The Daily Grind: Machinima news interviews?

by Krystalle Voecks on Mar 26th 2009 8:00AM

Yesterday we were treated to an interview on MSNBC that was held within Lord of the Rings Online. Aside from the fact that it's refreshing to see news coverage where games aren't being blamed for the world's ills, it was interesting to see them using game footage in this fashion. That said, people have been doing interviews in virtual worlds like Second Life for quite some time, and using machinima for everything from PR to corporate training. Still, we wondered - is this something you'd like to see more often on mainstream TV - machinimated interviews from different MMOs? Would you, for example, tune in to watch an interview with Vin Diesel if he were on his (rumored) Resto Shaman in World of Warcraft? Would you be more or less likely to watch interviews with game developers or PR people if they were held in their respective games? Or is that a bit too geeky for you, and you'd prefer to stick with in-person interviews?

Tags: dev-interview, interview, lord-of-the-rings-online, lotro, machinima, msnbc, news, star-interviews

Reader Comments (3)

Give us more GDC news!!!

Enough with the Lotro pics, post some Warhammer ones, so we can bitch out it more. :D

Nope nope nope. Bad idea all around because not only would an interview with Vin Diesel in WoW push out around maybe 80-85% of MSNBC's viewer base, there would also be not point to it as MSNBC (or any mainstream channel) has no ties to the MMO genre; MMOs aren't a topic that the majority of America can relate to.

As cool as it would be to start seeing interviews on TV about MMOs, I dont watch MSNBC/CNN/CNBC/Fox/etc for news on MMOs. I come to Massively for news on MMOs.