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