Directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro, Second Skin shows us the world of MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) games like World of Warcraft, Second Life and EverQuest and the addictions they can spawn. Eighty percent of players are between the ages of 20-35 and many are obese. The result of playing games in some cases for up to 13-15 hours a day! We see gamers who end up living commune-like so they can play. We see gamers who end up meeting and falling in love with other gamers they only ever met virtually. We see gamers who's passion has slipped into addiction to the point where they've lost everything. Along the way, we see college professors speak about what it means to the 'real' world when people retreat to a 'virtual' one to form friends and families. We see the 'gold' factories in China where young kids work for next to nothing to gain gold which is then traded for more status within the gaming world. MMOs are truly spawning a world within a world that we all will have to deal with as surely as we have to deal with gambling/alcohol addictions.
My rating 7 out of 10.
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I play the part of the addicted gamer in this movie, my whole story was a fabricated lie and taken out of context. Don't believe me then email me at dannicus617@gmail.com, I'll be more then happy to tell you the true story.
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